Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; relates to contracts for excellence; relates to calculation of state aid to school districts; relates to a statewide dual enrollment policy; extends workforce education; relates to maximum class sizes for special education; extends chapter 82 of the laws of 1995; relates to foundation aid; provides for special apportionment for salary expenses; provides for special apportionment for public pension accruals; establishes a dual enrollment program; relates to universal pre-kindergarten and the Statewide universal full-day pre-kindergarten; extends provisions relating to paperwork reduction; relates to funding a program for work force education; extends provisions for monitors in the Hempstead union free school district, the Wyandanch union free school district and the Rochester city school district; relates to supplementary funding for the East Ramapo central school district; extends provisions authorizing the Roosevelt union free school district to finance deficits by the issuance of serial bonds; relates to requirements for zero emissions school buses; relates to certain instructional requirements for nonpublic schools (Part A); establishes a universal free school meals program; repeals provisions relating to the community eligibility provision state subsidy (Part B); relates to school policies regarding the use of internet-enabled devices during the school day (Part C); relates to scholarships awarded to part-time students by the New York state higher education services corporation; makes conforming changes; repeals provisions relating to tuition awards for part-time undergraduate students; relates to the New York state part-time scholarship award program (Part D); relates to authorizing the excelsior scholarship cover the cost of tuition in the state university of New York system (Part E); creates a New York opportunity promise scholarship for certain students who matriculated at a SUNY or CUNY community college, are over 25 years of age, have applied for certain tuition assistance programs, are eligible for resident tuition rates, and have not already obtained a postsecondary degree (Part F); provides for reduction of taxes pursuant to shelter rent (Part L); utilizes reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for the neighborhood preservation program, the rural preservation program, the rural rental assistance program, and the New York state supportive housing program (Part N); extends certain provisions relating to restructuring financing for residential school placements (Part O); authorizes child care support centers which are certified by the office of children and family services to place individuals as substitute caregivers at licensed and registered child care programs (Part P); relates to the provision of public assistance allowances to public assistance recipients upon the birth of a new child (Part Q); relates to increasing the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and disabled persons living in the community (Part R); relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to the powers and duties of the commissioner of social services relating to the appointment of a temporary operator (Part S); relates to the healthy terminals act; amends certain definitions relating to covered airport location and covered airport workers; provides for the applicable standard rate as meaning the wage and benefit rates designated by the commissioner of labor (Part T); limits the amount of liquidated damages for certain frequency of pay violations (Part U); relates to civil penalties for violations of certain wage payment provisions (Part V); increases the civil penalties for violations of child labor laws (Part W); establishes a database for the employment of minors; allows for registration of minors and employers in such database; digitizes the process for minors to apply for employment (Part X); expands certain payments previously made to parents of deceased service members to spouses and minor children of such service members; authorizes the commissioner of veterans' affairs to conduct an outreach program for the purpose of informing the public and persons who may be eligible to receive an annuity (Part Y); requires submission of an annual report on the New York state museum (Part AA); decreases the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits (Part BB); requires social services for a city of a population of a million or more shall spend a certain amount of local funds for child care block grants (Part CC); establishes the crime of evading arrest by concealment of identity (Part DD); expands the merit time allowance and limited credit time allowance programs (Part EE); authorizes the commissioner of education to appoint a monitor to oversee the Mount Vernon city school district; requires such monitor to schedule three public hearings; requires the monitor and board of education to develop a proposed financial plan for the 2025--2026 school year and the four subsequent school years (Part FF); relates to the conversion to condominium ownership for the preservation of expiring affordable housing in the city of New York; provides expanded homeownership opportunities from the conversion of certain residential rental buildings to condominium status by property owners that commit to preserve the inventory of expiring affordable housing in the city of New York (Part GG); establishes the housing access voucher pilot program (Part HH); amends section 2 of chapter 868 of the laws of 1975 constituting the New York state financial emergency act for the city of New York, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part II); establishes the city of Buffalo parking authority; provides for its powers, duties and obligations (Part JJ); increases the maximum benefit rate for unemployment insurance (Part KK); amends provisions relating to discovery reform (Part LL); provides for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2025-2026 budget; authorizes certain payments and transfers; relates to the administration of certain funds and accounts (Part MM).
