Title EDN, Education

§ 4452. Guidelines and definition. 1. In order to provide for\neducational programs to meet special needs of gifted pupils, the\ncommissioner is hereby authorized to make recommendations to school\ndistricts in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision and\nsection thir…

§ 4453. Advisory council on the education of gifted pupils. 1.\nSubject to the availability of funds, the commissioner may establish\nwithin the department an advisory council on the education of gifted\npupils. Such council shall assist and advise the commissioner and his\ndesi…

§ 450. Short title. This article may be cited as the New York City\nEducational Construction Fund Act.\n

§ 4501. Establishment of camps by school districts and appropriations\nauthorized. 1. A school district, acting through its board of\neducation, is hereby authorized to establish camps on lands acquired by\nsuch school district by purchase, gift, grant, devise, rent or lease or\…

§ 4502. Establishment of camps by city school districts and\nappropriations authorized. 1. A city school district, acting through\nits board of education, is hereby authorized to establish camps on land\nprovided therefor in parks adjacent to such city school district under\nthe…

§ 451. Statement of legislative findings and purposes. There is\nthreatened in the city of New York a serious shortage of elementary and\nsecondary school buildings under the jurisdiction of the board of\neducation of the city of New York. This shortage is occasioned by the\nage…

§ 452. Definitions. As used or referred to in this article, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Board" or "board of education" shall mean the chancellor or deputy\nchancellor of the city school district of the city of New York, except\nfor the pur…

§ 453. New York city educational construction fund. * 1. There is\nhereby created the "New York city educational construction fund." The\nfund shall be a corporate governmental agency constituting a public\nbenefit corporation. The board of trustees of the fund is hereby\ncontin…

§ 454. General powers and duties of fund. The fund shall have the\nfollowing powers in addition to those specifically conferred elsewhere\nin this article:\n 1. To sue and be sued;\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n 3. To make and alter by-laws for its organiz…

§ 455. Relationship with the board of education and the city of New\nYork. In order most effectively to carry out its corporate purposes,\nthe fund shall cooperate with the director of management and budget and\nthe board of education of the city of New York in matters relating …

§ 456. Special provisions relating to acquisition and transfer of real\nproperty. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of any general,\nspecial or local law, charter or ordinance:\n 1. Provided that the trustees of the fund shall have formally approved\nby a two-thirds vote t…

§ 457. Plans and specifications. 1. (a) No combined occupancy\nstructure shall be acquired, leased, erected, repaired, enlarged or\nremodeled by the fund until the detailed plans and specifications and\ncost estimates for the school portion thereof have been submitted to the\nbo…

§ 458. Letting of construction contracts. 1. Any contract let by the\nfund or by any letting agency on behalf of the fund for the\nconstruction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of a\ncombined occupancy structure or of the school portion thereof, shall be\nin confor…

§ 459. Resources of the fund. 1. The fund may receive, accept,\ninvest, administer, expend and disburse for its corporate purposes\nappropriations or advances from the city of New York, and other revenues\nand moneys made available or to be made available to the fund from any\no…

§ 460. Lease and other agreements. 1. Any agreement entered into\nbetween the fund and the owner or developer of a proposed combined\noccupancy structure pursuant to section four hundred fifty-four of this\nchapter shall provide for (i) the construction, acquisition,\nreconstruc…

§ 4601. Advisory councils. 1. The board of education of each school\ndistrict and of each board of cooperative educational services\nmaintaining an approved career education program shall appoint an\nadvisory council for career education consisting of at least ten\nmembers. The …

§ 4602. Career education. 1. The board of education of each school\ndistrict shall provide secondary school pupils and adults access to\nprograms of career education, commensurate with the interests and\ncapabilities of those desiring and having a need for preparatory\ntraining,…

§ 4603. Practical arts. 1. The board of education of each school\ndistrict may establish and maintain non-vocational practical arts tryout\nor exploratory courses in industrial arts, home economics, business and\nagriculture.\n 2. Such practical arts courses and exploratory cour…

§ 4604. Continuing education adult schools. 1. The board of education\nof each school district may establish and maintain day and evening\nschools for adults, the controlling purpose of which shall be to provide\na general program of continuing education in all its aspects for t…

§ 4605. Vocational and educational guidance. 1. The board of\neducation of each school district or board of cooperative educational\nservices may employ qualified persons for the purpose of providing\nvocational and educational guidance for minors. Such vocational and\neducation…

§ 4606. School-to-employment program. 1. The commissioner is hereby\nauthorized to make apportionments to school districts in accordance with\nthe provisions of this section, to encourage and assist such districts\nto provide a school-to-employment program to consist of a part-t…

§ 4607. Bridge to employment, work tryout and education program. 1.\nThe commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to make grants within\nthe limits of the appropriation available for such purpose, to major\neducation providers, as defined in the Vocational Education Act of…

§ 461. Notes and bonds of the fund. 1. (a) Subject to the provisions\nof section four hundred sixty-two of this chapter, the fund shall have\nthe power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its\nnegotiable bonds and notes in such principal amount as, in the opinion…

§ 462. Reserve funds, appropriations and other funds and accounts. 1.\n(a) The fund shall create and establish a special fund (herein referred\nto as capital reserve fund), and, to secure bonds of the fund issued\nprior to the twenty-fourth day of July, nineteen hundred seventy-…

