New York S 9552: Relates to school session days

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S09552 Summary:

BILL NOS09552 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02041

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3604, Ed L; amd §4-104, El L

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Relates to school session days; adds general election day to the list of days when school will not be in session; allows a school district to elect to require staff attendance on a general election day or to schedule a professional development day.

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BILL NOS09552 

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03/24/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9552

 IN SENATE

 March 24, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the election law, in relation to
 school session days

 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. A school
 9 district may elect to require staff attendance on a general election day
 10 or to schedule a professional development day. A deficiency not exceed-
 11 ing four days during any school year caused by teachers' attendance upon
 12 conferences held by superintendents of schools of city school districts
 13 or other school districts employing superintendents of schools shall be
 14 excused by the commissioner, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule
 15 or regulation to the contrary, a school district may elect to schedule
 16 such conference days in the last two weeks of August, subject to collec-
 17 tive bargaining requirements pursuant to article fourteen of the civil
 18 service law, and such days shall be counted towards the required one
 19 hundred eighty days of session, provided however, that such scheduling
 20 shall not alter the obligation of the school district to provide trans-
 21 portation to students in non-public elementary and secondary schools or
 22 charter schools. At least two such conference days during such school
 23 year shall be dedicated to staff attendance upon conferences providing
 24 staff development relating to implementation of the new high learning
 25 standards and assessments, as adopted by the board of regents. Notwith-
 26 standing any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
 27 school districts may elect to use one or more of such allowable confer-
 28 ence days in units of not less than one hour each to provide staff

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03525-01-5

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 1 development activities relating to implementation of the new high learn-
 2 ing standards and assessments. A district making such election may
 3 provide such staff development on any day during which sessions are
 4 allowed and apply such units to satisfy a deficiency in the length of
 5 one or more daily sessions of instruction for pupils as specified in
 6 regulations of the commissioner. The commissioner shall assure that such
 7 conference days include appropriate school violence prevention and
 8 intervention training, and may require that up to one such conference
 9 day be dedicated for such purpose.
 10 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 4-104 of the election law, as amended by
 11 chapter 694 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
 12 3. A building exempt from taxation shall be used whenever possible as
 13 a polling place if it is situated in the same or a contiguous election
 14 district, and may contain as many distinctly separate polling places as
 15 public convenience may require. The expense, if any, inci