Rule Making Activitiess

Subject: Appeals to the Commissioner of Education under Education Law section 310. Purpose: To ensure that the appeals process serves as an expeditious and simple method to address questions re: school administration.

Subject: Supplementary certificate and Supplementary Bilingual Educa- tion extension requirements. Purpose: To provide flexibilities for the Supplementary certificate and Supplementary Bilingual Education extension requirements in response to the influx of recently arrived and asylum-seeking students.

Subject: Rebuilding the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) account- ability system using 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school year results. Purpose: To align with the approved state plan addendum from the 2021- 2022 school year, the approved amendments to the New York State Consolidated State Plan for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years, and with provisions related to rebuilding the ESSA accountability system.

Subject: Timeline for initial enrollment or reentry identification and par- ent notification, orientation, and placement of ELLs. Purpose: To provide that the Commissioner may allow school districts to seek an extension of the 10-day timeline for identification and placement of ELLS where exigent circumstances exist.

Subject: Requirements for restricted licenses for clinical laboratory technologists in molecular testing. Purpose: To implement chapter 186 of the Laws of 2023.

Subject: Fees for certificates of existence and copies of charter actions and consent to incorporation. Purpose: To require a fee for certificates of existence and copies of charter actions and to update regulatory provisions regarding consent to incorporation.

Subject: Computer science tenure area. Purpose: To extend the dates listed in the computer science tenure regula- tions by one year from September 1, 2023 to September 1, 2024, aligning the date with the Computer Science SOCE application deadline and the date by which teachers of computer science courses need to hold the Com- puter Science certificate or SOCE.

Subject: Regents accreditation. Purpose: To repeal regulatory provisions related to Board of Regents Ac- creditation since the Board is no longer recognized as an institutional ac- crediting agency.

Subject: Universal Prekindergarten Program (UPK) Staffing Qualifications. Purpose: To implement part A of chapter 56 of the Laws of 2022.

Subject: Requiring concussion management protocols in nonpublic schools. Purpose: To implement chapter 617 of the Laws of 2022.

Subject: Temporary practice by certain U.S. servicemembers and service- members’ spouses licensed or certified in another state. Purpose: To implement section 19 of Public Law 117-333.

Subject: New York State Learning Standards. Purpose: Updating to reflect current New York State Learning Standards.

Subject: Licensing examination and testing accommodations in the profes- sion of architecture. Purpose: To conform NYS architecture licensure requirements with national standards set by the National Council of Architectural Registra.

Subject: Extending a flexibility for incidental teaching. Purpose: To extend flexibility for incidental teaching through the 2023- 2024 school year.

Subject: Employment of substitute teachers. Purpose: To make permanent substitute teaching flexibility for school districts and BOCES.

Subject: Education requirements for licensure as a registered professional nurse and licensed practical nurse. Purpose: To permit the Department to reject out-of-state nursing programs approved by the licensing authority of another state if a it is determined not to be satisfactory to the Department.

Subject: Education requirements for licensure as a registered professional nurse and licensed practical nurse. Purpose: To extend the deadline to apply and qualify for the provisional school counselor certificate for candidates who completed a registered program leading to Provisional School Counselor certification, as well as candidates who may still be matriculating in this type of program but will complete it by February 2, 2024.

Subject: Deadline to apply and qualify for the provisional school coun- selor certificate. Purpose: To extend the deadline to apply and qualify for the provisional school counselor certificate for candidates who completed a registered program leading to Provisional School Counselor certification, as well as candidates who may still be matriculating in this type of program but will complete it by February 2, 2024.

Subject: Deadline to apply and qualify for the provisional school coun- selor certificate. Purpose: To extend the deadline to apply and qualify for the provisional school counselor certificate for candidates who completed a registered program leading to Provisional School Counselor certification, as well as candidates who may still be matriculating in this type of program but will complete it by February 2, 2024.

Subject: Removes requirement that a postdoctoral general practice or specialty dental residency program experience be clinically based. Purpose: To implement chapter 613 of the Laws of 2022.