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year; relates to contracts for excellence, foundation aid, and to apportioning aid for universal prekindergarten; relates to the apportionment of moneys for school aid; relates to purchase of food products from NY state farmers, growers, producers or processors; relates to reimbursement for the 2026-2027 school year and the maximum contract hours, withholding a portion of employment preparation education aid, and the effectiveness thereof; relates to the use of apportionments for the EXCEL program and the effectiveness thereof; relates to maximum class sizes for special classes for certain students with disabilities; relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to state aid to school districts and the appropriation of funds for the support of government; provides for special apportionment for salary expenses; provides for special apportionment for public pension accruals; provides for set-asides from the state funds which certain districts are receiving from the total foundation aid; provides for apportionment for salary expenses for the Roosevelt union free school district; provides for support of public libraries; repeals certain provisions relating to the statewide universal full-day prekindergarten program (Part A); relates to evidence-based instructional practices in the subject of mathematics for students in kindergarten through grade five (Part B); relates to the eligibility of students enrolled in an approved program leading to a degree in high demand field for the New York opportunity promise scholarship (Part C); extends the authorization for differential tuition rates for non-residents at SUNY and CUNY schools (Part E); relates to early childhood educator eligibility for the masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program (Part F); changes the name of the New York state musical instrument revolving fund to the New York state music grant fund; removes provisions of law relating to the loan, lease and purchase of musical instruments and other related property and equipment and the requirement that the state council on the arts provide a report to the governor and certain members of the legislature containing guidelines and amendments established by the state council on the arts and a complete financial statement including, but not limited to, monies allocated, collected, transferred or otherwise paid or credited to the fund (Part G); increases the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and disabled persons living in the community (Part L); utilizes reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for the neighborhood preservation program, the rural preservation program, the rural rental assistance program, and the New York state supportive housing program, the solutions to end homelessness program or the operational support for AIDS housing program (Part M); increases the number of land banks which can simultaneously exist in the state of New York from 35 to 45 (Part N); establishes the homeowner protection program; provides that the department of law shall establish the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating threats to homeownership; provides that the department of law shall provide grants to eligible not-for-profit housing counseling organizations and legal services organizations to provide services under the program (Part Q); makes New York city eligible to receive state funding to support capital expenses for raise the age (Part R); requires the office of children and family services to utilize a cost estimation model when determining the actual cost providers incur when providing child care; requires the office to prepare a report detailing such (Part S); prohibits requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage to be eligible for child care assistance (Part T); relates to assisting persons with medically diagnosed HIV infection (Part U); increases the income threshold for excelsior scholarship (Part V); expands eligibility for tuition assistance program awards by increasing both the income eligibility and the reduction of the base amount (Part W); requires the governor to submit five-year capital plans for SUNY and CUNY senior colleges to the legislature as part of the annual budget (Part X); permits tuition assistance program awards for graduate students (Part Y); enacts the New York reinvests in student educational supports program (Part Z); provides student loan forgiveness for district attorneys and indigent legal services (Part AA).
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year; relates to contracts for excellence, foundation aid, and to apportioning aid for universal prekindergarten; relates to reimbursement for the 2026-2027 school year and the maximum contract hours, withholding a portion of employment preparation education aid, and the effectiveness thereof; relates to the use of apportionments for the EXCEL program and the effectiveness thereof; relates to maximum class sizes for special classes for certain students with disabilities; relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to state aid to school districts and the appropriation of funds for the support of government; provides for special apportionment for salary expenses; provides for special apportionment for public pension accruals; provides for set-asides from the state funds which certain districts are receiving from the total foundation aid; provides for support of public libraries; repeals certain provisions relating to the statewide universal full-day prekindergarten program (Part A); relates to schools, school aid and the education of children; authorizes school food authorities to attribute moneys spent on purchases of food products from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors to their school breakfast and lunch service programs; expands qualifying schools to be located statewide for apportionment of state monies for expenses in complying with state testing requirements and evaluation programs and reporting of basic educational data; establishes a monitor team in the Wyandanch union free school district; relates to the apportionment amount for the Roosevelt union free school district; establishes the artificial intelligence literacy in the digital equity competitive grant program (Part A-1); relates to evidence-based instructional practices in the subject of mathematics for students in kindergarten through grade five (Part B); expands eligibility of students enrolled in an approved program leading to an associate's degree in nursing for