Directs the commissioner of education to establish a statewide school safety tip line to permit students and others to report information related to incidents of students causing harm to the physical or mental health of another student or school employee, or a threat of such harm.
Directs the commissioner of education to establish a statewide school safety tip line to permit students and others to report information related to incidents of students causing harm to the physical or mental health of another student or school employee, or a threat of such harm.
Directs school districts to establish school threat assessment teams and implement plans to intervene where a student exhibits behavior indicating an intent to harm themselves or others and to address underlying needs of the student.
Directs the commissioner of education to establish a commission to study the needs of adolescents and the effect that school day start times have on the health and academic performance of students.
Provides that schools need not provide special instruction to delinquent students whose violent behavior poses an unreasonable risk to teachers and students in special day schools or special school rooms; permits shared services in connection with the establishment of such special schools.
Requires heart examinations for public school students and a statement on whether the student is fit to participate in physical education or other athletic activities.
Directs the commissioner of education to study and report on the provision of services to public school students in grades 8 through 12 by guidance counselors.
Allows certain non-public schools to be exempt from being required to provide menstrual products in the restrooms of school buildings, upon a demonstration to the commissioner of education that the school does not serve students who need such products, and that such products are otherwise available to students who might need them.