Senate Bill S7573

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday

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Current Bill Status Via A7768 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2023-S7573 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7768
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3604 & 3635, Ed L

2023-S7573 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday.

2023-S7573 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7573 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7573
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to declaring Asian  Lunar
   New Year a school holiday
 
   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, THE FIRST DAY  OF  THE
 SECOND  LUNAR  MONTH AFTER THE WINTER SOLSTICE IN THE PRECEDING CALENDAR
 YEAR KNOWN AS ASIAN LUNAR NEW YEAR, or a legal holiday,  except  general
 election  day,  Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday, and except
 that driver education classes may be conducted on a  Saturday.  A  defi-
 ciency  not  exceeding four days during any school year caused by teach-
 ers' attendance upon conferences held by superintendents of  schools  of
 city  school  districts  or other school districts employing superinten-
 dents 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  dedicated  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11775-01-3
              

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