Senate Bill S8721

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to declaring Pulaski Day a school holiday

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Current Bill Status - Stricken


  • 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-S8721 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3604 & 3635, Ed L

2023-S8721 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Declares October eleventh, known as Pulaski Day, a school holiday.

2023-S8721 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8721 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8721
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 declaring Pulaski  Day
   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  359  of  the  laws  of 2023, 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, OCTOBER ELEVENTH  KNOWN  AS  PULASKI
 DAY,  or  a  legal  holiday,  except  general election day, Washington's
 birthday and Lincoln's birthday, and except that driver education class-
 es may be conducted on a Saturday. 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 regu-
 lation 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 trans-
 portation 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.  Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
 school districts may elect to use one or more of such allowable  confer-
 ence  days  in  units  of  not  less than one hour each to provide staff
 development activities relating to implementation of the new high learn-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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