Restricts the sale, lease, transfer or use of existing outdoor school playgrounds for the construction or renovation of a school building which would eliminate use of such playground space for outdoor recreation unless an alternative plan for outdoor recreation is provided. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee:

Provides a $500,000 supplemental valuation impact grant to the West Valley central school district to the 2012 - 2013 school year. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee:

Requires notification of parents when student directory personally identifiable information is released to third parties; provides an opportunity to opt out. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee:

Requires a school district superintendent to be a resident of the state. / Sponsor: LIBOUS Committee:

Exempts certain consolidated school districts from provisions of law requiring re-computation upon sale of building aid for projects for the construction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of school buildings. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee:

Provides that school districts may provide instruction in digital literacy. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee:

Directs the commissioner of education to change the name of the Delhi Central School District to the Delaware Academy Central School District at Delhi. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee:

Provides for the payment of universal prekindergarten program aid for the 2011-2012 school year to the Westfield central school district. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee:

Provides for the payment of universal prekindergarten program aid for the 2009-2010 school year to the Dansville central school district. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee:

Relates to mandate relief for school districts and other educational entities. / Sponsor: FLANAGAN Committee:

Transfers control of the Yonkers Education Construction Fund Board to the mayor of the city of Yonkers. / Sponsor: STEWART-COUSINS Committee:

Relates to vacancies on boards of cooperative educational services. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee:

Relates to experimental alternative institutional support programs for school districts. / Sponsor: HANNON Committee:

Permits a district to authorize transportation of pre-kindergarten students where such pre-kindergarten program is held at a building which is also utilized for education of students in grades K-12 and where there is no additional cost. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee:

Relates to state aid to libraries and library systems; provides that no library shall receive less aid than they received in 2011; provides that public library systems may use the formula funding for coordinated outreach and youth services; eliminates the competitive adult and family literacy grant programs; eliminates the competitive coordinated conservation/preservation grant program and increases the statutory amount available to each of the eligible Big Eleven research libraries; provides that NYS research library's statutory formula conservation/preservation program is funded at the same level in the state operations budget as are the programs of the other Big Eleven research libraries; provides that no library or system will receive less funding than they received under statute in 2011 as a result of the use of the 2010 census. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee:

Relates to state aid to libraries and library systems; provides for automatic waiver of local maintenance of effort requirements in the event that state aid for public library systems is reduced by more than 15%; provides the commissioner with authority to waive provisions of certain categorical aid programs in the event that state aid programs are reduced by more than 15%. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee:

Removes financial disincentives for voluntary public library system and reference and research library resources system mergers. / Sponsor: FARLEY Committee:

Requires a course of instruction on the provisions of the federalist papers and the United States constitution to be provided to high school students. / Sponsor: LANZA Committee:

Relates to the ability of the Randolph Academy union free school district to acquire, purchase, lease or otherwise operate territory for use by the school district. / Sponsor: FLANAGAN Committee:

Relates to regional secondary schools. / Sponsor: FLANAGAN Committee: