STATE OF NEW YORK
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6608
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 23, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, COLTON, ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to providing excused
leave for public officers or employees of the state for participation
in their child's education
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section
2 153 to read as follows:
3 § 153. Excused leave to participate in child's education. 1. Every
4 public officer or employee of this state shall be entitled to absent
5 himself or herself for two days per school year and shall be deemed to
6 have a leave of absence from his or her duties or service as such public
7 officer or employee of this state, to participate in his or her child's
8 education.
9 2. Every public officer or employee of this state shall be entitled
10 to two days of excused leave, per school year, per child.
11 3. The entire period of the leave of absence granted pursuant to this
12 section shall be excused leave and shall not be charged against any
13 other leave such public officer or employee of this state is otherwise
14 entitled to.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next
16 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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