Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to education |
Feb 11, 2021 |
print number 3426a |
Feb 11, 2021 |
amend and recommit to education |
Jan 29, 2021 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S3426A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2021-S3426 - Details
2021-S3426 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3426 SPONSOR: ADDABBO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to school session days PURPOSE: This bill amends Education Law section 3604 subdivision 8 to prohibit school on either primary or general election day in a city with a popu- lation of one million or more. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Prohibits school on primary or general election day in a city with one million or more residents. Section 2: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately.
2021-S3426 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3426 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 29, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school session days THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 3604 of the education law, as amended by chapter 605 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 8. No school shall be in session on a Saturday or a legal holiday, except general election day, Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birth- day, and except that driver education classes may be conducted on a Saturday. NO SCHOOL LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL BE IN SESSION ON THE DAY OF A PRIMARY ELECTION OR GENERAL ELECTION. A deficiency not exceeding four days during any school year caused by teachers' attendance upon conferences held by superintendents of schools of city school districts or other school districts employing superintendents of schools shall be excused by the commissioner, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contra- ry, a school district may elect to schedule such conference days in the last two weeks of August, subject to collective bargaining requirements pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law, and such days shall be counted towards the required one hundred eighty days of session, provided however, that such scheduling shall not alter the obligation of the school district to provide transportation to students in non-public elementary and secondary schools or charter schools. At least two such conference days during such school year shall be dedi- cated to staff attendance upon conferences providing staff development relating to implementation of the new high learning standards and assessments, as adopted by the board of regents. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, school districts may elect to use one or more of such allowable conference days EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
2021-S3426A (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S3426A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3426A SPONSOR: ADDABBO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to school session days PURPOSE: This bill amends Education Law section 3604 subdivision 8 to prohibit school on either primary or general election day. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Prohibits school on primary or general election day. Section 2: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION:
2021-S3426A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3426--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 29, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school session days THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 3604 of the education law, as amended by chapter 605 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 8. No school shall be in session on a Saturday or a legal holiday, except general election day, Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birth- day, and except that driver education classes may be conducted on a Saturday. NO SCHOOL SHALL BE IN SESSION ON THE DAY OF A PRIMARY ELECTION OR GENERAL ELECTION. A deficiency not exceeding four days during any school year caused by teachers' attendance upon conferences held by superintendents of schools of city school districts or other school districts employing superintendents of schools shall be excused by the commissioner, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a school district may elect to schedule such conference days in the last two weeks of August, subject to collective bargaining requirements pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law, and such days shall be counted towards the required one hundred eighty days of session, provided however, that such scheduling shall not alter the obligation of the school district to provide transportation to students in non-public elementary and secondary schools or charter schools. At least two such conference days during such school year shall be dedi- cated to staff attendance upon conferences providing staff development relating to implementation of the new high learning standards and assessments, as adopted by the board of regents. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, school EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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