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STATE OF NEW YORK
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10233--A
R. R. 130

IN ASSEMBLY

May 15, 2012
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Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education -- passed  by  Assembly  and  delivered  to  the  Senate,
  recalled  from  the  Senate,  vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted, retaining its place on the special order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  allowing  school
  districts to schedule August conference days

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 3604  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  section  46 of part H of chapter 83 of the laws of 2002, is
amended to read as follows:
  8. No school shall be in session on a Saturday  or  a  legal  holiday,
except  general election day, Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birth-
day, and except that driver education classes  may  be  conducted  on  a
Saturday. A deficiency not exceeding [three] FOUR days during any school
year caused by teachers' attendance upon conferences held by superinten-
dents  of  schools  of  city  school districts or other school districts
employing superintendents of schools shall be excused by the commission-
er, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW,  RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE
CONTRARY,  A  SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY ELECT TO SCHEDULE SUCH CONFERENCE DAYS
IN THE LAST TWO  WEEKS  OF  AUGUST,  SUBJECT  TO  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING
REQUIREMENTS  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, AND
SUCH DAYS SHALL BE COUNTED TOWARDS THE REQUIRED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY  DAYS
OF  SESSION,  provided  however, [notwithstanding any other provision of
law, that during the nineteen hundred  ninety-two--ninety-three  through
the  two  thousand  two--two thousand three school years and thereafter,
the] THAT SUCH SCHEDULING SHALL NOT ALTER THE OBLIGATION OF  THE  SCHOOL
DISTRICT  TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO STUDENTS IN NON-PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS OR CHARTER SCHOOLS. THE commissioner shall  excuse
a  deficiency  not exceeding four days during such school year caused by
teachers' attendance upon  conferences  held  by  such  superintendents,
provided  that at least two such conference days during such school year
shall be dedicated to staff attendance upon conferences providing  staff
development  relating  to implementation of the new high learning stand-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ards and assessments, as adopted by the board of regents.  Notwithstand-
ing  any  other  provision  of  law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
school districts may elect to use one or more of such allowable  confer-
ence  days  in  units  of  not  less than one hour each to provide staff
development activities relating to implementation of the new high learn-
ing standards and assessments.  A  district  making  such  election  may
provide  such  staff  development  during  the regularly scheduled daily
session and apply such units to satisfy a deficiency in  the  length  of
one  or  more  daily  sessions of instruction for pupils as specified in
regulations of the commissioner. The commissioner shall assure that such
conference days  include  appropriate  school  violence  prevention  and
intervention  training,  and  may require that up to one such conference
day be dedicated for such purpose.
  S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.