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What's New

• End of 2011 Legislative Session Update
  
  
• H-2B Non-Agricultural Seasonal Worker Final Rule Published

2011-12 Legislative Memos

• S.3736-A (Alesi) / A.5181-A (Schimminger), Support, Academic Research Information Access Act, 5/9/11
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• A.7789-D (Glick) /S.5797-D (LaValle), Oppose, Expanding FOIL coverage to include records of public university research foundations, public university LLCs, and public university not-for-profits, 6/16/2011
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Resource Links

Education

• Education New York Online
  Find the latest in education news, research and policy issues, events, and resources covering early learning through higher education in New York state, across the nation, and around the world by clicking on www.educationnewyork.com
• Just for Kids - New York
  Click on www.just4kids.org for easy access to elementary and middle school report cards that include trend data and graphs comparing the school you choose to similar schools. The web site also provides a variety of tools that schools can use to improve. It further links to a site on how communities can support school improvement.
  
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• A no-cost Source of Workers
  VESID (Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities) provides employers with a variety of free services and financial incentives to employ persons with disabilities in entry level to professional and managerial jobs.
• NY Career Zone
  Provides career information in a manner especially geared toward youth. Find out about the skills and talents needed foR virtually any job from entry to professional level. Find out about the careers that are in demand in New York State and explore what they require. This site enables young people to do career planning free of charge in a private password protected section. It provides lesson plans to enable teachers to incorporate career information in their regular courses.

Engage New York

• The Business Council of New York State Engage New York Policy paper
• Engage New York Booklet
  It contains an overview of education reform in New York State and calls on business leaders to voice their support for standards,assessment, accountability and leadership and professional development.

School Funding

• New Yorkers continue to spend more per- pupil than any other state, says Census Bureau data (July 28, 2009)
• New Yorkers' per-pupil school spending moves from third highest to highest, Census Bureau data show (May 24, 2007)

School Tax Watch

• School Tax Watch shows smaller increases this year (May 12, 2009)
• School Districts propose plans to raise spending at twice the inflation rate, study finds (May 3, 2009)
• School Districts again plan to raise spending at twice the inflation rate, Study finds (May 2, 2006)