2023 New York Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 4-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.