Relates to school session days; adds general election day to the list of days when school will not be in session; allows a school district to elect to require staff attendance on a general election day or to schedule a professional development day.
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to allow students attending a school closed due to a viral outbreak to receive instructional time for work completed outside of the school.
Suspends state assessments during a state disaster emergency; requires the commissioner of education to suspend state assessments during a state disaster emergency and for thirty days after such emergency has ended.
Relates to mandatory student enrollment reporting for public schools and charter schools triennially on October thirty-first, January thirty-first, and April thirtieth of each year.
Requires the appointment of an independent fiduciary upon the closing of a charter school to develop and implement the dissolution plan of such charter school, including the distribution of assets.
Enacts the safe schools by design act; directs the use of design principles and strategies, pursuant to guidance issued by the commissioner of education, as part of a comprehensive approach to provide a safe, secure and healthy school environment.
Extends the time period from eighteen years to twenty-five years that a school shall be guaranteed recovery of energy performance contract costs from energy savings incurred by school districts over that time period.
Requires annual screenings for depression of students in grades seven through twelve; requires the department of education and the department of health to review data pertaining to the results of such screenings for local and statewide trends concerning teenage depression.