Title EDN, Education

§ 1523. Proceedings at meeting and effect of affirmative vote. 1.\nAny such meeting held pursuant to section fifteen hundred twenty-two\nshall be organized by the election of a chairman and clerk and may be\nadjourned from time to time, by a majority vote, provided that such\nad…

§ 1524. Consolidation with city school district. 1. Notwithstanding\nthe provisions of this chapter or any other general, special, or local\nlaw to the contrary, whenever the qualified voters of a school district\nwhich is contiguous to the city school district of a city with le…

§ 1525. Alteration of boundaries of city school district.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any other general,\nspecial, or local law to the contrary, whenever the commissioner of\neducation shall receive an application for an alteration of the\nboundaries of a …

§ 1526. Enlarged city school districts. 1. The commissioner of\neducation is hereby authorized and empowered to create enlarged city\nschool districts by consolidation of city school districts of cities of\nless than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants with such area or…

§ 1527. Payroll deductions for deposit to employee bank accounts. The\ndisbursing officer of the city school district of the city of Syracuse\nis authorized to deduct from the salary of members of the teaching and\nsupervisory staff and other employees with their prior consent s…

§ 1527-a. Prohibit symbols of hate. 1. A school district shall not\nsell or display any symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible\npersonal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears\nin a book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an educatio…

§ 1527-c. Shared superintendent program. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the governing\nboard of a school district with an enrollment of less than one thousand\nstudents in the previous year shall be authorized to enter into a sch…

§ 1528. Expenditure and contribution statement. 1. (a) Any candidate\nfor election to the board of education, except a candidate for member of\nthe community district education council of a New York city community\nschool district, shall file sworn statements with the clerk of t…

§ 1529. Times for filing statements. 1. The times for filing the\nstatements prescribed by section fifteen hundred twenty-eight of this\narticle shall be as follows:\n a. A first statement shall be filed on or before the thirtieth day\nnext preceding the election to which it rel…

§ 1530. Proceedings to compel filing of statements or corrected\nstatements of campaign expenditures and contributions. 1. The supreme\ncourt or a justice thereof, in a proceeding instituted by any candidate\nvoted for at the election or by any five qualified voters may compel b…

§ 1531. Procedure. A special proceeding under the foregoing\nprovisions of this article shall be heard upon a verified petition and\nsuch oral or written proof as may be offered, and upon such notice to\nsuch officers, persons or candidates as the court, justice or judge\nshall …

§ 16. Protection of people who report harassment, bullying or\ndiscrimination. Any person having reasonable cause to suspect that a\nstudent has been subjected to harassment, bullying or discrimination, by\nan employee or student, on school grounds or at a school function, who,\…

§ 1601. Trustees constitute a board and body corporate. The sole\ntrustee or the trustees of a common school district shall constitute a\nboard for such district and such board is hereby created a body\ncorporate.\n

§ 1602. Number of trustees; determination of change. 1. At the first\nannual meeting next after the erection of a common school district the\nelectors shall determine, by resolution, whether the district shall have\none or three trustees; and if they resolve to have three truste…

§ 1603. Property held by trustees as corporation. All property which\nis now vested in, or shall hereafter be transferred to the trustees of a\ncommon school district, for the use of schools in the district, shall be\nheld by them as a corporation.\n

§ 1604. Powers and duties of trustees. It shall be the duty of the\ntrustees of a common school district, and they shall have the power:\n 1. To call special meetings of the inhabitants of such district\nwhenever they shall deem it necessary and proper.\n 2. To give notice of sp…

§ 1604-a. Temporary investment of school moneys. The board of\ntrustees of any common school district may authorize the district\ntreasurer or other officer having custody of district moneys to invest\nmoneys of the district in the manner provided by section eleven of the\ngener…

§ 1605. Powers and duties of a sole trustee. The sole trustee of a\ncommon school district shall possess all the powers and be subject to\nall the duties, liabilities and penalties which the law imposes upon a\nboard of three trustees.\n

§ 1606. Mode of exercise of trustees' powers. 1. The powers committed\nby law to the trustees of a common school district must be exercised by\nthem as a board. The board must meet for the transaction of business in\naccordance with notice of time and place.\n 2. In a board comp…

§ 1607. Powers of trustees when vacancies on board exist. 1. While\nthere is one vacancy in the office of trustee, the two trustees shall\nhave all the powers and be subject to all the duties and liabilities of\nthe three. And while there are two such vacancies, the trustee in\n…

§ 1608. Estimated expenses for ensuing year. 1. It shall be the duty\nof the trustees of each common school district to present at the annual\nbudget hearing a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money\nwhich will be required for the ensuing year for school purposes,\…

§ 1609. Annual report of trustees of certain joint districts. Where a\ncommon school district lies in two or more counties, its trustees shall\nfile their annual report in the office of the district superintendent\nhaving jurisdiction over the schools of the town in which the pr…

§ 1610. Trustees' annual report to district. The trustees shall\nrender to the district, at its annual meeting, a just, full and true\naccount in writing, of all moneys received by them respectively for the\nuse of the district, or raised or collected by taxes, in the preceding\…

§ 1611. Penalty for failure of trustee to account. By a wilful\nneglect or refusal to render such account, a trustee forfeits any\nunexpired term of his office, and becomes liable to the trustees for any\ndistrict moneys in his hands.\n

§ 1612. Payment by trustee to successor. An outgoing trustee shall\nforthwith pay, to his successor or any other trustees of the district in\noffice, all moneys in his hands belonging to the district.\n

