STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         513--B

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. THOMAS, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, MARTINEZ, PALUM-
          BO,  PERSAUD,  RAMOS,  RHOADS,  SKOUFIS,  STAVISKY  --  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  --  committee  discharged,
          bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
          committee

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  establishing  certain
          school holidays

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 3210 of the  educa-
     2  tion  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new subparagraph (iii) to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (iii) The following cultural or religious  holidays  shall  be  school
     5  holidays  for  any schools or school districts where the board of educa-
     6  tion or trustees determines such schools or  districts  have  a  sizable
     7  proportion  of students who observe such days: Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha,
     8  Diwali, Lunar New Year, Tihar, Bandi Chhor Divas and Onam.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    10  the date on which it shall have become a law.




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