the New York opportunity promise scholarship (Part C); authorizes the state university trustees to promulgate rules or regulations relating to late fees and exceptions for students submitting certificate of residence forms, and a reconciliation process for such forms received after the list of non-resident students was sent to a county (Part D); allows for the chancellor of SUNY and CUNY to impose differential tuition rates on non-resident undergraduate and graduate students until the 2028-2029 academic year (Part E); relates to early childhood educator eligibility for the masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program (Part F); relates to the New York state music grant fund (Part G); relates to childcare registration and licensing (Part H); relates to the payment period of a birth mother's expenses by adoptive parents (Part I); authorizes the use of body scanners in detention and youth justice facilities (Part J); makes permanent provisions of law relating to restructuring financing for residential school placements (Part K); increases the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and disabled persons living in the community (Part L); utilizes reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for the neighborhood preservation program, the rural preservation program, the rural rental assistance program, and the New York state supportive housing program, the solutions to end homelessness program or the operational support for AIDS housing program (Part M); increases the number of land banks which can simultaneously exist in the state of New York from 35 to 45 (Part N); authorizes a tax abatement for alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings for purposes of preserving habitability in affordable housing (Part O); establishes the crime of aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant (Part P); establishes the New York state first home savings program to authorize first time home buyers to establish savings accounts to buy their first home (Part Q); establishes an affordable independent senior housing assistance program which shall provide grants within amounts appropriated or otherwise available therefor to affordable independent senior housing properties to establish and operate resident assistance programs (Part R); increases the annual amount of loans made to an agricultural producer from the housing development fund to four hundred thousand dollars per annum (Part S); establishes the mobile and manufactured home replacement program to eliminate older mobile and manufactured homes and replace them with new manufactured, modular or site-built homes; makes related provisions (Part T); establishes the 2-1-1 essential community services hotline system; designates the office of children and family services to oversee the hotline system; establishes the availability and scope of information to be provided by the hotline system and requirements of call centers; requires the office of children and family services to collect certain data relating to the hotline system and to make annual reports to the governor and the legislature (Part U); allows for students in certain postsecondary education experience or transition programs to receive awards from the tuition assistance program (Part V); expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness and increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients (Part W); phases out certain mandatory university fees for graduate students (Part X); provides for the elimination of the distinction between dependent students and independent students for the purpose of determining tuition assistance program award amounts and eligibility (Part Y); establishes a fiscal cliff task force to study fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance program (Part Z); authorizes the payment of certain costs of diapers for an eligible child receiving safety net assistance (Part AA); enacts the "shelter arrears eviction forestallment act" to provide emergency assistance for rent or mortgage arrears or other fees for the prevention of eviction (Part BB); establishes the youth justice innovation fund to make funds available to community-based organizations for services and programs with the purpose of youth development and preventing youth arrest and incarceration (Part CC); requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York offering in-person student instruction to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase (Part DD); authorizes SUNY and CUNY to provide emergency aid grants to certain students; provides that the state shall reimburse half of all such grants provided; requires the higher education services corporation to provide an annual report on such programs (Part EE); enacts the "licensure incentives and fee-support for testing (LIFT) act"; establishes the social work licensure examination voucher program to provide low-income individuals vouchers to cover the cost of the examination required for licensure as a licensed master social worker or licensed clinical social worker (Part FF); establishes a SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation fund. (Part GG); establishes a full year youth employment immersion pilot program for eligible youths and young adults between the ages of 16 and 24; directs the office of temporary and disability assistance to establish a youth or young adult employment immersion pilot program in 3 local social services districts, with one being located in the city of New York (Part HH); establishes the "jobs and housing act"; directs the private housing finance agency to develop and administer a jobs and housing pilot program to construct and preserve housing, including workforce housing, that is affordable to of low and moderate income persons, and creates good jobs for those who build and work in such housing (Part II); establishes the New York state worker protection and labor enforcement fund (Part JJ); requires training to reduce abusive conduct and bullying in the workplace as part of a written workplace violence prevention program (Part KK); establishes a statewide program to provide free SUNY, CUNY, and community college tuition to active volunteer firefighters, volunteer emergency medical services providers, and volunteer auxiliary police officers (Part LL); increases short-term disability benefits (Part MM); expands the veterans property tax exemption (Part NN); and allows for a modest increase in annual income, not greater than three percent per year, to not disqualify someone from the excelsior scholarship (Part OO).
