Increases the number of family court judges in the city of New York to seventy-two; provides for two additional family court judges for each of Westchester and Rockland counties and an additional family court judge for each of Erie and Niagara counties.
Exempts minors twelve or thirteen years of age from prohibitions on employment of minors when employed as a referee or umpire for youth sports games played by children under twelve years of age.
Requires school districts to provide instructional programming and services in reading and literacy which are evidence based and aligned with state standards; requires teachers in grades pre-K through five to attend professional development courses in reading education.
Changes the due date by which the New York State teachers' retirement system is required to submit the annual MWBE report to on or before December thirty-first following the end of the teachers retirement system's fiscal year.
Requires school districts to establish a method by which a parent may request a local library card for their minor child on the school registration form.
Requires each school district to ensure that every public or private school in which school days exceed five hours in duration provides a minimum of thirty minutes of daily recess within the school day for all students in kindergarten through fifth grade and for students in sixth grade who attend an elementary school.