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N.Y. Education Law § 2586-a: Diwali as a holiday in the public schools of the city of New York

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  1. Education Law
  2. Title 2. School District Organization
  3. Article 52. City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Inhabitants or More

§ 2586-a. Diwali as a holiday in the public schools of the city of New

York. The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Indian calendar in

each year, known as Diwali, is hereby made and declared to be a holiday

in all the public schools in the city school district in the city of New

York and such public schools shall not be in session on such day.

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