Title EDN, Education

§ 4801. Establishment of home schools. The common council of any city having a population of over seventy thousand but less than two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants may adopt a resolution by a majority vote establishing a home school for the purpose of giving instruction in t…

§ 4802. Acquisition of lands and erection of buildings. Upon the adoption of the resolution as provided in section forty-eight hundred one, the city, through its properly constituted officers having power and jurisdiction therein, shall lease or purchase land in a convenient, ac…

§ 4803. Board of managers. The board of managers of such school shall consist of not less than five members to be appointed by the mayor of such city and of which board the superintendent of schools in any such city shall be one member ex-officio. Members of the board other than…

§ 4804. Powers and duties of managers. 1. The board of managers of such school shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the school; employ a superintendent and such teachers and assistants as may be required for the operation and maintenance of the school; fix c…

§ 4805. Course of instruction. The board of managers shall prescribe the course of instruction to be followed in such school, subject to the approval of the commissioner of education. Such instruction shall include instruction in agriculture, mechanic arts, trades and homemaking…

§ 4806. Powers of superintendent and discipline of school. The superintendent of the school shall, subject to the regulations of the board of managers: 1. Have the general management of the school, land, buildings and equipment thereof, and devote his entire time to its affairs.…

§ 4807. Children admitted to such school. Children not more than eighteen nor less than eight years of age may be admitted to or received in such school as follows: 1. Upon the application of the parents or guardians having the legal custody and control of such children accompan…

§ 4808. Jurisdiction of courts. Courts having jurisdiction of children shall have power to commit children to the school who are receivable therein as set forth in section forty-eight hundred seven. Commitments by such courts shall be in accordance with the provisions of the pen…

§ 4809. Transfer of pupils. The board of managers shall have full power to transfer to other institutions any child if a court grants a petition for transfer pursuant to section seven hundred seventy-three of the family court act.

§ 481. Plans and specifications. 1. (a) No combined occupancy structure shall be acquired, leased, erected, repaired, enlarged or remodeled by the fund until the detailed plans and specifications and cost estimates for the school portion thereof have been submitted to the board …

§ 4810. Quarantine. A pupil committed to the school either by court or school authorities upon being received shall be kept separate and apart for a period of not less than seven days. During this time a complete physical and mental examination of such child shall be made by qua…

§ 4811. State aid. There shall be annually apportioned to such school from the moneys appropriated by the state legislature for the support of the public schools of the state the sum of one thousand dollars and an additional sum of two hundred dollars for each teacher employed t…

§ 4812. Agreements with parents and guardians to pay expense of maintenance; compulsory support. The board of managers may make an agreement with the parents or guardian of a child in such school for the payment of an amount therein specified for the instruction and maintenance …

§ 4813. Maintenance by city. The board of estimate and apportionment or other similar body or officer shall provide for the maintenance of such school, the repair and improvement of the lands and buildings used or occupied thereby, and the equipment thereof with necessary machin…

§ 4814. Report of superintendent. The superintendent of the school shall report annually to the mayor in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-three of the second-class cities law. Such report shall be countersigned by a majority of the board of managers. The mayor sh…

§ 4815. Powers of commissioner of education and education department. A school established as provided herein shall be deemed a part of the public school system of the state, and shall be subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner of education and the education d…

§ 482. Letting of construction contracts. 1. Any contract let by the fund or by any letting agency on behalf of the fund for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of a combined occupancy structure or of the school portion thereof, shall be in conformity…

§ 483. Resources of the fund. 1. The fund may receive, accept, invest, administer, expend and disburse for its corporate purposes appropriations or advances from the city of Yonkers, and other revenues and moneys made available or to be made available to the fund from any or all…

§ 484. Lease and other agreements. 1. Any agreement entered into between the fund and the owner or developer of a proposed combined occupancy structure pursuant to section four hundred seventy-eight of this chapter shall provide for (i) the construction, acquisition, reconstruct…

§ 485. Notes and bonds of the fund. 1. (a) Subject to the provisions of section four hundred eighty-six of this chapter, the fund shall have the power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds and notes in such principal amount as, in the opinion o…

§ 486. Reserve funds, appropriations and other funds and accounts. 1. (a) The fund shall create and establish a special fund (herein referred to as capital reserve fund), and shall pay into such capital reserve fund (1) any monies appropriated and made available by the state or …

§ 487. Agreement with the state. The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this article, that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the fund to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders t…

§ 488. State and city's right to require redemption of bonds. Notwithstanding and in addition to any provisions for the redemption of bonds which may be contained in any contract with the holders of the bonds, either the state or the city of Yonkers may, upon furnishing sufficie…

§ 489. Remedies of noteholders and bondholders. 1. In the event that the fund shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of notes or bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue…

§ 490. Notes and bonds as legal investments. The notes and bonds of the fund are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying o…

