Lowers the voting age to 17 years and requires that students receive education in civics and be given the opportunity to register to vote in the classroom.
Asm. Jo Anne Simon
Sponsored bills
Enacts the "New York State Restoration of Honor Act".
Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and non-traditional employment in public assistance employment programs.
Requires the department of health and mental hygiene in a city having a population of one million or more to issue a performance summary card to each child care service.
Relates to extortion or coercion related to immigration status.
Provides that when public and private out-of-state instructional facilities apply to NYSED for approval, the facilities will be added to the register of those qualified to meet the needs of certain children with handicapping conditions.
Requires sexual harassment training for hotel and motel employees; requires operators to certify to the department that they have conducted sexual harassment training; provides such training every two years for employees; requires "know your rights" brochure and employee bill of rights.
Relates to feminine hygiene product access in schools; requires the commissioner of health to establish a demonstration program in fifteen low income areas throughout the state to provide free feminine hygiene products to be accessible to all middle and high school students in each district.
Relates to the creation of the "Kids Deserve Justice" license plate and the "kids deserve justice fund".
Relates to the continuance of unemployment benefits for an individual who provides child care where reasonable efforts to secure alternative child care have been made.