S 6138 NY
Enacts the New York city Caribbean steel pan educational music program act
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Summary
This bill enacts the New York City Caribbean Steel Pan Educational Music Program Act. It requires community school boards in New York City to authorize the use of school grounds during summer months for steel pan music organizations to practice. Steel pan music is a traditional Caribbean musical form using percussion instruments; these organizations prepare performances for the Labor Day Parade, also known as the West Indian Carnival. The authorization is subject to reasonableness, allowing school boards to consider scheduling and facility concerns. Specific details about insurance requirements, use fees, or facility limitations are not included in the available summary.
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Official abstract
Enacts the "New York city Caribbean steel pan educational music program act"; requires community school boards in the city of New York to authorize, where reasonable, the use of school grounds in the summer months for use by any steel pan music organization to practice for the Labor Day Parade (West Indian Carnival).
Sponsor (1)
- Kevin S. Parker Democratic · primary
Action history (10)
- Mar 5, 2025 REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION · upper
- May 27, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.1306 · upper
- May 28, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 29, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Jun 13, 2025 COMMITTED TO RULES · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION · upper
- May 19, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.1171 · upper
- May 20, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 21, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Jun 5, 2026 COMMITTED TO RULES · upper
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