| NY | S09823 | Engross
50% | Provides that the Yonkers city school district shall be eligible to receive an apportionment of funds to be used for services and expenses; directs certain reports to be submitted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-05
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| NY | S08482 | Engross
50% | Provides public access to epinephrine auto-injector devices at schools; establishes public access epinephrine auto-injector device providers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-05
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| NY | S01576 | Engross
50% | Establishes the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology ("FIRST") robotics competition; creates a grant program to fund high school participation in the competition and to encourage study in the fields of science, technology, engine...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-05
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| NY | S06537 | Engross
50% | Decreases the frequency of lock-down drills in schools; directs that such drills shall be implemented with a trauma-informed approach; permits parents to opt their children out of such drills.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-05
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| NY | S07229 | Engross
50% | Clarifies valid reasons to obtain an absentee ballot for elections in school districts which do not utilize poll registration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-04
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| NY | S07000 | Engross
50% | Clarifies the responsibility of school districts for certain temporary-resident preschool children with disabilities who are in foster care, are homeless or are in residential care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-04
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| NY | S00019 | Engross
50% | Requires public schools in any city with a population over one million that have at least 25% of students practicing a religious faith with specific dietary restrictions to offer food options which meet such dietary restrictions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-04
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| NY | S09645 | Engross
50% | Requires high schools to teach first aid instruction to students in grades nine through twelve.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-03
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| NY | S09639 | Engross
50% | Relates to complaints concerning the moral character of individuals who hold or who are applicants for New York State teaching certificates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-03
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| NY | S01821 | Engross
50% | Requires school districts to screen for gifted and talented students; provides the parents or guardians of such students the option to opt out of such screening.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-03
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| NY | S08363 | Engross
50% | Creates a single, streamlined process whereby a facility or program operating both a pre-kindergarten program and a daycare program may apply for and receive any certification, licensing, or other requirement otherwise necessary to operate a pre-kind...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-30
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| NY | S06350 | Engross
50% | Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with acces...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-30
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| NY | S05675 | Engross
50% | Requires the principal of any high school to allow any local trade union, upon request, to enter the school for the purpose of trade union recruitment, including, but not limited to: making presentations; disseminating literature; and answering quest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-30
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| NY | S08821 | Engross
50% | Directs the commissioner of education to change the name of the state high school equivalency diploma, formerly known as the general education development (GED) program, to the Excelsior high school diploma.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
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| NY | S09336 | Engross
50% | Allows the president of the citywide council on high schools to participate in the selection of the members of the board of education elected by the community district education council presidents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
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| NY | S03057 | Engross
50% | Permits the principal of any high school to allow any local fire department, upon request, to enter the school for the purpose of fire department junior recruitment, including, but not limited to: making presentations; disseminating literature; and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-28
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| NY | S05733 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the city school district of the city of Salamanca to establish a reserve fund for federal impact aid in the event such aid is reduced.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-28
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| NY | S08781 | Engross
50% | Provides that a board of education or a board of cooperative educational services shall have the authority to award contracts for school food services on the basis of certain scoring criteria.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
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| NY | S05963 | Engross
50% | Requires the commissioner to establish Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history and civic impact curriculum or instructions for school districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
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| NY | S07353 | Engross
50% | Relates to the release of student education records to juvenile detention facilities; provides that where a student has been directed to be held in a juvenile detention facility pursuant to a court order, the educational agency where such student att...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
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| NY | S00443 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the boards of education in union free school districts and central school districts to establish wards for the purpose of school board elections in Orange County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
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| NY | S06980 | Engross
50% | Requires the dissemination of written materials regarding child access prevention and the safe storage of firearms to students and/or persons in a parental relationship to such students at the beginning of each semester or quarter of the regular scho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
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| NY | S04505 | Engross
50% | Prohibits discrimination of students on school property or at a school function based on religious attire, clothing or facial hair.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
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| NY | S00965 | Engross
50% | Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers and how being a caregiver impacts their education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
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| NY | S00260 | Engross
50% | Directs the state education commissioner to require public school districts to report on compliance with art education instruction requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
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| NY | S01963 | Engross
50% | Requires daycare facilities to maintain evacuation and lockdown plans for children with disabilities during an emergency situation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
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| NY | S01448 | Engross
50% | Relates to establishing a task force on safety in school transportation to review and promote such safety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
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| NY | S01192 | Engross
50% | Establishes the underrepresented teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program to attract and retain underrepresented certified teachers in schools which have an underrepresentation of underrepresented certified teachers; provides fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
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| NY | S03408 | Engross
50% | Establishes the bilingual teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program to attract and retain bilingual, certified teachers in schools with a bilingual teacher shortage; provides for grants and procedures for applying for such grants...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
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| NY | S03385 | Engross
50% | Establishes a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on the presence of educator diversity in the state, state actions taken to promote educator diversity, and how the state can encourage new initiatives to enhance and promote educator diversity...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
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| NY | S01988 | Engross
50% | Directs the commissioner to convene statewide and regional conventions to bring together underrepresented educators annually to discuss experiences, best practices, and afford for networking, mentorship opportunities, and support.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
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