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A04501 Summary:

BILL NOA04501 

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Permits students of SUNY, CUNY, or state-funded institutions of higher education to observe certain holidays without facing academic repercussions, provided they submit written notice of their intention to observe such holidays.

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BILL NOA04501 

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02/04/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4501

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting students of
 SUNY, CUNY, or state-funded institutions of higher education to
 observe certain holidays without facing academic repercussions

 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 224-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 224-b. No academic repercussions for holiday observance. 1. As used
 4 in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "State university" shall mean the state university of New York
 6 established pursuant to article eight of this chapter.
 7 (b) "City university" shall mean the city university of New York
 8 established pursuant to article one hundred twenty-five of this chapter.
 9 (c) "Publicly-funded institution of higher education" shall mean any
 10 institution of higher education, recognized and approved by the regents
 11 of the university of the state of New York, which provides a course of
 12 study leading to the granting of a post-secondary degree or diploma,
 13 which receives public funds from the state of New York.
 14 (d) "Academic repercussions" shall include, but not be limited to,
 15 penalties for absence or grade reductions on any academic assignment,
 16 presentation, quiz, exam, or other study or work requirements.
 17 2. Students enrolled at any state university, city university, or
 18 publicly-funded institution of higher education shall be permitted to
 19 observe any of the following holidays without being subjected to academ-
 20 ic repercussions, so long as such student notifies, in writing, such
 21 student's instructor of such student's intention to observe such holiday
 22 at least three business days in advance: The third Monday of January,
 23 known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day; the third Monday in February,
 24 known as Washington's birthday, or President's day; the Friday occurring

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08688-01-5

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 1 two days before the date of the first Sunday on or following the first
 2 full moon following the twenty-first of March, known as Good Friday; the
 3 fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, known as the Passover Seder,
 4 or the first day of Passover; the third day of July, the day preceding
 5 the day known as Independence Day; the second Monday in October, known
 6 as Indigenous Peoples' day, or Columbus day; the eleventh day of Novem-
 7 ber, known as Veterans' day; the twenty-fourth day of December, known as
 8 Christmas Eve; the twenty-sixth day of December, the day immediately
 9 following the day known as Christmas; the thirty-first day of December,
 10 the day known as New Year's Eve; the first day of the ninth month of the
 11 Islamic calendar, known as the first day of Ramadan; the thirtieth day
 12 following the first day of the ninth month of the Islamic calendar,
 13 known as the last day of Ramadan; the thirteenth or fourteenth day of
 14 April, known as Vaisakhi, or as Baisakhi; the third day of the Hindu
 15 holiday of Diwali, known as main Diwali; and the date of the first full
 16 moon occurring in the month of May, known as Vesak.
 17 3. It shall be the responsibility of the faculty and of the adminis-
 18 trative officials of each state un