New York Assembly Bill A05017 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5017 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CONRAD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to designating the first Friday in February as the "New York statewide school day to help people in need" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3204-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 3204-a. New York statewide school day to help people in need; holi- 4 day. The first Friday in February shall be declared a holiday for all 5 public schools and shall be known as the "New York statewide school day 6 to help people in need". 7 § 2. Section 3604 of the education law is amended by adding a new 8 subdivision 7-a to read as follows: 9 7-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of any 10 calculation under subdivision seven or eight of this section, the 11 commissioner shall disregard any reduction resulting from the observance 12 of the New York statewide school day to help people in need holiday and, 13 if necessary, such observed holiday shall be calculated as a session 14 day. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 16 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. LBD00183-01-3