Assembly Bill A9565

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes the Diwali school holiday

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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-A9565 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7002
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:
2015-2016: A902, S6928
2017-2018: A631, S1513
2019-2020: A1030, S2776
2021-2022: S5709
2023-2024: S2743

2013-A9565 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the Diwali school holiday in certain qualifying school districts to commemorate the Hindu festival of lights.

2013-A9565 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9565

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 7, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the Diwa-
  li 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.  HINDU FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS SCHOOL HOLIDAY. 1.  THE  FIFTEENTH
DAY OF THE HINDU LUNISOLAR MONTH OF KARTIK, KNOWN AS LAKSHMI PUJA, SHALL
BE  A  SCHOOL  HOLIDAY  FOR  ANY  OR  ALL  SCHOOLS IN A QUALIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT WHERE THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OR  TRUSTEES  DETERMINES  SUCH
SCHOOLS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT SOUTH-ASIAN POPULATION.
  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.  THE  ASIAN  POPULATION,  FOR
PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, SHALL INCLUDE THOSE PERSONS, ADULTS AND CHIL-
DREN, 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 IN THE MOST RECENT DECENNIAL UNITED STATES CENSUS.  IN THE
EVENT  THAT  THE  STATE  OF  NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU
COLLECTS POPULATION DATA FOR THE STATE OF NEW  YORK  WHICH  DENOTES  THE
NUMBER OF CITIZENS OF ASIAN-INDIAN, BANGLADESHI, AND SRI LANKAN DESCENT,
THEN A QUALIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL INCLUDE A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF
A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS AND HAVING
A  SOUTH  ASIAN POPULATION, INCLUDING ASIAN-INDIAN, BANGLADESHI, AND SRI
LANKAN EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THREE PERCENT.
  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 LAKSHMI PUJA, DURING THE FESTIVAL OF DIWALI.
  S  2.  Section  3604  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 7-c to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14679-02-4

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