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A04247 Summary:

BILL NOA04247 

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SPONSORMcDonough

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Add §§362 & 6235, Ed L

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Provides that no class or any other course of instruction shall be held in any institution within the state or city university on those days of religious observance known as Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.

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BILL NOA04247 

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01/31/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4247

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to observance of certain
 holidays by institutions within the state university and the city
 university of New York

 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 362
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 362. Holidays to be observed. No class or any other course of
 4 instruction shall be held in any institution within the state university
 5 on those days of religious observance known as Rosh Hashanah or Yom
 6 Kippur.
 7 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6235 to read
 8 as follows:
 9 § 6235. Holidays to be observed. No class or any other course of
 10 instruction shall be held in any institution within the city university
 11 on those days of religious observance known as Rosh Hashanah or Yom
 12 Kippur.
 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08425-01-5

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