Assembly Bill A2551

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes Three King's day as a 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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2019-A2551 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S184
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3204-a, amd §3604, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5267, S3929
2021-2022: A4043, A9417, S1356
2023-2024: A891, S255

2019-A2551 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes Three King's day as a school holiday for all public schools in a city school district of a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.

2019-A2551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2551
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RODRIGUEZ  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  establishing  Three
   King's day as a 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:
   § 3204-A. THREE KING'S DAY SCHOOL HOLIDAY. 1. THE SIXTH DAY  OF  JANU-
 ARY,  COMMONLY KNOWN AS THREE KING'S DAY, IS HEREBY MADE AND DECLARED TO
 BE A HOLIDAY FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A QUALIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   2. A QUALIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  SHALL
 MEAN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION
 OR MORE INHABITANTS.
   3.  THE  SCHOOL  AUTHORITIES OF A QUALIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CAUSE ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT
 TO BE CLOSED ON THREE KING'S DAY.
   § 2. Section 3604 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 7-c to read as follows:
   7-C.  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
 THREE KING'S DAY AND, IF  NECESSARY,  SUCH  OBSERVED  HOLIDAY  SHALL  BE
 CALCULATED AS A SESSION DAY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
 before such date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03962-01-9

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