Suspends state assessments during a state disaster emergency; requires the commissioner of education to suspend state assessments during a state disaster emergency and for thirty days after such emergency has ended.
Sen. Roxanne Persaud
Sponsored bills
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to allow students attending a school closed due to a viral outbreak to receive instructional time for work completed outside of the school.
Creates a tax credit for employment of persons on probation or parole.
Relates to certain school holidays; repeals Anniversary day.
Directs the commissioner of DMV to establish a sex trafficking awareness and prevention program to provide education and awareness literature and educational materials to all drivers with a commercial motor vehicle license.
Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.
Requires that all electronic tax preparation software offered for sale in the state of New York include a prompt providing a link to users of such software to a New York state voter registration application website.
Directs the commissioner of mental health to establish a maternal mental health workgroup to study and issue recommendations related to maternal mental health and perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders; identifies underrepresented and vulnerable populations and risk factors in the state for maternal mental health disorders that may occur during pregnancy and through the first postpartum year.
Requires the New York state cancer services program to provide various cancer screenings and diagnostic services at no cost to certain persons and to provide informational pamphlets on such cancers.
Requires certain for-hire vehicles to install and maintain an interior rear-facing video camera.