Assembly Bill A276

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes the Asian Lunar New Year day as a school holiday for all city school districts of one million or more with an Asian population of 7.5% or more

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A276 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S160
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3204-a, amd §3604, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4090, S5387
2011-2012: A1883, S27
2015-2016: A2149, S4648, S581

2013-A276 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the Asian Lunar New Year day as a school holiday for all city school districts of cities of one million inhabitants or more, with an Asian population of seven and one-half percent or more; uses the year 2010 federal decennial census as the basis for calculation of the Asian population.

2013-A276 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   276

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the Asian
  Lunar New Year school holiday

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3204-a
to read as follows:
  S 3204-A. ASIAN LUNAR NEW YEAR SCHOOL HOLIDAY. 1. THE DAY OF THE ASIAN
LUNAR CALENDAR DESIGNATED AS THE FIRST DAY OF A NEW  YEAR  AND  COMMONLY
KNOWN  AS "ASIAN LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY" SHALL BE A SCHOOL HOLIDAY FOR ALL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A QUALIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
  2. A QUALIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  SHALL
INCLUDE  A  CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE
MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS AND HAVING AN ASIAN POPULATION EQUAL  TO  OR
GREATER  THAN  SEVEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT THEREOF. THE ASIAN POPULATION,
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SHALL INCLUDE THOSE  PERSONS,  ADULTS  AND
CHILDREN,  WHO ARE FULLY OR PARTIALLY OF ASIAN DESCENT AND SHALL INCLUDE
ALL THOSE PERSONS AND ETHNIC GROUPS IDENTIFIED AS ASIAN  BY  THE  UNITED
STATES  CENSUS  BUREAU FOR PURPOSES OF THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TEN FEDERAL
DECENNIAL CENSUS.
  3. THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES OF EVERY QUALIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE HERE-
BY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO  CAUSE  ALL  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS  WITHIN  SUCH
DISTRICT TO BE CLOSED ON ASIAN LUNAR NEW YEAR DAY.
  S  2.  Section  3604  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 7-b to read as follows:
  7-B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, FOR PURPOSES  OF  ANY
CALCULATION  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OR  EIGHT  OF  THIS SECTION, THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL DISREGARD ANY REDUCTION RESULTING FROM OBSERVANCE  OF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00202-01-3

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