Title EDN, Education

§ 2034. Canvass of votes; declaration of result. 1. Immediately upon\nthe close of the polls the inspectors of election shall count the\nballots found in the ballot box without unfolding them, except so far as\nis necessary to ascertain that each ballot is single. They shall com…

§ 2035. Use of voting machines at school district meetings or\nelections. 1. If the trustees or board of education of any school\ndistrict shall so determine, voting machines may be used for recording\nthe vote on elections and questions, or either, at the school district\nmeeti…

§ 2036. Effect of failure to appoint or elect qualified voters as\ndistrict meeting or election officials. The proceedings of no annual or\nspecial school district meeting or election shall be held illegal for\nfailure to appoint or elect a qualified voter (or a person satisfyin…

§ 2037. Determination of meeting or election disputes. All disputes\nconcerning the validity of any district meeting or election or of any of\nthe acts of the officers of such meeting or election shall be referred\nto the commissioner of education for determination and his decis…

§ 2038. Transmission of publicly available data to the New York voting\nand elections database. Upon the certification of election results and\nthe completion of the voter history file after each election, each\nschool district that holds school board elections pursuant to this\…

§ 2039. Application of article. The provisions of part one of this\narticle shall apply to all school districts except as otherwise provided\nby article fifty-three of this chapter, and except to city school\ndistricts of cities with one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants …

§ 204. Meetings and absences. 1. (a) The regents may provide for\nregular meetings of the board of regents and any committee,\nsubcommittee, task force, or other subgroups thereof. Notice of time and\nplace for all regular public meetings of the board of regents and any\ncommitt…

§ 2040. District meeting to authorize contract system. 1. Any school\ndistrict may decide by a majority vote of the qualified voters present\nand voting at a district meeting:\n a. To contract for the education of all the elementary pupils of such\ndistrict in another school dis…

§ 2040-a. Contributions to school districts containing migrant labor\ncamps. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and for the purpose\nof sharing the extra expense incurred by a school district in providing\ntemporary educational facilities for children living in a migran…

§ 2041. Trustees or boards of education may contract to receive such\nchildren. The trustees or board of education of any district or city\nmay enter into a contract to receive and educate in the schools of such\ndistrict or city the children of any district which shall authoriz…

§ 2042. Form and validity of contract. Every contract for the\neducation of school children shall be in writing and in the form\nprescribed by the commissioner of education, and before such contract is\nexecuted the same shall be submitted for approval to the superintendent\nof …

§ 2044. Report of pupils from other districts. The children attending\na school under any contract for the education of elementary pupils shall\nbe reported to the commissioner of education by the trustees or board of\neducation of the district or city wherein such children atte…

§ 2045. Non-resident attendance. 1. No charge for the instruction of\nnonresident pupils in excess of the difference between the cost of\neducating such pupils and the apportionment of public moneys on account\nof the attendance of such pupils shall be made by any district. The\…

§ 205. Quorum. Seven regents attending shall be a quorum for the\ntransaction of business.\n

§ 2050. Definition. As used in this part, a "lawyer" shall mean an\nattorney or counselor governed by article fifteen of the judiciary law,\nwho receives remuneration or other compensation from a school district\nor board of cooperative educational services in exchange for legal…

§ 2051. Charging for professional services. 1. A lawyer shall not\nsimultaneously be an independent contractor and an employee of a school\ndistrict or board of cooperative educational services for the purpose of\nproviding legal services to such school district or board of coop…

§ 2052. Enforcement. 1. Any lawyer who violates section two thousand\nfifty-one of this part, shall be liable for a civil penalty not to\nexceed three times the charges and fees for contracted services or\nsalary received by the lawyer and paid by such school district or board\n…

§ 2053. Reports regarding lawyers. Every school district and board of\ncooperative educational services shall, on or before the forty-fifth day\nafter the commencement of its fiscal year, file with the department, the\ncomptroller and the attorney general a report specifying: (a…

§ 2054. Non-exclusivity of rights or remedies. Nothing in this part\nshall be construed to limit, in any matter, any rights or remedies\notherwise available under law against any party or to any person or\nentity, including, but not limited to, the attorney general or the\ncompt…

§ 206. Authority to take testimony and conduct hearings. The regents,\nany committee thereof, the commissioner of education, the deputy and any\nassociate and assistant commissioner of education and the counsel of the\ndepartment may take testimony or hear proofs relating to the…

§ 207. Legislative power. Subject and in conformity to the\nconstitution and laws of the state, the regents shall exercise\nlegislative functions concerning the educational system of the state,\ndetermine its educational policies, and, except, as to the judicial\nfunctions of th…

§ 207-a. Disclosure of gifts made to institutions of higher education\nby foreign governments, persons and entities. 1. As used in this\nsection: a. The term "foreign government" shall mean any government\nother than the United States government or the government of a state or\n…

§ 207-b. Crisis resources. Each degree-granting institution of higher\neducation shall establish an education campaign to educate students,\nfaculty, and staff about the 9-8-8 suicide and crisis lifeline and the\ncrisis text line. Such education campaign shall include, but not b…

§ 208. General examinations, credentials and degrees. The regents may\nconfer by diploma under their seal such honorary degrees as they may\ndeem proper, and may establish examinations as to attainments in\nlearning, and may award and confer suitable certificates, diplomas and\n…

§ 208-a. Scheduling of examinations. The department shall make a bona\nfide effort to schedule state mandated examinations on days other than\ndays of religious observation. The commissioner may promulgate\nregulations to implement this section.\n