§ 1613. Trustees' right of action against predecessor. The trustees\nin office shall sue for and recover any district moneys in the hands of\nany former trustee, or of his personal representatives, and apply them\nto the use of the district.\n

§ 1614. Notice of non-payment of moneys apportioned. If any portion\nof the moneys apportioned to the district shall not be paid by the\ncollector or treasurer of the district, upon the due requirement of the\ntrustees, they shall forthwith notify the treasurer of the county and…

§ 1615. Taxation for expenses incurred by trustees. When trustees are\nrequired or authorized by law, or by a vote of their district, to incur\nany expenses for such district, and when any expenses incurred by them\nare made, by express provision of law, a charge upon such distr…

§ 1616. Issuing order in excess of available funds a misdemeanor. 1.\nThe trustees of a common school district shall not issue an order or\ndraft upon a county treasurer, collector or treasurer of the district\nfor the payment of the salary of a teacher unless there shall be in …

§ 1618. New York State School Boards Association, Inc. The trustee,\ntrustees or board of education of any school district may determine to\nexpend and raise by taxation annually such sums as may be required\ntoward defraying the actual and necessary expenses of maintaining and\…

§ 1619. Advertising for bids; letting of contracts. The trustees\nshall let all contracts for public work and all purchase contracts to\nthe lowest responsible bidder after advertisement for bids where so\nrequired by section one hundred three of the general municipal law.\n

§ 17. Application. Nothing in this article shall:\n 1. Apply to private, religious or denominational educational\ninstitutions; or\n 2. Preclude or limit any right or cause of action provided under any\nlocal, state or federal ordinance, law or regulation including but not\nlimi…

§ 1701. Boards of education corporate bodies. The board of education\nof each union free school district is hereby created a body corporate\nand it shall, at its first meeting and at each annual meeting\nthereafter, elect one of its members president. It may also, in its\ndiscre…

§ 1702. Board of education; election; terms of office. 1. Whenever a\nunion free school district shall be established, pursuant to the\nprovisions of subdivision three of section fifteen hundred four of this\nchapter, or, pursuant to the provisions of sections fifteen hundred\nt…

§ 1703. Change in number of members of board of education. 1. The\nnumber of members of the board of education of a union free school\ndistrict may be increased or decreased at an annual meeting by a\nmajority vote of the qualified voters present and voting to be\nascertained by…

§ 1704. Length of school year, and expenditure of funds. 1. No board\nof education or community board in the city school district of the city\nof New York, except as otherwise provided by law, shall authorize or\npermit the expenditure of funds under its control at a rate which …

§ 1705. Annexing territory to a union free school district. 1.\nTerritory may be annexed to a union free school district as provided in\nthis section.\n a. The commissioner is authorized and empowered to make and enter in\nthe commissioner's office orders dissolving one or more …

§ 1706. Power of removal of member of board of education. For cause\nshown, and after giving notice of the charge and opportunity of defense,\nthe commissioner of education may remove any member of a board of\neducation. Wilful disobedience of any lawful requirement of the\ncomm…

§ 1707. Annual organizational meetings of boards of education. The\nannual organizational meeting of the board of education of every union\nfree school district shall be held in July on or before the Monday after\nthe twentieth day in July of each year.\n

§ 1708. Regular meetings; visitation of schools. 1. It shall be the\nduty of each board of education elected pursuant to the provisions of\nthis article to have a regular meeting at least once in each quarter.\n 2. Each board shall appoint one or more committees, to visit every\…

§ 1709. Powers and duties of boards of education. The said board of\neducation of every union free school district shall have power, and it\nshall be its duty:\n 1. To adopt such by-laws and rules for its government as shall seem\nproper in the discharge of the duties required u…

§ 1709-a. Powers of boards of education to ban fraternities,\nsororities and other secret societies. 1. In its discretion, the board\nof education of each school district, may adopt rules and regulations to\nabolish and/or prohibit any fraternity, sorority or other secret societ…

§ 1710. Boards of education have powers of trustees of common schools\nand trustees of academies. The board of education of a union free\nschool district shall possess all the powers and privileges, and be\nsubject to all the duties, which the trustees of common school districts…

§ 1711. Appointment of superintendent of schools. 1. The board of\neducation of any union free school district may appoint a superintendent\nconsistent with the provisions of this section.\n 2. Such superintendent shall possess, unless otherwise specified by\nthe by-laws of the …

§ 1712. Kindergartens; nursery and night schools. 1. The board of\neducation of each school district may maintain kindergartens which shall\nbe free to resident children between the ages of four and six years,\nprovided, however, such board may fix a higher minimum age for admis…

§ 1713. Academy may be adopted as academic department. Whenever a\nunion free school district shall be established under the provisions of\narticle thirty-one, and there shall exist within the district an\nacademy, the board of education, when authorized by a vote of the voters\…

§ 1714. Contracts with academies. The board of education of a union\nfree school district, with the approval of the commissioner of\neducation, may adopt an academy as the academic department thereof, and\ncontract for the instruction therein of pupils of academic grade,\nresidi…

§ 1715. Retransfer of academy to its former trustees. If there shall\nbe, in a dissolved union free school district, an academy which shall\nhave been adopted as the academic department of the union free school\ndistrict, under the provisions of title nine, chapter five hundred\…

§ 1716. Estimated expenses for ensuing year. 1. It shall be the duty\nof the board of education of each district to present at the annual\nbudget hearing a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money\nwhich will be required for the ensuing year for school purposes,\nspe…

§ 1717. Corporate authorities must raise tax certified by board of\neducation. 1. The corporate authorities of any incorporated village in\nwhich any such union free school district shall be established, shall\nhave power, and it shall be their duty, to raise, from time to time,…