Provides that every election for office of trustee of a common school district or member of a board of education shall be subject to supervision of the local board of elections. / Sponsor: Miller J Committee:

Provides that an offer of employment or assignment made to a part-time faculty employee by a higher education institution which is contingent on enrollment, funding, or programmatic changes shall not constitute reasonable assurance of continued employment. / Sponsor: Rosenthal Committee:

Establishes the office of re-entry coordination for the wrongfully convicted and the re-entry for the wrongfully convicted program to provide 1) referral services for physical and mental health; transportation and housing; financial, investment, and debt management; education and employment; and other assistance for re-integration into society; 2) compensation of housing and transportation for one year; 3) enrollment into state employee health benefits; 4) compensation for physical and mental health service not covered by insurance; and 5) compensation for certain attorney fees. / Sponsor: Camara (MS) Committee:

Defines "severely and permanently disabled" for purposes of state scholarships and education loans. / Sponsor: Cusick Committee:

Requires school bus drivers and attendants who ride with children attending preschool special education programs to complete training in the needs of such children. / Sponsor: Weisenberg (MS) Committee:

Directs the director of the state office for the aging, in consultation with the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services, to develop elderly alcoholism prevention, education and treatment demonstration programs for senior citizens which will utilize the existing aging service delivery system. / Sponsor: Cook (MS) Committee:

Enacts the "Nurse of Tomorrow Act" to provide for grants from the state commissioner of education to public and not-for-profit hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools and other entities for nurse recruitment, education and retention costs and activities as described herein. / Sponsor: Perry (MS) Committee:

Relates to the duties of the commissioner of education with regard to early childhood education from birth through age five. / Sponsor: Nolan Committee:

Requires health club employee first aid training to be the same as is required for coaches of after-school athletic activities as certified by the commissioner of education; includes first-aid and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation; acceptable courses include those offered by the American National Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized organization, subject to approval by the commissioner of education; or one meeting equivalent to requirements certified by the commissioner of education; exempts weight loss studios or salons that promote weight loss and which do not include on-site bodybuilding, exercise, etc. / Sponsor: Dinowitz (MS) Committee:

Establishes the clinical trial access and education fund to provide grants to eligible applicants to provide certain services for patients with life-threatening or disabling conditions or diseases. / Sponsor: Gottfried (MS) Committee:

Legalizes, ratifies, validates and confirms certain capital improvement projects of the New Rochelle city school district designated by the state education department as project numbers 0001-007, 0002-006, 0004-004, 0012-006, 0006-004, 0003-006, 0001-009, 0001-010, 7999-001 and 7999-002. / Sponsor: Paulin (MS) Committee:

Provides for the yearly transfer of funds in an amount of up to one million dollars for use by the director of the office for the aging for services and expenses of the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center, the Consortium of New York Geriatric Care Centers, and the Long Island Geriatric Education Center. / Sponsor: Englebright Committee:

Requires all teachers to complete training in area of autism and directs the commissioner of education to assure that such training is included in all teacher certification programs. / Sponsor: Schroeder (MS) Committee:

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards; establishes that "dating violence" means a pattern of behavior where one person uses threats of, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse to control his or her dating partner; requires the department, in conjunction with the office for the prevention of domestic violence, to assist schools in developing a policy for dating violence incidents; requires such education to be taught to students regarding dating violence in the annual health curriculum framework for students in grades 7 through 12. / Sponsor: Cusick (MS) Committee:

Enacts the "concussion management and awareness act"; directs the commissioners of education and health to adopt and implement rules and regulations for the treatment and monitoring of students with mild traumatic brain injuries; requires school personnel to receive training in mild traumatic brain injuries; such rules and regulations shall apply to school districts and boards of cooperative educational services; requires provisions of information pamphlet on mild traumatic brain injuries to parents of pupils participating in interscholastic sports or who have suffered a mild traumatic brain injury; requires written consent of and acknowledgment of receipt of such pamphlet by parents prior to participation in interscholastic sports; provides for the establishment of concussion management teams to implement such provisions. / Sponsor: Nolan (MS) Committee:

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

Facilitates enrollment in the child health insurance plan; directs the commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop a form with information regarding the existence of the child health insurance plan; further directs the commissioner of education to promulgate rules and regulations to require all public schools and school districts to disseminate such materials to families of students. / Sponsor: Magnarelli (MS) Committee:

Establishes the commission on education in the twenty-first century which shall examine the system of school districts and the delivery of education related services in the state and shall recommend changes to that system. / Sponsor: Cahill (MS) Committee:

Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and education to students in public and private high schools; provides for state reimbursement therefor. / Sponsor: Paulin (MS) Committee:

Establishes the nursing education expansion program, including faculty development program, capital facility program and the recruitment and promotion program; creates regents nursing shortage scholarships; provides for county matching awards for professional education in nursing; establishes the "nursing faculty development program fund", the "nursing capital facilities program fund", the "recruitment and promotion program fund", and the "county match awards for professional education in nursing fund"; appropriates $25,620,000 therefor. / Sponsor: Crouch Committee: