Requires kindergartens to operate full day programs in the 2025-2026 school year.
Repeals a provision excluding kindergartens, pre-kindergartens, or nursery schools for children three years of age or older, or after-school programs for children operated by a public school district or by a private school or academy which is providing elementary or secondary education or both from the definition of child day care.
Creates a single, streamlined process whereby a facility or program operating both a pre-kindergarten program and a daycare program may apply for and receive any certification, licensing, or other requirement otherwise necessary to operate a pre-kindergarten program or daycare program under the laws of the state.
Creates a single, streamlined process whereby a facility or program operating both a pre-kindergarten program and a daycare program may apply for and receive any certification, licensing, or other requirement otherwise necessary to operate a pre-kindergarten program or daycare program under the laws of the state.
Authorizes a retroactive real property tax exemption for Hicksville United Methodist Church in the county of Nassau for general taxes years 2022 and 2023 and school taxes years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.
Authorizes a retroactive real property tax exemption for Hicksville United Methodist Church in the county of Nassau for general taxes years 2022 and 2023 and school taxes years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.
Requires operators of bicycles, skateboards, inline skates and scooters who are under eighteen years of age to wear protective headgear; increases the age requirement from fourteen years to eighteen years.
Requires operators of bicycles, skateboards, inline skates and scooters who are under eighteen years of age to wear protective headgear; increases the age requirement from fourteen years to eighteen years.
Relates to the operation of a motor vehicle by deaf or hard of hearing drivers; provides that no deaf or hard of hearing driver shall be required to wear a hearing aid while operating a motor vehicle provided that their vehicle is equipped with a full view mirror.
Relates to school district unexpended surplus funds; provides that for the 2025--2026 school year and thereafter, surplus funds shall mean any operating funds in excess of six percent of the current school year budget, and shall not include funds properly retained under other sections of law.