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

Allows a person with a master's of social work degree who meets certain requirements to file to be licensed within one year of the effective date of this act. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Relates to the powers and duties of boards of cooperative educational services. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Permits involuntary transfer of violent or disruptive pupils to another school. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Enacts the "Place a Child in Every School Seat Act" for the purposes of awareness of and incentives to improve school attendance and retention. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Defines tuition for the 2013-2014 school year; restricts tuition rates to not more than four percent of a school year's costs. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Prohibits contracts with out of state school districts in relation to aidable shared service. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to teachers' rights; adds other specified personnel to teachers and teaching assistants where the board of cooperative educational services takes over a program. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Grants small city school districts the authority to provide cafeteria or restaurant services to students should such district be subject to a contingency budget. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: EDUCATION

Provides that juniors and seniors at secondary schools and students at the state and city universities of New York must take a financial literacy course. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: EDUCATION

Establishes the education mandate relief act; authorizes the board of education to enter into piggyback contracts with another school district for transportation services and directs BOCES to convene committees to recommend options for school district consolidation and shared services. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Authorizes school districts to purchase curriculum and instructional resources with money that has otherwise been set aside for the purchase of textbooks. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Creates a facilitator center for private and parochial schools. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to the expenditure of prekindergarten program grant funds. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Directs each board of cooperative educational services to adopt and implement a school year calendar for classes at such board and the component school districts thereof. / Sponsor: LITTLE Committee: EDUCATION

Requires individuals applying for certification or licensure to be a teacher to complete a course of training in recognizing and responding to incidents of bullying and harassment. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to tuition increases, leasing, contracting, and the overall daily operation at the State University of New York at Buffalo. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Authorizes certain school districts to elect to withdraw excess monies from the employee benefit accrued liability reserve fund and transfer such funds to the general fund of the school district. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: EDUCATION

Provides for the development and implementation of statewide school nutrition standards for food and beverages that are sold to students and for the review of school wellness policies. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION

Requires contractors bidding on projects for school districts to provide information regarding proposed subcontractors; requires the commissioner to provide surveys regarding the new bidding process. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: EDUCATION