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year; relates to the extension of the recruitment incentive and retention program for certain active members of the New York army national guard, New York air national guard, and New York naval militia (Part A); extends the suspension of the subsidy to the state emergency services revolving loan fund from the public safety communications surcharge until 2028 (Part B); intentionally omitted (Subpart A); and establishes a firearm prevention working group to submit a report on technological feasibility of blocking technology in three-dimensional printers to prevent printing of firearms or firearm parts; establishes a three-dimensional printed firearm library (Subpart B)(Part C); extends provisions of law relating to temporary retail permits (Part N); increases the frequency of education and training in ethics and lobbying and imposing fees for failure to complete training by the required timeframes (Part U); relates to lobbyist registration fees through March 31, 2026 (Part Z); requires the superintendent of state police to develop, maintain, and disseminate to all members of the division of state police a critical incident paid leave policy (Part AA); extends provisions relating to relating to restricting contacts in the procurement process and the recording of contacts relating thereto (Part BB); relates to the purchasing of services and commodities by the state (Part CC); provides for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2026--2027 budget; authorizes certain payments and transfers (Part FF); adjusts the state aid on certain state leased or state owned land (Part GG); extends provisions related to the operation and administration of the legislature (Part HH); requires the state to make PILOT payments associated with certain state-owned lands in Ulster county (Part II); provides a period of probable usefulness of five years for certain police emergency response vehicles (Part JJ); establishes the office of chief medical examiner in the state commission of correction (Part KK).
A bill for an act relating to education funding by authorizing community-based providers to directly participate in the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children, modifying the school tuition organization tax credit program, and including applicability provisions.
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year; extends provisions requiring the quarterly assessment of known and projected department of health state fund Medicaid expenditures (Part A); extends certain health provisions (Part B); extends certain provisions of law relating to the health care reform act; extends provisions relating to the distribution of pool allocations and graduate medical education; extends provisions relating to health care initiative pool distributions; extends payment provisions for general hospitals; and extends provisions relating to assessments on covered lives (Part C); relates to insurance coverage for medical malpractice paid for by funds from the hospital excess liability pool; extends portions of the New York Health Care Reform Act of 1996 (Part D); relates to temporary health care services agencies and protecting individuals engaged to provide health care services by such agencies (Part J); relates to capital rate reductions for nursing homes (Part L); clarifies Medicaid requirements for biomarker testing (Part M); relates to hospital and nursing home fee-for-service reimbursement rates (Part O); directs the commissioners of the office of mental health, office for people with developmental disabilities, office of addiction services and supports, office of temporary and disability assistance, office of children and family services and the director of the state office for the aging to establish a state fiscal year 2026-2027 targeted inflationary increase for projecting for the effects of inflation upon rates of payments, contracts, or any other form of reimbursement for certain programs and services; requires such commissioners and director to provide funding to support a 4.0% targeted inflationary increase for such programs and services (Part P); relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to Medicaid management; removes certain provisions providing for lower minimum amounts of certain state aid for the city of New York than the rest of the state (Part T); extends provisions of law relating to general hospital reimbursement for annual rates for behavioral services; extends provisions of law relating to increasing Medicaid payments to providers through managed care organizations and providing equivalent fees through an ambulatory patient group methodology (Part U); ensures services provided in school-based health centers are not provided to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs (Part V); extends the effectiveness of the requirement that upon the closure or transfer of a state-operated individualized residential alternative (Part W); extends the care demonstration program (Part X); sunsets certain hospital capital rate add-on adjustments (Part Y); creates an essential plan contingency fund to maintain access to health care coverage for Essential Plan enrollees in the event that the federal government does not approve certain waiver submission necessary to make funds available by July 1, 2026, in the amount not to exceed $2,400,000,000 (Part Z).
School districts and charter schools that do not participate in the free school meals program providing notice to parents and students requirement
A bill for an act establishing requirements related to nonpublic schools that receive tuition payments from parents or guardians whose students are participating in the education savings account program.
A bill for an act establishing requirements related to nonpublic schools that receive tuition payments from parents or guardians whose students are participating in the education savings account program.
Relating to participation in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees and additional state aid for public schools that do not participate in that program.