Subject: Removes requirement that a postdoctoral general practice or specialty dental residency program experience be clinically based. Purpose: To implement chapter 613 of the Laws of 2022.

Subject: Workload Reduction. Purpose: To update various rules regarding the certification or approval of foster family boarding homes.

Subject: Special Accidental Death Benefits. Purpose: To prescribe requirements for reimbursing special accidental death benefits.

Subject: Notice of intent to submeter electricity. Purpose: To ensure adequate submetering equipment and consumer protections are in place.

Subject: Notice of intent to submeter electricity. Purpose: To ensure adequate submetering equipment and consumer protections are in place.

Subject: Minor rate filing to increase annual water revenues and replenish- able escrow account. Purpose: To ensure safe and adequate service at just and reasonable rates charged to customers without undue preferences.

Subject: Program-wide adjustments to renewable energy certificate contracts. Purpose: To consider modification to existing renewable energy certifi- cate contracts in light of increased project costs.

Subject: Reliable Clean City - Idlewild Project. Purpose: To consider the Reliable Clean City - Idlewild Project and to determine recovery of its costs.

Subject: Body Imaging Scanning Equipment. Purpose: To establish regulations for the use of body imaging scanning equipment to screen employees.

Subject: Amendments to the Box Tree Moth Quarantine. Purpose: To expand the BTM quarantine to include additional counties, require pre-notification of certain shipments, and add an exemption.

Subject: Notice of intent to submeter electricity and request for waiver. Purpose: To ensure adequate submetering equipment, consumer protec- tions and energy efficiency protections are in place.

Subject: Subscriber notices of cable television programming. Purpose: To provide cable subscribers with notice of programming changes.

Subject: Transfer of street lighting facilities. Purpose: To determine whether to authorize the transfer of street lighting facilities and the proper accounting for the transaction.

Subject: Petition to submeter electricity. Purpose: To ensure adequate submetering equipment and consumer protections are in place

Subject: Pay Transparency in Job Advertisements. Purpose: To increase pay transparency in job advertisements pursuant to Labor Law, section 194-b.

Subject: Access to the Records of the Office of Information Technology Services. Purpose: To modernize the process for access to the records of the Office of Information Technology Services.

Subject: Updated citations to New York State electronic notary regulations. Purpose: To reflect the new electronic notary law and regulations issued by the Department of State in 19 NYCRR section 182.

Subject: Communicable Diseases Reporting and Control — Adding Re- spiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Varicella. Purpose: To add Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Varicella to the list of diseases.

Subject: Lead Testing in School Drinking Water. Purpose: Lower action level for lead in school drinking water from 15 parts per billion (ppb) to 5 ppb and revise reporting requirements.

Subject: Utilization Reviews. Purpose: To decrease the administrative burden on enrolled Medicaid fee- for-service members and providers.

Subject: Work Release Participation Fees. Purpose: To repeal the regulation requiring payment of work release participation fees.

Subject: Submetering of electricity and waiver request. Purpose: To approve Archer Towers’ petition to submeter electricity and waiver request.

Subject: Registration of energy brokers and energy consultants. Purpose: To implement the provisions of Public Service Law Section 66-t.

Subject: Registration of energy brokers and energy consultants. Purpose: To implement the provisions of Public Service Law Section 66-t.

Subject: Agreement for the provision of water service and waivers of tariff provisions and Commission rules. Purpose: To consider whether the terms of a service agreement and requested waivers are in the public interest.

Subject: Registration of energy brokers and energy consultants. Purpose: To implement the provisions of Public Service Law Section 66-t.

Subject: Transfer in ownership of street lighting facilities. Purpose: To determine whether to authorize the transfer street of lighting facilities and the proper accounting for the transaction.

Subject: Transfer in ownership of street lighting facilities. Purpose: To determine whether to authorize the transfer street of lighting facilities and the proper accounting for the transaction.