Title EDN, Education

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

§ 4801. Establishment of home schools. The common council of any city\nhaving a population of over seventy thousand but less than two hundred\nfifty thousand inhabitants may adopt a resolution by a majority vote\nestablishing a home school for the purpose of giving instruction i…

§ 4802. Acquisition of lands and erection of buildings. Upon the\nadoption of the resolution as provided in section forty-eight hundred\none, the city, through its properly constituted officers having power\nand jurisdiction therein, shall lease or purchase land in a convenient,…

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

§ 4804. Powers and duties of managers. 1. The board of managers of\nsuch school shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of\nthe school; employ a superintendent and such teachers and assistants as\nmay be required for the operation and maintenance of the school; fi…

§ 4805. Course of instruction. The board of managers shall prescribe\nthe course 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 homemak…

§ 4806. Powers of superintendent and 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, land, buildings and\nequipment thereof, and devote his entire time to its aff…

§ 4807. 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 as follows:\n 1. Upon the application of the parents or guardians having the legal\ncustody and control of such children acc…

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

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

§ 481. 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…

§ 4810. Quarantine. A pupil committed to the school either by court\nor school authorities upon being received shall be kept separate and\napart for a period of not less than seven days. During this time a\ncomplete physical and mental examination of such child shall be made by\…

§ 4811. 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…

§ 4812. 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…

§ 4813. Maintenance by city. The board of estimate and apportionment\nor other similar body or officer shall provide for the maintenance of\nsuch school, the repair and improvement of the lands and buildings used\nor occupied thereby, and the equipment thereof with necessary mac…

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

§ 4815. 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…

§ 482. 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…

§ 483. 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 Yonkers, and other revenues\nand moneys made available or to be made available to the fund from any\nor…

§ 484. 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 seventy-eight of\nthis chapter shall provide for (i) the construction, acquisition,\nreconst…

§ 485. Notes and bonds of the fund. 1. (a) Subject to the provisions\nof section four hundred eighty-six 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 opinio…

§ 486. 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 shall pay into such capital reserve\nfund (1) any monies appropriated and made available by the state …

§ 487. 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…

§ 488. 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 Yonkers may, upon furnishing\nsuff…

§ 489. 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…

§ 490. 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…

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

§ 4902. Management. The board of education of the city of New York\nshall appoint annually at least three of its number who, subject to the\ncontrol, supervision and approbation of the board, shall constitute an\nexecutive committee for the care, government and management of suc…

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

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

§ 491. 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 funds shall be laid …

§ 492. 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 of Yonkers and\nstate of New York and for the improvement of their health, safety…

§ 493. 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 Yonkers annually on or before February first, a full report of\nits activities and operations through the thirtieth day of the prece…

§ 494. 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…

§ 495. 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…

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

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

§ 497. Establishment of regional college cooperative services board.\n1. Upon the request of the governing board of at least two or more\nnon-public institutions of higher education, the commissioner of\neducation shall call a joint meeting of the members of such governing\nboar…

§ 498. Powers and duties. 1. Each board shall, within sixty days\nafter the receipt of its charter, formulate a plan to provide for joint\nor cooperative programs, services and arrangements and shall include,\nbut not be limited to, faculty or administrative staff, use of librar…

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

§ 500. Standards for regional college cooperative services board;\nreview of plans. The commissioner shall by regulation provide the\nstandards for regional boards and the plans of such boards shall be\nreviewed by the commissioner at least every three years.\n

§ 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\nlicensed pursuant to section five thousand one of this article shall be\norganized and conducted only as a school and shall be subject to the\njurisdiction of the department exclusively, or in conjunction with su…

§ 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\nconsideration or remuneration procure, solicit or enroll any student for\ninstruction in or given by any school within or without the state of New\nYork, unless (i) the party is a salaried employee of the sch…

§ 5005. Disclosure to students. The school shall disseminate to all\nprospective and enrolled students through an enrollment contract or\nagreement or other appropriate publications or documents, and in\nappropriate languages as required by the commissioner in regulation:\n a. i…

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

§ 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\nschool has demonstrated a pattern or practice of failing to make tuition\nrefunds in a timely manner consistent with this article and/or the\nschool's financial condition may result in the interruption or cessatio…

§ 5009. Duties of the commissioner. In addition to all other duties\nassigned in this article, the duties of the commissioner shall include,\nbut not be limited to:\n 1. ensuring that up-to-date, accurate information is available to the\npublic, via the internet and other approp…