Assembly BillIntroduced
A 4920: Establishes Three King's day as a school holiday for all public schools in a city school district of a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.
What A 4920 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to establish Three King's Day as a school holiday in New York State. It makes January 6th, commonly known as Three King's Day, a holiday for public schools in a city with a population of one million or more inhabitants. This means that schools in these cities will be closed on Three King's Day. The bill also allows for the calculation of session days to account for the observed holiday, ensuring that schools do not lose any instructional days. The law will take effect 120 days after the bill is signed into law.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to education (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 4920
- What is the current status of A 4920?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 4920 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to education".
- Did A 4920 pass?
- Not yet. A 4920 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 4920, and where is it now?
- A 4920 was authored by Asm. Edward Gibbs with 12 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Education.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Feb. 10, 2025 | referred to education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 10, 2025 · 368 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4920 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GIBBS, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GALLAGHER, CRUZ, TAYLOR, COLTON, DAVILA, EPSTEIN, JACKSON, RAGA, SEAWRIGHT, NOVAKHOV, SAYEGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing Three King's day as a school holiday 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 3204-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 3204-a. Three King's day school holiday. 1. The sixth day of Janu- 4 ary, commonly known as Three King's day, is hereby made and declared to 5 be a holiday for all public schools in a qualified school district. 6 2. A qualified school district, for purposes of this section, shall 7 mean a city school district of a city having a population of one million 8 or more inhabitants. 9 3. The school authorities of a qualified school district are hereby 10 authorized and directed to cause all public schools within such district 11 to be closed on Three King's day. 12 § 2. Section 3604 of the education law is amended by adding a new 13 subdivision 7-a to read as follows: 14 7-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of any 15 calculation under subdivision seven or eight of this section, the 16 commissioner shall disregard any reduction resulting from observance of 17 Three King's day and, if necessary, such observed holiday shall be 18 calculated as a session day. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 20 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend- 21 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 22 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 23 completed on or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00435-01-5
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