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BILL S3477D-2011: Amends requirements for pet dealers
Amends requirements for pet dealers for the care and sale of cats and dogs; requires the implementation of an appropriate plan for the exercise of animals in their possession.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION
BILL S1569-2011: Relates to the powers and duties of boards of cooperative educational services
Relates to the powers and duties of boards of cooperative educational services.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: EDUCATION
BILL S1570-2011: Enacts the "Place a Child in Every School Seat Act of 2011" for the purposes of awareness of and incentives to improve school attendance
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
BILL S1571-2011: Establishes the environmental sustainability education act
Requires the department of education to establish an education for environmental sustainability program to teach children the importance of conserving and protecting our environment.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
BILL S1572-2011: Requires the commissioner to amend regulations to include medically accurate, age appropriate sexual education in secondary school
Establishes an age-appropriate sex education grant program through the department of health to be a comprehensive age-appropriate program conducted by an eligible applicant; authorizes the commissioner to determine certain topics of instruction and makes provisions for the application of grants.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: EDUCATION
BILL S1573-2011: Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services
Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
BILL S1574-2011: Establishes the education mandate relief act of 2011
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
BILL S1575-2011: Requires the legislature to provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free public libraries
Provides a constitutional guarantee that the legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free public libraries, wherein all the residents of this state may be provided with public library services.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: JUDICIARY
BILL S1576-2011: Relates to amount of apportionments of deficiencies in apportionments of state monies to certain nonpublic schools to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with certain state requirements
Relates to amount of apportionments and deficiencies in apportionments of state monies to certain nonpublic schools to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with certain state requirements.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: EDUCATION
BILL S1577-2011: Relates to requiring instruction on organ donor awareness in all senior high schools as part of the health education curriculum
Relates to requiring instruction on organ donor awareness in all senior high schools as part of the health education curriculum.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: HEALTH
BILL S1578-2011: Requires teachers to be trained on combating bullying
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
BILL S1579-2011: Authorizes school districts to purchase curriculum and instructional resources with money that has otherwise been set aside for the purchase of textbooks
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
BILL S1580-2011: Relates to the expenditure of pre-kindergarten program grant funds
Relates to the expenditure of prekindergarten program grant funds.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: EDUCATION
BILL S1581-2011: Includes public library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to apply for local government efficiency grants
Includes library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to apply for local government efficiency grants.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: FINANCE
BILL S1582-2011: Establishes the special education short-term revolving loan fund and authorizes the state comptroller to provide special education short-term revolving loans
Establishes the special education short-term revolving loan fund and authorizes the state comptroller to provide special education short-term revolving loans to certain special act school districts or approved special education providers.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: FINANCE
BILL S1583-2011: Prohibits contracts with out-of-state school districts in relation to aidable shared service
Prohibits contracts with out of state school districts in relation to aidable shared service.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: EDUCATION
BILL S1584-2011: Creates a facilitator center for private and parochial schools
Creates a facilitator center for private and parochial schools.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: EDUCATION
BILL S1585-2011: Relates to involuntary transfer of violent or disruptive pupils
Permits involuntary transfer of violent or disruptive pupils to another school.
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER
Committee: EDUCATION
BILL S1586-2011: Requires contractor bids on school district projects to include information on subcontractors and the commissioner of education to create surveys on the new bidding
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
BILL S1587-2011: Provides for the development and implementation of statewide school nutrition standards, for the review of school wellness policies
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