[{"type":"bill","id":"S71-2011","title":"Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve","summary":"Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve; provides that the commissioner of education will create and establish a curriculum to accomplish such goal within one year of the effective date of this legislation.","billno":"S71-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MONTGOMERY","committee":"RULES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S72-2011","title":"Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and nontraditional employment in public assistance employment programs","summary":"Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and non-traditional employment in public assistance employment programs.","billno":"S72-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MONTGOMERY","committee":"RULES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S107-2011","title":"Provides inmates the opportunity to obtain a general equivalency diploma","summary":"Provides inmates the opportunity to obtain a general equivalency diploma; instructs the department of corrections to ensure that academic education programs provide the appropriate curriculum and certified academic staff for GED instruction.","billno":"S107-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MONTGOMERY","committee":"CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S107A-2011","title":"Provides inmates the opportunity to obtain a general equivalency diploma","summary":"Provides inmates the opportunity to obtain a general equivalency diploma; instructs the department of corrections to ensure that academic education programs provide the appropriate curriculum and certified academic staff for GED instruction.","billno":"S107A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MONTGOMERY","committee":"CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S118-2011","title":"Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; public ed program; appropriation","summary":"Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; requires biennial training in the non-discriminatory provision of medical services for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, dental hygienists, registered and licensed practical nurses, podiatrists, and optometrists; authorizes the department of education to develop the training in consultation with the department of health and other experts; provides for documentation and exemption from the requirements; provides for a public education program on minority health; appropriates $100,000 therefor.","billno":"S118-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"HEALTH"},{"type":"bill","id":"S118A-2011","title":"Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; public ed program; appropriation","summary":"Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; requires biennial training in the non-discriminatory provision of medical services for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, dental hygienists, registered and licensed practical nurses, podiatrists, and optometrists; authorizes the department of education to develop the training in consultation with the department of health and other experts; provides for documentation and exemption from the requirements; provides for a public education program on minority health; appropriates $100,000 therefor.","billno":"S118A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"HEALTH"},{"type":"bill","id":"S138-2011","title":"Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards","summary":"Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards; establishes that \"dating violence\" means a pattern of behavior where one person uses threats of, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse to control his or her dating partner; requires the department, in conjunction with the office for the prevention of domestic violence, to assist schools in developing a policy for dating violence incidents; requires such education to be taught to students regarding dating violence in the annual health curriculum framework for students in grades 7 through 12.","billno":"S138-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MAZIARZ","committee":"EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S138A-2011","title":"Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards","summary":"Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards; establishes that \"dating violence\" means a pattern of behavior where one person uses threats of, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse to control his or her dating partner; requires the department, in conjunction with the office for the prevention of domestic violence, to assist schools in developing a policy for dating violence incidents; requires such education to be taught to students regarding dating violence in the annual health curriculum framework for students in grades 7 through 12.","billno":"S138A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MAZIARZ","committee":"EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S151-2011","title":"Implements the empire propane education and research act","summary":"Implements the empire propane education and research act; authorizes the creation of certain propane education programs; requires the creation of an empire propane education and research council; enumerates the duties and purposes of the empire propane education and research council.","billno":"S151-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MAZIARZ","committee":"FINANCE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S172-2011","title":"Relates to alerting all public and non-public schools of the state in the event of a general threat against the schools of the state","summary":"Relates to alerting all public and non-public schools of the state in the event of a general threat of a terroristic nature against a single, multiple or all of the schools of the state; requires the school safety team to designate an individual to notify the education department in the event the school district receives a general threat of harm against any school or schools within the district or anywhere in the state.","billno":"S172-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MAZIARZ","committee":"EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S180-2011","title":"Requires parents to submit proof of age and nature of parental relation upon enrolling child in school","summary":"Requires persons in parental relation to an individual or a person required to attend school to submit proof of age and parental relation to school in which individual is enrolled; requires school superintendent to make inquiry of statewide central register for missing children if such information is not provided and the individual may be a missing child; requires records of age and parental relation to be maintained by schools pursuant to regulations of the commissioner of education; requires transfer of such records upon transfer of minor to another school; requires notification of law enforcement if there is an appearance of custodial interference.","billno":"S180-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MAZIARZ","committee":"EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S185-2011","title":"Authorizes vocational education and extension boards to permit students who receive home instruction to participate in vocational education courses","summary":"Authorizes vocational education and extension boards to permit students who receive home instruction to participate in vocational education courses when requested by parent or guardian who resides in the county.","billno":"S185-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MAZIARZ","committee":"EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S218-2011","title":"Establishes tuition awards for members of the reserve armed forces of the United States","summary":"Establishes tuition awards for members of the reserved armed forces of the United States; eligibility for such tuition benefit shall be determined by the education services offices of the division of military and naval affairs; restricts such tuition benefit to legal residents of the state; establishes a tuition award account.","billno":"S218-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MAZIARZ","committee":"HIGHER EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S285A-2011","title":"Prohibits use of lottery funds for any purpose other than education and prohibits co-mingling with funds for other purposes","summary":"Prohibits use of lottery funds for any purpose other than education and prohibits co-mingling with funds for other purposes.","billno":"S285A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"WAYS AND MEANS"},{"type":"bill","id":"S285-2011","title":"Prohibits use of lottery funds for any purpose other than education and prohibits co-mingling with funds for other purposes","summary":"Prohibits use of lottery funds for any purpose other than education and prohibits co-mingling with funds for other purposes.","billno":"S285-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS"},{"type":"bill","id":"S287A-2011","title":"Provides that the commissioner of education shall provide students who are in fifth grade or below shall remain in the building unless released to an authorized person","summary":"Provides that the commissioner of education shall promulgate rules and regulations which require that students who are in fifth grade or below shall remain in their school building unless released to an authorized person.","billno":"S287A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S287-2011","title":"Provides that the commissioner of education shall provide students who are in fifth grade or below shall remain in the building unless released to an authorized person","summary":"Provides that the commissioner of education shall promulgate rules and regulations which require that students who are in fifth grade or below shall remain in their school building unless released to an authorized person.","billno":"S287-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"EDUCATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S307-2011","title":"Regulates the proportional distribution of revenues from the sale of lottery tickets between expenses of the lottery and state education","summary":"Regulates the proportional distribution of revenues from the sale of lottery tickets between expenses of the lottery and state education.","billno":"S307-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"DIAZ","committee":"RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING"},{"type":"bill","id":"S312-2011","title":"Provides for the temporary emergency educational assistance to school districts which lack the fiscal resources necessary to provide a sound basic education","summary":"Provides for the provision of temporary emergency educational assistance to school districts which fail to provide a sound basic education to the students in such district; provides such assistance shall be in addition to any other state aid provided to the school district; provides the board of regents shall, upon application of a school district, determine eligibility for such assistance; establishes the temporary emergency educational fund.","billno":"S312-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MONTGOMERY","committee":"RULES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S321-2011","title":"Directs the board of regents and the state education department to develop a model for improved articulation of the education program for career mobility","summary":"Authorizes and directs the board of regents and the state education department to conduct a comprehensive study of nursing education programs across the state and develop a model for improved articulation of the education program for career mobility from one classification to another in the field of nursing; enacts the \"Development of Model for Articulation and Career Mobility Act\".","billno":"S321-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"MONTGOMERY","committee":"HIGHER EDUCATION"}]