This Senate Resolution (R 1250) establishes specific grant allocations for the 2025-26 state fiscal year, directly affecting community organizations providing services in elder guardianship, transgender/non-binary wellness, LGBT health, school health centers, sickle cell care, and veterans' mental health. It requires the Senate to approve a plan listing grantees and funding amounts (e.g., $640,000 to Project Guardianship Inc., $75,000 to University of Rochester's Gender Wellness Program) before funds can be expended. The resolution mandates that all allocations follow a Senate-approved process requiring majority vote on a roll call. It does not create new policy but formalizes existing funding disbursement for designated programs.
Senate Resolution 1235 amends a 2023 resolution (R1408) to adjust how $25,000 in existing state funds are distributed to school districts, public libraries, colleges, and arts nonprofits. It allows reallocation of these funds between agencies like SUNY, CUNY, and the New York State Council on the Arts, provided a detailed plan of recipients and amounts is approved by the Senate temporary president, budget director, and a majority of senators via roll call vote. The resolution modifies the distribution process for funds originally appropriated in 2023 and reappropriated in 2025, without changing the total funding amount. This is a procedural update to fund allocation, not a new policy.
Senate Resolution 1248 establishes the allocation plan for $1.5 million in state funds for education and arts grants during the 2025-2026 fiscal year. It requires an itemized list of grantees (including school districts, public libraries, colleges, and non-profits) and specific amounts to be approved by the Senate's temporary president and budget director, then passed by a majority vote in the Senate. The resolution specifies grants such as $1 million each for four school districts (e.g., Hendrick Hudson, New Rochelle), $65,000 for the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center, and smaller amounts for organizations like the Dominican Cultural Association of Yonkers ($30,000). This resolution serves as the binding mechanism for distributing the funds, ensuring transparency and legislative oversight before expenditures.
Authorizes an additional $125 million for Phase 3 of the Rochester school facilities modernization program; extends phase 3 of the Rochester school facilities modernization program to 2033.
Provides that a scholarship for academic excellence that is declined by a student prior to the end of their high school program shall be granted to the next most qualified student, if practicable.
Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.
This bill amends New York's teacher scholarship program to expand eligibility and prioritize certain students. It requires applicants to have earned an undergraduate degree from a New York state college while residing in New York, maintained academic excellence, and commit to teaching full-time in New York public schools for five years. The bill gives preference for scholarship awards to students enrolled in public colleges (as defined by law), with remaining funds available for eligible students at private colleges. It directly affects graduate students pursuing teaching careers in New York state public schools. The changes take effect immediately upon enactment.
Requires the appointment of a Title VI coordinator at every college and university in the state to ensure compliance with Title VI of the federal civil rights act of 1964; requires the division of human rights to develop training for students and employees; requires the Title VI coordinator to notify annually all students and employees of the institution's policies and procedures for reporting discrimination and harassment.
Extends certain provisions of law relating to publishers or manufacturers providing printed instructional materials for college students with disabilities.
This bill allows New York residents aged 65 and older to take up to nine credit hours per semester at state and city universities without paying tuition. It changes current policy, which only permitted free course auditing (without credit) for seniors aged 60+, by enabling eligible individuals to earn academic credit. The policy applies to credit-bearing courses, not just audit-only options, and requires universities to admit seniors on a space-available basis. It does not affect existing tuition rates for other students.
