Dissolves the West Park union free school district, in the town of Esopus in the county of Ulster; provides for the payment of the debts and obligations of such school district. /
Sponsor: Cahill Committee: EDUCATION

Creates the teacher training initiative fund for autism; appropriates funds therefor. /
Sponsor: Montesano Committee: EDUCATION

Directs the commissioner of education to develop and conduct programs designed to prevent suicide among youths. /
Sponsor: HUNTLEY Committee: EDUCATION

Provides for radon testing in public and private schools. /
Sponsor: PARKER Committee: EDUCATION

Directs the commissioner of education, in cooperation with the commissioner of agriculture and markets, to establish voluntary guidelines to provide for the donation of excess, unused, edible food from school, university or other educational institutions meal programs to voluntary food assistance programs. /
Sponsor: Ortiz Committee: EDUCATION

Provides that, on and after July 1, 2014, no board of education shall approve the purchase or use of textbooks containing commercial brand names, products or company logos unless a specific finding is made by the board, in writing, that the mention of such brand names, products or logos was necessary to achieve an educational purpose. /
Sponsor: Clark Committee: EDUCATION

Provides that no van or suburban motor vehicle shall be operated in the transportation of pupils to or from school unless all passengers in such vehicle are properly utilizing approved seat belts. /
Sponsor: Titone Committee: EDUCATION

Requires that the board of education or trustees of each school district and board of cooperative educational services to develop for each school within such district an asthma management program to include policies and procedures for the administration of medication and the use of diagnostic and treatment devices for students diagnosed by a physician as having asthma; requires a specific plan of action for school personnel to follow in the event of an acute asthmatic episode. /
Sponsor: Jacobs Committee: EDUCATION

Requires public school students to be screened for eating disorders. /
Sponsor: Rivera P Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to limitations on school district tax levies. /
Sponsor: RULES COM Weisenberg Committee: EDUCATION

Creates the empire state internship program for secondary students who may be interested in specific careers; program provides exposure to advanced technologies and equipment not available in the classroom; authorizes commissioner of education to establish and administer such program; requires department of education to submit a report by October 1, 2014 and every October first thereafter, to the legislature. /
Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: EDUCATION

Requires the superintendent of each school district to prepare a public school calendar and notify the officials of nonpublic schools of such calendar for the purpose of determining the days when the school district is closed, but the nonpublic are open and require the transportation of students. /
Sponsor: Calhoun Committee: EDUCATION

Restores the tuition freeze for charter schools to the 2009-2010 school year level for the City School District of the city of Albany. /
Sponsor: BRESLIN Committee: EDUCATION

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. /
Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: EDUCATION

Establishes the Hudson School of Math, Science and Engineering Regional Technology Institute; provides governing board, powers and duties; purpose being to expand learning opportunities, particularly in various high-tech fields for students in the Orange-Ulster BOCES and adjoining school districts. /
Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: EDUCATION

Permits school districts outside of NYC to pass on the district's percentage reduction in state aid to charter schools. /
Sponsor: Pretlow Committee: EDUCATION

Prohibits school districts from entering into telecommunications contracts as delineated herein which grant exclusive rights or deals with exclusive advertising rights. /
Sponsor: Clark Committee: EDUCATION

Requires that any on-line or web-based applications utilized by the department of education in connection with application for licensure or certification or to verify the result of background checks comply with the Cyber Security Policy of the New York State Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination and with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. /
Sponsor: Millman Committee: EDUCATION

Prohibits the appointment of paid employees of the city of Yonkers or any public benefit corporation thereof as members of the board of education of the city school district of such city; requires the appointment of members of such board to reflect the diversity of such city. /
Sponsor: Pretlow Committee: EDUCATION

Allows BOCES to serve as a clearinghouse for substitute teachers; allows BOCES to provide career services to students in border states. /
Sponsor: Galef Committee: EDUCATION