Clarifies the definition of veteran to include career members of the armed forces for purposes of the veterans alternative tax exemption by considering individuals who meet certain conditions to have been discharged or released from active military service of the United States despite the fact that no discharge may have been issued.
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Increases age for use of ATVs by minors from age ten to fourteen.
Prohibits the use of corporal punishment, as defined by the commissioner of education, in schools.
Grants immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees the purpose of which is to confront and refer to treatment physicians who are thought to be suffering from addiction or mental illness.
Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrances/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities.
Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the county of Westchester.
Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday.
Relates to expanding access to advanced courses to improve educational equity beginning with notification to parents and students on the benefits and opportunities offered as well as automatic enrollment opportunities.
Directs the commissioner of education to issue guidance to school districts for developing programs to attract underrepresented candidates into the teaching profession and to identify funding available to school districts for such purposes.
Relates to developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence in public schools.