| Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2016-2017 state fiscal year; amends the education law, in relation to contracts for excellence and the apportionment of public moneys; amends the education law, in relation to the gap elimination adjustment; amends the education law, in relation to the apportionment of public moneys in school districts employing eight or more teachers including foundation aid; amends the education law, in relation to community school aid; amends the education law, in relation to English language learner pupils; relates to pre-kindergarten programs; amends the education law, in relation to charter school facilities aid; amends the education law, in relation to the statewide universal full-day pre-kindergarten program; amends the education law, in relation to building aid; amends chapter 552 of the laws of 1995, amending the education law relating to contracts for the transportation of school children, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; amends chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to funding a program for work force education conducted by the consortium for worker education in New York city, in relation to reimbursements for the 2015-2016 school year; amends chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to funding a program for work force education conducted by the consortium for worker education in New York city, in relation to withholding a portion of employment preparation education aid and in relation to the effectiveness thereof; amends the state finance law, in relation to the New York state teen health education fund; amends chapter 169 of the laws of 1994, relating to certain provisions related to the 1994-95 state operations, aid to localities, capital projects and debt service budgets, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; amends chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, amending the education law and other laws relating to state aid to school districts and the appropriation of funds for the support of government, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; amends chapter 147 of the laws of 2001, amending the education law relating to conditional appointment of school district, charter school or BOCES employees, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; amends chapter 425 of the laws of 2002, amending the education law relating to the provision of supplemental educational services, attendance at a safe public school and the suspension of pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm at a school, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; amends chapter 101 of the laws of 2003, amending the education law relating to implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; relates to school bus driver training; relates to special apportionment for salary expenses and public pension accruals; relates to suballocations of appropriations; relates to the development, maintenance or expansion of magnet schools; relates to the support of public libraries; amends chapter 121 of the laws of 1996 relating to authorizing the Roosevelt union free school district to finance deficits by the issuance of serial bonds, in relation to certain apportionments; to amend the education law, in relation to aid for employment preparation education programs; directs the commissioner of education to examine the reduced price lunch program; amends the education law, in relation to extending the apportionment of public moneys to school districts employing eight or more teachers; directs the commissioner of education on how to recover certain penalties (Part A); amends the education law, in relation to school emergency response plans (Part B); intentionally omitted (Part C); amends the education law, in relation to the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant program act; amends chapter 260 of the laws of 2011, amending the education law and the New York state urban development corporation act relating to establishing components of the NY 2020 challenge grant program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part D); amends the state finance law, in relation to the creation of the SUNY Stony Brook Affiliation escrow fund (Part E); intentionally omitted (Part F); amends chapter 161 of the laws of 2005 amending the education law relating to the New York state licensed social worker loan forgiveness program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; amends part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005 amending the education law relating to the New York state nursing faculty loan forgiveness incentive program and the New York state nursing faculty scholarship program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; amends chapter 31 of the laws of 1985 amending the education law relating to regents scholarships in certain professions, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; amends the education law, in relation to forgiving loans upon the death of the recipient (Part G); intentionally omitted (Part H); intentionally omitted (Part I); intentionally omitted (Part J); amends the labor law, in relation to the rate of minimum wage; repeals certain provisions of such law relating thereto (Part K); intentionally omitted (Part L); amends the family court act, in relation to findings that must be made at permanency hearings; amends the social services law, in relation to guardianship expenses, the reasonable and prudent parent standard and the criminal history of prospective foster and adoptive parents (Part M); intentionally omitted (Part N); amends the social services law, in relation to increasing the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and disabled persons living in the community (Part O); utilizes reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for various housing purposes (Part P); amends part D of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011 amending the education law relating to capital facilities in support of the state university and community colleges, procurement and the state university health care facilities, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part Q); amends the education law, in relation to income for the purposes of student financial aid (Part R); amends part K of chapter 58 of the laws of 2010 amending the social services law relating to establishing the savings plan demonstration project, in relation to extending the period of effectiveness thereof (Part S); amends the education law, in relation to associate of occupational studies degree options (Part T); amends the education law, in relation to the foster youth college success initiative (Part U); amends the education law, in relation to tuition, aid and placement report for all non-public institutions of higher education (Part V); amends the social services law, in relation to the powers and duties of the commissioner of social services relating to the appointment of a temporary operator; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part W); amends the social services law, in relation to exempting certain automobiles from calculations of benefits of households under public assistance programs (Part X); amends the social services law, in relation to requiring an explicit written determination by the health care practitioner when the diagnoses differ from an applicant's treating health care practitioner (Part Y); amends the retirement and social security law, in relation to authorizing the state as an amortizing employer to make certain prepayments into the retirement system (Part Z); amends chapter 495 of the laws of 2004 amending the insurance law and the public health law relating to the New York state health insurance continuation assistance demonstration project, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part AA); amends the insurance law, in relation to reduction in rates of property/casualty insurance on residential property for insureds who complete an approved homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention course (Part BB); amends the banking law, in relation to utilization of the standard financial aid award letter for undergraduate financial aid applicants (Part CC); amends the education law, in relation to chargeback rates for students of the state university of New York and the city university of New York (Part DD); amends part U of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, amending the real property tax law relating to the tax abatement and exemption for rent regulated and rent controlled property occupied by senior citizens, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof and limiting state liability for reimbursement to the city of New York pursuant thereto; amends section 4 of chapter 129 of the laws of 2014, amending the real property tax law relating to the tax abatement and exemption for rent regulated and rent controlled property occupied by persons with disabilities, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof (Part EE); authorizes the town of Riverhead, county of Suffolk to refund bonds previously issued for the acquisition of land for permanent rights on land (Part FF); amends the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in relation to increasing the amount of permanent total disability benefits (Part GG); amends the transportation law, in relation to airport improvement and revitalization grants and loans (Part HH); amends part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005 authorizing reimbursements for expenditures made by or on behalf of social services districts for medical assistance for needy persons and administration thereof, in relation to authorizing the commissioner of health to establish a statewide Medicaid integrity and efficiency initiative; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part II); amends part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011, amending the public health law and other laws relating to known and projected department of health state fund Medicaid expenditures, in relation to minimum wage increases (Part JJ); amends the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to police department reporting requirements (Part KK); amends the state finance law, in relation to establishing the Health Republic Insurance of New York fund (Part LL); amends the executive law, in relation to transferring certain functions to the division of state police from the division of homeland security and emergency services (Part MM); amends the public authorities law, in relation to committing the state of New York and the city of New York to partially fund part of the costs of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital program (Part NN); amends the public authorities law, in relation to procurements by the New York City transit authority and the metropolitan transportation authority; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part OO); amends the public authorities law and the general municipal law, in relation to the New York transit authority and the metropolitan transportation authority; |
