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A03068 Summary:

BILL NOA03068A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06179-A
 
SPONSORSayegh
 
COSPNSRJackson, Sillitti, Gallagher, Mamdani, Forrest, Mitaynes, Fall, Lavine, Shrestha, Epstein, Aubry, Zaccaro, Tapia, Ramos, Seawright, Burdick, Gonzalez-Rojas, Raga, Weprin, Berger, Colton, Rozic, Gunther, Alvarez, Stern, Blumencranz, Carroll, Rajkumar, Ardila, Darling, Curran, Eachus, Rosenthal L, Lunsford, Bichotte Hermelyn, Solages, Lee, Chang, Cunningham, Fahy, Braunstein, Bores, Taylor, Williams, Pheffer Amato, Shimsky, Wallace, Tague, Simone, Mikulin, Hevesi, Ra
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§3604 & 3635, Ed L
 
Establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition.
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A03068 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)




 
BILL NUMBER: A3068A
 
SPONSOR: Sayegh

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing Eid
al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays
 
 
PURPOSE:
 
To establish Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, two Muslim holidays, as school
holidays.
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
 
Sections 1 and 2 amend education law to add Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha
to the list of days school can not be in session.
 
Section 3 sets the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
There are over half a million Muslims in New York State, ranging from
the children in our school systems to our seniors. Eid al-Fitr is known
to the Muslim community as "the festival of breaking the fast." It
concludes the month-long fast of Ramadan. Eid al-Adha is the "feast of
the sacrifice" to honor Allah with gifts and fasting. It is our duty to
ensure that we respect and acknowledge their holidays and celebrations
as an integral part of New York State.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
2018: A11350 (Fernandez) referred to governmental operations
2019-20: A2768 (Fernandez) referred to governmental operations
2021-22: A1835 (Fernandez) referred to governmental operations
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
None.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
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