Relates to special act school districts and special education; authorizes boards of education of special act school districts to establish fiscal stabilization reserve funds.
Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to establish a student fare program to provide three free fares each weekday to New York city students who live a half mile or more from the school they attend.
Requires any public school located in a city with a population of one million or more to offer a remote learning option to all primary and secondary students when such public school is located in a county determined by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to have a substantial or high level of community transmission of COVID-19.
Relates to the operation of bicycles at stop signs and traffic-control signals.
Requires the department of health to provide written, public updates to the Draft New York State's COVID-19 Vaccination Program Plan.
Classifies properties held in condominium and cooperative form for assessment purposes as class one-a properties; requires that the annual tax rate percentage change for class one-a properties does not exceed the annual tax rate percentage change for class one properties.
Directs the division of criminal justice services to develop information on the safe storage of firearms to be provided to parents of school children.
Authorizes certain owners of residential real property in the city of New York to opt out of planned city tree planting.
Prohibits a finding of educational neglect based solely on excessive absence from school in certain situations during the COVID-19 state of emergency, and requires the closure of investigations into claims of educational neglect when the child has not been provided with the resources or opportunity to participate in distance learning during the COVID-19 state of emergency or when the child's parent or caregiver is an essential worker, the fact that the child's parent or guardian is an essential worker, is caring for someone with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), is sick with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), or is in mandatory isolation or quarantine.
Provides that a motor vehicle will be considered to be in motion while stopped at traffic control devices, stop signs and certain other situations for purposes of mobile phones and other portable electronic devices violations.
