N.Y. Labor Law § 152: Educational requirement

§ 152. Educational requirement. 1. A child performer shall fulfill

educational requirements as set forth in part one of article sixty-five

of the education law. If a child performer is unable to meet such

educational requirements due to his or her employment schedule, the

employer shall be required to comply with subdivision two of this

section.

2. (a) Any person, or agent or officer employing, either directly or

indirectly through a third person, a child performer certified pursuant

to this article shall provide a teacher, who is either certified or has

credentials recognized by the state of New York, to such child performer

to fulfill educational requirements pursuant to the education law. Such

child performer shall not be declared absent from school while working

pursuant to the permit requirement in accordance with this article. The

requirements of this section shall only be applicable when the child

performer is not receiving educational instruction due to his or her

employment schedule.

(b) A child performer receiving educational instruction pursuant to

this subdivision, and such child's parents or guardians, shall work with

the certified teacher provided to the child performer and the child's

school of enrollment to fulfill such educational requirements.

3. No minor having a permit to work issued by the department and no

minor under eighteen years of age, who is otherwise required by law to

be enrolled and attend school, shall be without educational instruction

and unemployed for a period longer than ten consecutive days while the

school of enrollment is in session.