Section 152. Educational requirement  


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  • 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.