Relates to annual professional performance review plans submitted by the highest performing ten percent of school districts. / Sponsor: MARTINS Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming actions of the Scarsdale union free school district with respect to the establishment of a reserve fund in connection with its self funded health care plan. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Authorizes and empowers school districts to accept gifts, donations and contributions to the district and to solicit the same. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee: EDUCATION

Requires instruction in anti-gun violence in all schools. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: EDUCATION

Authorizes school district property to be used for not-for-profit dental clinics providing care to families in the district upon the approval of the trustees or board of education of a school district. / Sponsor: RITCHIE Committee: EDUCATION

Legalizes actions of the Oyster Bay - East Norwich central school district with respect to certain building aid contracts. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee: EDUCATION

Excludes the value of state forest preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from use in the determination of state aid to school districts. / Sponsor: LITTLE Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to the innovation and commercialization functions of the state university. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Requires that a fixed percentage amount of school district budgets shall be dedicated and utilized solely for classroom expenses; authorizes the commissioner of education to define the term "classroom expenses". / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee: EDUCATION

Requires all school districts to have a licensed physical education teacher. / Sponsor: RIVERA Committee: EDUCATION

Authorizes dental hygienists to provide such services without supervision in collaboration with a licensed dentist under a collaborative practice agreement. / Sponsor: RITCHIE Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Expands provisions relating to cyber-bullying in schools; provides school districts with tools to address cyber-bullying consistent with the emerging research in the field. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee: EDUCATION

Provides for the screening for childhood obesity by elementary and secondary schools and promotes the availability of certain healthy foods and beverages; requires instruction in schools on good health practices. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: EDUCATION

Provides for the determination of actual valuation for the Cambridge central school district. / Sponsor: LITTLE Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to children with handicapping conditions attending an educational facility located outside the state: provides that upon a determination that the out-of-state facility is appropriately meeting the needs of the child, such child need not be referred to an appropriate in-state program unless the parent or guardian of such child so elects; provides that, upon reapplication for state reimbursement by the school district of which such child is a resident, no documentation shall be required to establish that there are no appropriate public or approved private facilities for instruction available within the state or that any efforts were made to obtain placement of the student in such an in-state facility. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to meetings and absences of the board of regents. / Sponsor: FLANAGAN Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Requires the department of education to make local diplomas available to certain students. / Sponsor: FLANAGAN Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to certain information about special education upon entry to school. / Sponsor: FLANAGAN Committee: EDUCATION

Requires school districts to develop a policy regulating the use of school-owned cell phones to include, but not be limited to, requiring that they be used only for school related purposes. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to safety training and regulations for the recognition and management of head injuries occurring during school athletic activities. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: EDUCATION