Clarifies what buildings constitute an existing public school building for purposes of the location of charter schools by describing an existing public school building as being a building that is currently occupied or is unoccupied but designated for potential school use.
Provides for a temporary exemption to limitations upon school district tax levies to school districts who experience a loss of a payment in lieu of taxes agreement due to the closure of a nuclear power plant.
Provides that in certain instances the school district budget will be approved if the majority of the votes cast are in the affirmative and if the budget, without the separate proposition or propositions, does not exceed the tax levy limit.
Relates to creating a school resource officer program to permit the employment of retired law enforcement officers and provide grants to school districts and non-public schools for such purpose.
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.
Relates to student class size in public schools in school districts located outside of a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants; requires such districts to develop a plan to reduce actual class sizes beginning September two thousand twenty-three.
Adopts the interstate teacher mobility compact to facilitate the mobility of teachers across member states, with the goal of supporting teachers through new pathways to licensure; establishes a regulatory framework to expedite and enhance the ability of teachers to move across state lines.
Empowers the commissioner of education to declare a disaster has substantially impacted an annual meeting and election and to allow school boards to set an additional day for voting if less than eight percent of registered voters cast ballots as a direct consequence of a disaster.
Establishes the school safety specialist act; establishes a certification and training program for school safety specialists; outlines the roles and duties of school safety specialists.
Requires age-appropriate instruction on conflict resolution for elementary, middle, and high school students; requires the commissioner to develop curricula for schools in the state for such instruction; directs the commissioner to develop resource materials to facilitate such instruction.