Requires the regents exam to be waived for any student who scores a 3, 4 or 5 on the advanced placement examination in the subject of the regents exam.
Requires SUNY and CUNY schools to refund students for housing credits and boarding charges used or charged for the period of time when such schools are closed or shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Increases penalties from $1000 to $2000 for violations relating to test agencies and standardized testing.
Requires the New York city department of education to study and report on students who would likely pass the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test and be admitted to a specialized high school; provides that such report shall be issued to the governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly no later than February 28, 2022.
Relates to the minimum required amount of the indemnity bond or insurance policy required by certain common carrier ambulettes and paratransit vehicles.
Relates to the New York state dental faculty loan forgiveness incentive program.
Creates a written policy prohibiting the use of sustained auditory dispersal tools by police agencies.
Relates to defining a "protected consumer" as an individual who is under the age of eighteen years.
Prohibits the metropolitan transportation authority from establishing certain limitations relating to wheeled carts and the amount of time customers may remain in certain areas of subway stations and from ejecting customers for blocking free movement in a station or on a stairway, elevator, escalator, platform or conveyance.
Authorizes the study of the number of senior citizens in New York state who have filed for bankruptcy in the past ten years; provides that the director of the office for the aging shall deliver a copy of the findings of the study conducted and any legislative recommendations to the governor and the legislature.
