Allows the chancellor to require pupils in Brooklyn and Queens to attend school on anniversary day, but to declare a holiday on an alternate date for.

This bill amends the education law to allow the chancellor of the city district of New York to require pupils in public schools in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens to attend school on anniversary day. However, the chancellor must declare a holiday for these pupils on an alternate date in the same school year to allow for the celebration of significant cultural or religious holidays, including Diwali, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Asian Lunar New Year, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and others celebrated by a significant portion of the pupils.

Allows the chancellor to require pupils in Brooklyn and Queens to attend school on anniversary day, but to declare a holiday on an alternate date for.

This bill amends the education law to allow the chancellor of the city district of New York to require pupils in public schools in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens to attend school on anniversary day. However, the chancellor must declare a holiday for these pupils on an alternate date in the same school year to allow for the celebration of significant cultural or religious holidays, including Diwali, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Asian Lunar New Year, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and others celebrated by a significant portion of the pupils.