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S07805 Summary:

BILL NOS07805 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02598-A

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CLEARE, COONEY, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, LANZA, MARTINEZ,
 SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3604 & 3635, Ed L

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Establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition; allows for school districts and municipalities with a population of less than fifty thousand to opt into the recognition of such holidays.

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BILL NOS07805 

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05/09/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7805

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 9, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing Eid
 al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 3604 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 359 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 8. No school shall be in session on a Saturday, the first day of the
 5 second lunar month after the winter solstice in the preceding calendar
 6 year known as Asian Lunar New Year, or a legal holiday, except general
 7 election day, Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday, and except
 8 that driver education classes may be conducted on a Saturday. For muni-
 9 cipalities and school districts with a population of fifty thousand or
 10 more, the foregoing shall also apply to the holidays of Eid al-Fitr and
 11 Eid al-Adha, as affixed by Muslim religious law and tradition. For muni-
 12 cipalities and school districts with a population of less than fifty
 13 thousand, the foregoing may apply if such municipality or school
 14 district opts into the recognition of the holidays of Eid al-Fitr and
 15 Eid al-Adha. A deficiency not exceeding four days during any school year
 16 caused by teachers' attendance upon conferences held by superintendents
 17 of schools of city school districts or other school districts employing
 18 superintendents of schools shall be excused by the commissioner,
 19 notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contra-
 20 ry, a school district may elect to schedule such conference days in the
 21 last two weeks of August, subject to collective bargaining requirements
 22 pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law, and such days
 23 shall be counted towards the required one hundred eighty days of
 24 session, provided however, that such scheduling shall not alter the
 25 obligation of the school district to provide transportation to students

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04284-03-5

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 1 in non-public elementary and secondary schools or charter schools. At
 2 least two such conference days during such school year shall be dedi-
 3 cated to staff attendance upon conferences providing staff development
 4 relating to implementation of the new high learning standards and
 5 assessments, as adopted by the board of regents. Notwithstanding any
 6 other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, school
 7 districts may elect to use one or more of such allowable conference days
 8 in units of not less than one hour each to provide staff development
 9 activities relating to implementation of the new high learning standards
 10 and assessments. A district making such election may provide such staff
 11 development on any day during which sessions are allowed and apply such
 12 units to satisfy a deficiency in the length of one or more daily
 13 sessions of instruction for pupils as specified in regulations of the
 14 commissioner. The commissioner shall assure that such conference days
 15 include appropriate school violence prevention and intervention train-
 16