§ 463. Agreement with the state. The state does hereby pledge to and\nagree with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this article,\nthat the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the\nfund to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holder…

§ 464. State and city's right to require redemption of bonds.\nNotwithstanding and in addition to any provisions for the redemption of\nbonds which may be contained in any contract with the holders of the\nbonds, either the state or the city of New York may, upon furnishing\nsuf…

§ 465. Remedies of noteholders and bondholders. 1. In the event that\nthe fund shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any\nissue of notes or bonds after the same shall become due, whether at\nmaturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall conti…

§ 466. Notes and bonds as legal investments. The notes and bonds of\nthe fund are hereby made securities in which all public officers and\nbodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions,\nall insurance companies and associations, and other persons carryin…

§ 467. Actions by and against fund. 1. The state supreme court shall\nhave exclusive jurisdiction of any action, suit or special proceeding\nbrought by or against or involving the fund. The venue of any action,\nsuit or special proceeding brought against the fund shall be laid i…

§ 468. Exemptions from taxation. 1. It is hereby declared that the\ncreation of the fund and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is\nin all respects for the benefit of the people of the city and state of\nNew York and for the improvement of their health, safety, welfare a…

§ 469. Annual report of trustees. The trustees of the fund shall\nsubmit to the mayor, the board of education and the city council of the\ncity of New York annually on or before February first, a full report of\nits activities and operations through the thirtieth day of the prec…

§ 470. Article not affected if in part unconstitutional or\nineffective. If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause\nor provision of this article shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective\nin whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or\nine…

§ 4701. Establishment of farm schools. The board of supervisors or\nother governing elective body of any county outside of the city of New\nYork may adopt a resolution by a majority vote of the members of such\nboard or body establishing a farm school for the purpose of giving\n…

§ 4702. Acquisition of lands and erection of buildings. Upon the\nadoption of the resolution as provided in section forty-seven hundred\none the board of supervisors or other governing elective body shall\npurchase land in some conveniently accessible place in the county to be\n…

§ 4703. Board of managers. The board of managers of such school shall\nconsist of not less than five members and shall be composed of all the\ncity, village and district superintendents of schools of the county in\nwhich it is located, in addition to such other members as may be…

§ 4704. Powers and duties of board. The board of managers of such\nschool shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the\nschool; employ a superintendent and such teachers and assistants as may\nbe required for the operation and maintenance of the school when\naut…

§ 4705. Powers of superintendent; discipline of school. The\nsuperintendent of the school shall, subject to the regulations of the\nboard of managers:\n 1. Have the general management of the school and the land, buildings\nand equipment thereof, and devote his entire time to its…

§ 4706. Course of instruction. The board of managers shall prescribe\nthe courses of instruction to be followed in such school, subject to the\napproval of the commissioner of education. Such instruction shall\ninclude instruction in agriculture, mechanic arts, trades and\nhomem…

§ 4707. Children admitted to such school. Children not more than\neighteen nor less than eight years of age may be admitted to or received\nin such school, either (1) upon the application of the parents or\nguardians having the legal custody or control of such children,\naccompa…

§ 4708. State aid. There shall be annually apportioned to such school\nfrom the moneys appropriated by the state legislature for the support of\nthe public schools of the state the sum of one thousand dollars and an\nadditional sum of two hundred dollars for each teacher employe…

§ 4709. Agreements with parents and guardians to pay expense of\nmaintenance; compulsory support. The board of managers may make an\nagreement with the parents or guardian of a child in such school for the\npayment of an amount therein specified for the instruction and\nmaintena…

§ 471. Inconsistent provisions of other laws superseded. Insofar as\nthe provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of\nany other general, special or local law, or with the provisions of any\ncharter or ordinance, the provisions of this article shall be\ncon…

§ 4710. Maintenance by county. The board of supervisors or other\ngoverning elective body shall provide for the maintenance of such\nschool, the repair and improvement of the lands and buildings used or\noccupied thereby, and the equipment thereof with necessary machinery,\ntool…

§ 4711. Reports to board of supervisors; inspection. The board of\nmanagers of such school shall report in writing to the board of\nsupervisors or other governing elective body of the county when called\nupon to do so, and shall transmit such report to the clerk of such board\no…

§ 4712. Powers of commissioner of education and education department.\nA school established as provided herein shall be deemed a part of the\npublic school system of the state, and shall be subject to the\nsupervision and control of the commissioner of education and the\neducati…

§ 475. Short title. This article may be cited as the "City of Yonkers\nEducational Construction Fund Act".\n

§ 476. Definitions. As used or referred to in this article, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Board" or "board of education" shall mean the board of education\nof the city of Yonkers.\n 2. "Bonds" and "notes" shall mean bonds and notes respectiv…

§ 477. City of Yonkers educational construction fund. 1. There is\nhereby created the "city of Yonkers educational construction fund." The\nfund shall be a corporate governmental agency constituting a public\nbenefit corporation. It shall be administered by a board of trustees\n…

§ 478. General powers and duties of fund. The fund shall have the\nfollowing powers in addition to those specifically conferred elsewhere\nin this article:\n 1. To sue and be sued;\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n 3. To make and alter by-laws for its organiz…

§ 479. Relationship with the board of education of the city of\nYonkers. In order most effectively to carry out its corporate\npurposes, the fund shall cooperate with the commissioner of finance and\nthe board of education of the city of Yonkers in matters relating to\nland acqu…