§ 4901. New York nautical school may be established and maintained. The board of education of the city of New York, in its discretion, may provide and maintain a nautical school in such city for the education and training of pupils in the science and practice of navigation; may …

§ 4902. Management. The board of education of the city of New York shall appoint annually at least three of its number who, subject to the control, supervision and approbation of the board, shall constitute an executive committee for the care, government and management of such n…

§ 4903. Chamber of commerce to appoint committee to serve as council. The chamber of commerce of New York is authorized to provide for and appoint a committee of its members to serve as a council of the nautical school, whose duty it shall be, as far as may be, to advise and coo…

§ 4904. Expenses. After the establishment and organization of such school the expenses thereof, and of carrying out the provisions of this article, shall be defrayed from the moneys raised by law for the support of public schools in the city of New York.

§ 491. Actions by and against fund. 1. The state supreme court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of any action, suit or special proceeding brought by or against or involving the fund. The venue of any action, suit or special proceeding brought against the funds shall be laid in …

§ 492. Exemptions from taxation. 1. It is hereby declared that the creation of the fund and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the city of Yonkers and state of New York and for the improvement of their health, safety, w…

§ 493. Annual report of trustees. The trustees of the fund shall submit to the mayor, the board of education and the city council of the city of Yonkers annually on or before February first, a full report of its activities and operations through the thirtieth day of the precedin…

§ 494. Article not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective. If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or provision of this article shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffec…

§ 495. Inconsistent provisions of other laws superseded. Insofar as the provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other general, special or local law, or with the provisions of any charter or ordinance, the provisions of this article shall be control…

§ 495-a. Winter sports education trust fund; appointment of board of trustees to administer fund. 1. There is hereby created in the custody of the comptroller the winter sports education trust fund. 2. Such fund shall consist of the state lottery revenues paid into the same by t…

§ 496. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the scarcity of higher educational facilities within the state poses a serious threat to the future of the state's citizens. Recognizing this scarcity and the threat posed thereby, it is the sense of …

§ 497. Establishment of regional college cooperative services board. 1. Upon the request of the governing board of at least two or more non-public institutions of higher education, the commissioner of education shall call a joint meeting of the members of such governing boards f…

§ 498. Powers and duties. 1. Each board shall, within sixty days after the receipt of its charter, formulate a plan to provide for joint or cooperative programs, services and arrangements and shall include, but not be limited to, faculty or administrative staff, use of library, …

§ 499. Additional members of a regional college cooperative services board; withdrawal. 1. The governing board of any non-public institution of higher education which is not a member institution in a regional college cooperative services board may adopt a resolution requesting t…

§ 500. Standards for regional college cooperative services board; review of plans. The commissioner shall by regulation provide the standards for regional boards and the plans of such boards shall be reviewed by the commissioner at least every three years.

§ 5001. Licensed private career schools. 1. Schools required to be\nlicensed. No private school which charges tuition or fees related to\ninstruction and which is not exempted hereunder shall be operated by any\nperson or persons, firm, corporation, or private organization for t…

§ 5002. Standards for licensed private career schools. Any school licensed pursuant to section five thousand one of this article shall be organized and conducted only as a school and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the department exclusively, or in conjunction with such …

§ 5003. Disciplinary actions, hearings and penalties. 1. Disciplinary\naction. a. The commissioner for good cause, after affording a school an\nopportunity for a hearing, may take disciplinary action as hereinafter\nprovided against any school authorized to operate under this ar…

§ 5004. Private school agent's certificate. 1. a. No party may, for a consideration or remuneration procure, solicit or enroll any student for instruction in or given by any school within or without the state of New York, unless (i) the party is a salaried employee of the school…

§ 5005. Disclosure to students. The school shall disseminate to all prospective and enrolled students through an enrollment contract or agreement or other appropriate publications or documents, and in appropriate languages as required by the commissioner in regulation: a. inform…

§ 5006. Teachout plans. 1. A school may submit a teachout plan to the commissioner for approval pursuant to regulations established by the commissioner. A teachout plan shall consist of a contract between a licensed private career school, with another school, hereinafter called …

§ 5007. Tuition reimbursement account. 1. Except as otherwise provided\nin subdivision six of this section, the portion of the annual assessment\nof schools licensed pursuant to section five thousand one of this\narticle as prescribed in subdivision nine of such section and all …

§ 5008. Trust accounts. 1. If the commissioner determines that a school has demonstrated a pattern or practice of failing to make tuition refunds in a timely manner consistent with this article and/or the school's financial condition may result in the interruption or cessation o…

§ 5009. Duties of the commissioner. In addition to all other duties assigned in this article, the duties of the commissioner shall include, but not be limited to: 1. ensuring that up-to-date, accurate information is available to the public, via the internet and other appropriate…

§ 501. Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this\narticle shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is\nplainly required by the context: 1. "Retirement system" shall mean the\nNew York state teachers' retirement system provided for in section f…