§ 209. Academic examinations; admission and fees. The regents shall\nestablish in the secondary institutions of the university, examinations\nin studies furnishing a suitable standard of graduation therefrom and of\nadmission to colleges, and certificates or diplomas shall be co…

§ 209-a. Applications for admission to college. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of this chapter to the contrary, no rule or regulation\nshall be adopted by the school authorities, school officers or board of\neducation of a school district which limits the number of request…

§ 21. Bullying and harassment prevention and response. 1. No student\nshall be subjected to harassment or bullying, including cyberbullying,\nby other students on school property or at a school function.\n 2. Every school, subject to this section, shall adopt a written in\nplain…

§ 210. Registrations. The regents may register domestic and foreign\ninstitutions in terms of New York standards, and fix the value of\ndegrees, diplomas and certificates issued by institutions of other\nstates or countries and presented for entrance to schools, colleges and\nth…

§ 210-a. Admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and\neducational leader programs. Each institution registered by the\ndepartment with graduate-level teacher and leader education programs\nshall adopt rigorous selection criteria geared to predicting a\ncandidate's acad…

§ 210-b. Graduate-level teacher and educational leadership program\nderegistration and suspension. 1. The department shall suspend a\ngraduate program's authority to admit new students if for three\nconsecutive academic years, fewer than fifty percent of its students who\nhave s…

§ 210-c. Interstate reciprocity agreement for post-secondary distance\neducation programs.\n INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT FOR THE POST-SECONDARY DISTANCE\n EDUCATION PROGRAMS\n Article I\n Purpose, findings, and policy\n The states party to an interstate agreement desire by …

§ 2101. Officers of district. 1. Each common school district shall\nhave one or three trustees as the district determines, a collector\nexcept in first class towns and except as may be otherwise provided by\nlaw, and if the district so decides a treasurer.\n 2. Each union free s…

§ 2102. Qualifications of officers. Every school district officer\nmust be able to read and write and must be a qualified voter of the\ndistrict; and each member of a board of education of a union free school\ndistrict, common school district or a central school district shall h…

§ 2102-a. Required training for school district officers. 1. a. Every\ntrustee or voting member of a board of education of a school district or\na board of cooperative educational services, elected or appointed for a\nterm beginning on or after July first, two thousand five, sha…

§ 2103. Ineligibility to office. 1. No district superintendent or\nsupervisor is eligible to the office of trustee or member of a board of\neducation, and no trustee or member of a board of education can hold the\noffice of district clerk, collector, treasurer or librarian, exce…

§ 2103-a. Police officers and firefighters on boards of education.\nNotwithstanding any general, special or local law, ordinance or charter\nprovision to the contrary, or any rule or regulation, police officers\nand firefighters employed by any municipal subdivision of the state…

§ 2105. Terms of office. 1. In a common school district having a sole\ntrustee the term of office of trustee shall be one year.\n 2. In a common school district having three trustees the full term of\noffice of trustee shall be three years.\n 3. In a central school district or a…

§ 2106. Terms of officers of newly created district. The terms of all\nofficers other than trustees elected at the first meeting of a newly\ncreated district shall expire on the first Tuesday of May, next\nthereafter.\n

§ 2108. Notice and acceptance of election. 1. The district clerk\nshall forthwith notify in writing each person elected to office of his\nelection and the date thereof.\n 2. Such person shall be deemed to have accepted the office, unless\nwithin five days after the service of su…

§ 2109. Refusal of trustee to serve. A trustee of a common school or\nunion free school district who publicly declares that he will not accept\nor serve in the office of trustee, or refuses or neglects to attend\nthree successive meetings of the board, of which he is duly notifi…

§ 211. Review of regents learning standards. 1. The regents shall\nperiodically review and evaluate the existing regents learning standards\nto determine if they should be strengthened, modified or combined so as\nto provide adequate opportunity for students to acquire the skill…

§ 211-a. Enhanced state accountability system. To more fully implement\nthe requirements of section one thousand one hundred eleven of the\nelementary and secondary education act of nineteen hundred sixty-five,\nas amended, and the federal regulations implementing such statute, …

§ 211-b. Consequences for consistent lack of improvement in academic\nperformance. In addition to taking appropriate action pursuant to the\nregulations of the commissioner and the requirements of federal law, the\nfollowing actions shall be taken to increase school and district…

§ 211-c. Distinguished educators. The regents shall establish a\ndistinguished educator program that recognizes educational leaders who\nhave agreed to assist in improving the performance of low performing\nschool districts.\n 1. Building principals, superintendents of schools a…

§ 211-d. Contract for excellence. 1. a. Every school district that, as\nof April first of the base year, has at least one school identified as\nin corrective action or restructuring status or as a school requiring\nacademic progress: year two or above or as a school in need of\n…

§ 211-e. Educational partnership organizations. 1. The board of\neducation of a school district, and the chancellor of the city school\ndistrict of the city of New York, subject to the approval of the\ncommissioner, shall be authorized to contract, for a term of up to five\nyear…

§ 211-f. Takeover and restructuring failing schools. 1. Eligibility\nfor appointment of an external receiver. (a) Failing schools. The\ncommissioner shall designate as failing each of the schools that has\nbeen identified under the state's accountability system to be among the\n…

§ 2110. Penalty for refusal to serve or perform duty. 1. Every person\nelected or appointed to a school district office and being duly\nqualified to fill the same who shall refuse to serve therein shall\nforfeit the sum of five dollars.\n 2. Every person elected or appointed to …

§ 2111. Resignation of district officers. A school district officer\nmay resign to a district meeting. Such officer shall also be deemed to\nhave resigned if he filed a written resignation with the district\nsuperintendent of his district and such superintendent endorses thereon…