Requires that all special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or to undergo a significant change be assigned to new schools prior to the implementation of the closing or change.
Requires public schools in any city with a population over one million that have at least 25% of students practicing a religious faith with specific dietary restrictions to offer food options which meet such dietary restrictions.
Establishes Three King's day as a school holiday for all public schools in a city school district of a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.
Allows the chancellor of the city district of the city of New York to require pupils in public schools in the borough of Brooklyn or in the borough of Queens to attend school on anniversary day, but to declare a holiday for such pupils on an alternate date in the same school year to allow for the celebration of a significant cultural or religious holiday.
Authorizes the chancellor of the city district to control and operate certain specialized high schools in the city of New York; establishes a commission on middle school achievement to provide guidance, advice, and make recommendations to the chancellor of the city district on matters pertaining to education policy, performance and innovation in New York city middle schools; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Creates a city-wide council for district seventy-five to advise and comment on educational or instructional policies involving district seventy-five services.
Requires the chancellor of the NYC department of education to establish a pilot program for the purpose of providing frozen take-home meals to certain children located in the city of New York; requires the chancellor of the NYC department of education to select one NYC public school from each borough to participate in such pilot program.
Enacts the "New York city Caribbean steel pan educational music program act"; requires community school boards in the city of New York to authorize, where reasonable, the use of school grounds in the summer months for use by any steel pan music organization to practice for the Labor Day Parade (West Indian Carnival).
Includes remedial services, homework or childcare as the transportation responsibility of the city school district located in a city having a population of one million or more.
Establishes a grant program for New York city's public K-12 schools which are eligible for support provided under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, for the purposes of installing laundry equipment for facilities for use by students and parents or guardians of students.