Requires school districts in a city with one million or more to investigate and report on the status of PCB's in school buildings; provides for report to be submitted to the commissioner by January 1, next succeeding the close of the school year in which the inspection was conducted with all buildings being inspected by January 1, 2014; provides that 50% shall be inspected by July 1, 2013. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: EDUCATION

Directs the commissioner of education to prepare an annual course of study of the history of the American flag to encourage participation therein by students and faculty and indicate that the pledge is taken in recognition of the sacrifices made by the men and women of the armed forces of the United States in defense of our country. / Sponsor: ADDABBO Committee: EDUCATION

Shortens the time frame within which a meeting may be called to vote on consolidation of school districts after qualified voters have not voted in favor of consolidation. / Sponsor: GRIFFO Committee: EDUCATION

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

Allows the board of education of the city school district of the city of Yonkers the option of amortizing future payments to the New York state teachers' retirement system. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: EDUCATION

Requires that voting on land acquisition and building construction propositions by BOCES districts shall be at the polling places equitably distributed within the BOCES district. / Sponsor: SALAND Committee: EDUCATION

Requires the commissioner of education and the commissioner of general services to promulgate standards for the procurement and use of environmentally sensitive commodities and services for schools and boards of cooperative educational services; provides that these provisions shall be applicable to all school districts and boards of cooperative educational services. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: EDUCATION

Ensures that special education children are provided with transportation to preschool by their parents if such parents have the means and ability to provide such transportation; provides reimbursement payments for parental transportation. / Sponsor: GALLIVAN Committee: EDUCATION

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Friendship central school district. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: EDUCATION

Imposes certain conditions on the approval of a charter school application for the conversion of an existing public school to a charter school where such school has demonstrated a practice or pattern of violations of the civil service law relating to improper employer practices. / Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to charter schools; clarifies the transparency and accountability of charter schools and provides fiscal relief to the school districts where charter schools are located. / Sponsor: PERKINS Committee: EDUCATION

Enacts the school bus mandate relief act authorizing school districts, in their discretion, to provide student transportation based upon patterns of actual ridership. / 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

Provides for state reimbursement to all elementary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education for the cost of metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax payments. / Sponsor: LANZA 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

Relates to the public librarian certification fee; increases fee from five dollars to fifty dollars; seventy-five dollars for conditional certification; requires regulations promulgated by commissioner of education. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Requires adequate training in the Heimlich maneuver and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), by an institution or provider approved by the state education department, as a condition of certification as a school teacher. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: EDUCATION

Provides that the education department shall set guidelines relating to noise and work hours on school construction sites. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: EDUCATION

Requires school districts to establish a language assistance program for limited English proficient parents of students; requires record keeping and annual reporting; permits districts to jointly establish such programs. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: EDUCATION

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