Title EDN, Education

§ 1718. Limitation upon expenditures. 1. No board of education shall\nincur a district liability in excess of the amount appropriated by a\ndistrict meeting unless such board is specially authorized by law to\nincur such liability.\n 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivis…

§ 1719. Deposit, custody and payment of moneys in villages. 1. All\nmoneys raised for the support of schools in any union free school\ndistrict whose boundaries are coterminous with the boundaries of an\nincorporated village or apportioned to the same by the education\ndepartmen…

§ 1720. Moneys and accounts in union free school districts. 1. All\nmoneys raised in a union free school district or apportioned thereto by\nthe education department or otherwise, shall be paid to the treasurer of\nthe district entitled to receive the same, and be applied to the…

§ 1721. Records; reports. It shall be the duty of the board of\neducation of a union free school district to keep an accurate record of\nall its proceedings in books provided for that purpose. It shall also\nbe the duty of said board to cause to be published once in each year,\n…

§ 1722. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall\napply to all union free school districts heretofore organized pursuant\nto the provisions of chapter four hundred thirty-three of the laws of\neighteen hundred fifty-three, and the amendments thereof, chapter …

§ 1723-a. Temporary investment of school moneys. The board of\neducation of any union free 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\n…

§ 1724. Form and audit of claims. 1. No claim against a central school\ndistrict or a union free school district, except for compensation for\nservices of an officer or employee engaged at agreed wages by the hour,\nday, week, month or year or for the principal of or interest on…

§ 1725. Lease of personal property. 1. Notwithstanding any incon-\nsistent provision of law, a board of education of any union free school\ndistrict may enter into agreements for the lease of personal property.\n 2. Before executing any such agreement, the board of education mus…

§ 1725-a. Powers of boards of education; instructional equipment.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the board of\neducation of any school district is hereby authorized and empowered to\nenter into agreements for the lease-purchase of instructional equipment,\nw…

§ 1726. Lease and lease-purchase of buildings. 1. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provision of law, the board of education of any union free\nschool district may enter into agreements pursuant to the provisions of\nthis section for the lease or lease-purchase of buildings for …

§ 174. Powers formerly exercised by the state board of geographic\nnames. The regents, or such bureau, division or officers of the\nuniversity or of the education department as may be designated by them\nfor such purpose, shall 1. Determine and establish the correct\nhistorical …

§ 18. Severability and construction. The provisions of this article\nshall be severable, and if any court of competent jurisdiction declares\nany phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this article to be invalid,\nor its applicability to any government agency, person or circum…

§ 180. Definitions. Wherever used in this part V of this article:\n 1. The term "eligible employee" means each employee of the education\ndepartment who occupies a position which is designated by the\ncommissioner as requiring the rendering of professional services within\nthe f…

§ 1801. Formation and changes of central school districts. 1. The\ncommissioner of education is hereby authorized and empowered to lay out\ncentral school districts for the establishment of central schools to\ngive instruction in elementary or elementary and high school subjects…

§ 1802. Organization procedure. 1. New central school districts shall\nbe organized as provided in this subdivision.\n a. When an order laying out a central school district has been made\nand entered as provided in section eighteen hundred one of this chapter,\na petition may be…

§ 1803. Proceedings at meeting. 1. Any meeting held pursuant to the\nnotice provided in section eighteen hundred two shall be called to order\nby a school official or a qualified voter of the district, designated by\nthe commissioner of education for the purpose. The first order…

§ 1803-a. Alternative voting procedure. 1. When an order laying out a\ncentral school district has been made and entered as provided in section\neighteen hundred one of this chapter, and the petitions referred to in\nparagraph a of subdivision one of section eighteen hundred two…

§ 1804. Board of education; election; powers and duties. 1. Each such\ncentral school district shall be managed by a board of education\nconsisting of five, seven or nine members, which board shall have the\nsame powers and duties as boards of education in union free school\ndis…

§ 1805. Powers of central school district; officers of component\ndistricts; transition state aid. All central school districts shall\nhave the same powers and be subject to the same limitations that are now\nconferred or imposed by law upon union free school districts as provid…

§ 1807. Transportation of school children. 1. The commissioner of\neducation shall have power in any such central school district to\nrequire the payment by the district of such expense of transportation of\nschool children to and from the schools they legally attend within the\…

§ 1809. Apportionment to central school districts containing former\ncentral school districts. Whenever a new central school district shall\nbe laid out and organized out of territory including existing central\nschool districts, or whenever a central school district shall have\…

§ 181. Education department optional retirement program established.\n1. There is hereby established an education department optional\nretirement program which shall provide for the continuation of contracts\nproviding retirement and death benefits for or on behalf of electing\n…

§ 182. Rates of contribution. * 1. Employer contributions. In the case\nof any electing employee initially appointed on or before June\nthirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-two, the state shall, during\ncontinuance of his employment, make contributions at the rate of nine\npercent…

§ 183. Election. 1. Election of the education department optional\nretirement program. (a) Each eligible employee initially appointed on or\nafter July first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, shall, within thirty\ndays of his entry into service, elect (i) to join either the New Yor…

§ 184. Survivor's benefits. In the case of the death of any electing\nemployee after the effective date of his election and before retirement,\nthe value of the death benefits provided by the contract or contracts\ncontinued under the education department optional retirement pro…

§ 185. Social security. Every electing employee shall have old-age,\nsurvivors, and disability insurance coverage provided by the federal\nsocial security act in accordance with the provisions of article three\nof the retirement and social security law.\n

§ 186. State not liable for payment of benefits. Neither the state\nnor the department shall be a party to any contract continued in whole\nor in part with contributions made under the education department\noptional retirement program established and administered pursuant to\nth…

§ 187. Inconsistent provisions of other acts superseded. Insofar as\nthe provisions of this part V of this article are inconsistent with the\nprovisions of any other act, general or special, the provisions of this\narticle shall be controlling.\n

§ 19. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that students' ability\nto learn and to meet high academic standards, and a school's ability to\neducate its students, are compromised by incidents of harassment\nincluding bullying, taunting or intimidation. It is hereby declared …

§ 1901. Central high school districts; number and election of members\nof board of education. 1. Existing central high school districts are\ncontinued. Boards of education of such central high school districts\nheretofore established shall continue as constituted under the order…

§ 1902. Other districts may join central high school district. Other\nschool districts that were not included in the establishment of the\noriginal central high school district may join such district upon a vote\nof the majority of the electors of such district present and votin…

§ 1903. Powers of board of education; laws applicable. 1. The board of\neducation of a central high school district shall have jurisdiction over\nthe pupils residing therein who have completed the work of the sixth\ngrade and shall have the same powers and duties in respect to t…

§ 1905. District treasurer and clerk; custody and disbursement of\nfunds. The board of education of a central high school district shall\nappoint a treasurer, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the\nboard and shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter relative …

§ 1906. District meetings; vote upon school taxes. 1. The annual\nmeeting and election of a central high school district shall be held on\nthe third Tuesday in May, provided, however, that such annual meeting\nand election shall be held on the second Tuesday in May if the\ncommi…

§ 1907. Transportation of pupils. The board of education of such\ncentral high school district may cause transportation to be furnished to\nthe pupils residing in the district who are entitled to attend such\ncentral high school or other public or non-public high school within t…

§ 1908. Apportionment of expenses. 1. The board of education of such\ncentral high school district shall cause to be apportioned among the\nschool districts included in such central high school district the\namount required for the payment of the principal and interest of all\no…

§ 1909. State aid. 1. Public moneys shall be apportioned to such\ncentral high school district on account of the central high school\nmaintained therein, in the same amount and under the same conditions as\nin the case of apportionments to union free school districts on account\…

§ 1910. Location of site or sites. The board of education of such\ncentral high school district shall designate the site or sites for one\nor more central high school buildings in such district or for any other\nschool purpose by resolution containing a description thereof by me…

§ 1911. Acquisition of site and erection of building. 1. The board of\neducation of a central high school district shall, when the site of the\nsaid high school building shall have been designated as provided herein,\nsubmit to the qualified electors of such district a propositi…

§ 1912. Formation of central high school districts in the county of\nSuffolk. A central high school district may be formed by the\ncombination of two or more central, union free or common school\ndistricts in the county of Suffolk. The territory shall be contiguous.\n

§ 1913. Laying out; referendum procedure. 1. The commissioner is\nauthorized to lay out a central high school district for the\nestablishment and maintenance of instruction for secondary pupils in\ngrades seven through twelve and to fix its boundaries.\n 2. Within ten days after…

§ 1914. Board of education; number and election. For any central high\nschool district formed on or after July first, nineteen hundred\neighty-one, the order of the commissioner establishing such central high\nschool district shall specify the number of members to constitute the…

§ 1915. Facilities; housing of program. 1. The board of education may\nlease existing buildings within a territory of the central high school\ndistrict from a component district or, if authorized by the voters of a\ncentral high school district, construct, purchase or otherwise …

§ 1916. Superintendent status. A central high school district will be\nconsidered for eligibility for independent superintendency status under\ncriteria established by the commissioner.\n

§ 1917. Employees; employment rights. Teachers and other staff\nmembers of component districts, except the superintendent of schools,\nwhose services in the component districts are no longer needed because\nof creation of a central high school district, shall be granted\nemploym…

§ 1917-a. Employees; employment rights; creation of new central high\nschool district. 1. Teachers and other staff members of component\ndistricts, except the superintendent of schools, whose services in the\ncomponent districts are no longer needed because of the creation of a\…

§ 1950. Establishment of boards of cooperative educational services\npending the creation of intermediate districts. 1. The boards of\neducation and school trustees of a supervisory district which is not\npart of an intermediate district, meeting at a time and place to be\ndesig…

§ 1951. Budget of board of cooperative educational services. 1. The\nfinal administrative and capital budgets of the board of cooperative\neducational services as adopted shall be a charge against all of the\nschool districts contained in the board of cooperative educational\nse…

§ 1952. Technologies network ties program. 1. There is hereby\nestablished a model technologies network ties program to pilot\ninnovative uses of technology for interactive instruction and\nadministrative purposes, in order to determine the feasibility of\ndeveloping a statewide…

§ 1980. Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms\nshall mean:\n 1. The term "board of education" shall mean the trustee, trustees or\nboard of education of any common, union free, central, central high or\ncity school district, or a board of cooperative educat…