New York 2009-2010 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee Bills & Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01958

Introduced
1/17/23  
Refer
1/17/23  
Establishes a task force to study and make recommendations on school safety in the state of New York.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06148

Introduced
3/31/23  
Refer
3/31/23  
Establishes the New York state school resource officer program; provides for grants for school resource officers (Part A); relates to peace officers who are retired police officers employed by a school district as a school resource officer (Part B); allows retired police officers to be employed by a school district as a school safety officer, school security officer or any other substantially similar position for an annual salary of $50,000 or less to continue to receive their full retirement benefit (Part C).
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06256

Introduced
4/10/23  
Refer
4/10/23  
Requires a period of unstructured physical play for pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades one through five.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06259

Introduced
4/10/23  
Refer
4/10/23  
Protects women's sports in middle school and high school from unfair competition.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06537

Introduced
4/26/23  
Refer
4/26/23  
Engrossed
6/7/23  
Refer
6/7/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
6/5/24  
Decreases the frequency of lock-down drills in schools; directs that such drills shall be implemented with a trauma-informed approach; permits parents to opt their children out of such drills.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06563

Introduced
4/26/23  
Refer
4/26/23  
Establishes a school ventilation and energy efficiency assessment, repair and verification program to require each school to: obtain an HVAC Assessment Report performed by qualified testing personnel documenting the functionality of the existing system or lack thereof, and obtain a report from a mechanical engineer identifying any upgrades, replacements or other measures recommended to improve the functionality, health and safety and/or energy efficiency of the HVAC system; adjust, and, if necessary, repair existing building HVAC systems, and install or replace HVAC systems, if necessary, to ensure proper and efficient operation, as well as compliance with health and safety standards; obtain an HVAC Verification Report performed by qualified testing personnel documenting any upgrades, replacements, installations or any other work performed on the HVAC system functions as designed and/or in compliance with health and safety standards; install CO2 sensors in classrooms, assembly areas, kitchen or cafeteria areas or building office spaces to provide ongoing verification that proper ventilation is maintained during operation; makes related provisions.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06209

Introduced
4/3/23  
Increases from three million dollars to four millions dollars the cost of 10 projects which shall be located at the STEM at Blodgett Middle School, the Corcoran High School, the Delaware Primary School, the Henninger High School, the Syracuse Latin School, the Lincoln Middle School, the Nottingham High School, the Roberts PreK-8 School, the Seymour Dual Language Academy and the Webster Elementary School.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06629

Introduced
5/2/23  
Refer
5/2/23  
Relates to grants to cover the costs of school resource officers; authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities to provide school resource officers.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06754

Introduced
5/9/23  
Refer
5/9/23  
Provides that contract cost adjustments in the middle of contract terms for school districts transportation contracts shall be at no additional cost to the state, locality or school district unless such amendment is necessary to comply with the statewide transition to zero-emission buses and provided that it has been established by the contractor that there has been at least an equivalent increase in the amount of such contractor's cost of operation.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06737

Introduced
5/8/23  
Refer
5/8/23  
Provides that the commissioner of education may also withhold from any district or city its share of the public money of the state for willfully disobeying any provision of law, or for such decisions, orders or regulations as aforesaid whose willful violation constitutes an immediate threat to the health, safety, education or welfare of students, employees or visitors at such common school, educational institution, school district or public school.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06338

Introduced
4/17/23  
Refer
4/17/23  
Requires schools that have a Muslim or Jewish population greater than or equal to ten percent of the student body to offer Halal food options and/or Kosher food options during lunch.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06241

Introduced
4/5/23  
Refer
4/5/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Allows boards of cooperative educational services to install school bus stop sign cameras.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06396

Introduced
4/18/23  
Refer
4/18/23  
Relates to instruction in food, agriculture and nutrition in elementary and high school; contents may be varied to meet the needs of particular school districts; need not be uniform throughout the state; school districts shall utilize either the curriculum for health education instruction regarding food, agriculture and nutrition prescribed by the commissioner or a course approved by the commissioner in accordance with criteria established by the commissioner.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06367

Introduced
4/18/23  
Refer
4/18/23  
Requires a principal, superintendent or a principal's or superintendent's designee to notify law enforcement if they believe a hate crime is occurring.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06291

Introduced
4/11/23  
Refer
4/11/23  
Directs the commissioner of education, in conjunction with the superintendent of state police and the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services, to establish standards for the security and safety of school grounds.