2014 New York Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 4-A - (150 - 154-A) EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILD PERFORMERS
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.