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

Includes library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to apply for local government efficiency grants. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: FINANCE

Authorizes the establishment by school districts and boards of cooperative educational services of retirement contribution reserve funds for the purposes of making contributions to the New York state teachers' retirement system. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: RULES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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