Directs the commissioner of education to change the name of the state high school equivalency diploma, formerly known as the general education development (GED) program, to the Excelsior high school diploma.
Requires the regents of the university of the state of New York to make available to all public and private schools in the state materials and pacing guides to aid in the instruction of the Holocaust and other genocides; requires such materials and pacing guides to be developed to provide education aligned with the regents kindergarten through twelfth grade social studies framework and to be developed by the regents in consultation with Holocaust education centers and museums.
Enacts the "Trevyan Rowe child and young teen mental health community safety act"; directs boards of education to create policies, procedures, and guidelines for at-risk children and young teens who have demonstrated suicidal ideation, been victims of harassment or bullying, and/or who have eloped from school property; establishes a commission to evaluate the safety and security of children in primary and secondary public and private schools in this state.
Requires the commissioner of education to develop guidelines to encourage those in high school to participate in apprenticeships and to raise awareness in apprenticeship opportunities.
Authorizes the monitor of the Rochester city school district to recommend the removal of any member of such board of education to the commissioner of education.
Establishes a half-credit course in financial education delivered by means of a comprehensive financial literacy program for all pupils in grades nine, ten, eleven or twelve.
Requires a local transportation regulatory agency to review school safety plans for traffic and transportation issues prior to the issuance of a building permit for a new school facility or the expansion or renovation of an existing school facility.