Adds arts and music education as a common school branch that should be incorporated into the public school curriculum to provide a more well-rounded education for children.
Provides that an employer's unemployment experience rating account shall not be charged for a claimant whose employment was terminated as the result of the return of an employee after family leave.
Extends tuition free course benefits to volunteer firefighters or voluntary ambulance workers; authorizes the board of trustees of the state university to regulate the conferral of such benefits.
Provides that expenditures for school safety and security shall be eligible for building aid.
Directs the office of information technology services to contract with a private entity to conduct an examination and evaluation of New York state's information technology infrastructure, data use and management, policies, procedures and operational processes.
Requires each school district to provide interventions and special curricula for children with dyslexia or other phonological learning differences or disabilities.
Provides a $750 income tax credit for retired disabled police officers.
Authorizes aid for career education to begin in grade nine instead of grade ten; changes the amount per pupil.
Elevates assault of a code enforcement official in the second degree to a class D felony.
Increases the penalty for rape in the first degree from a class B felony to an class A-II felony.
