Title EDN, Education

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

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

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

§ 2037. Determination of meeting or election disputes. All disputes concerning the validity of any district meeting or election or of any of the acts of the officers of such meeting or election shall be referred to the commissioner of education for determination and his decision…

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 2042. Form and validity of contract. Every contract for the education of school children shall be in writing and in the form prescribed by the commissioner of education, and before such contract is executed the same shall be submitted for approval to the superintendent of scho…

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

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

§ 205. Quorum. Seven regents attending shall be a quorum for the transaction of business.

§ 2050. Definition. As used in this part, a "lawyer" shall mean an attorney or counselor governed by article fifteen of the judiciary law, who receives remuneration or other compensation from a school district or board of cooperative educational services in exchange for legal se…

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

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

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

§ 2054. Non-exclusivity of rights or remedies. Nothing in this part shall be construed to limit, in any matter, any rights or remedies otherwise available under law against any party or to any person or entity, including, but not limited to, the attorney general or the comptroll…

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

§ 207. Legislative power. Subject and in conformity to the constitution and laws of the state, the regents shall exercise legislative functions concerning the educational system of the state, determine its educational policies, and, except, as to the judicial functions of the co…

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

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

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

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

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

§ 209-a. Applications for admission to college. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, no rule or regulation shall be adopted by the school authorities, school officers or board of education of a school district which limits the number of requests f…

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

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

§ 210-a. Admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs. Each institution registered by the department with graduate-level teacher and leader education programs shall adopt rigorous selection criteria geared to predicting a candidate's academic…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 2108. Notice and acceptance of election. 1. The district clerk shall forthwith notify in writing each person elected to office of his election and the date thereof. 2. Such person shall be deemed to have accepted the office, unless within five days after the service of such no…

§ 2109. Refusal of trustee to serve. A trustee of a common school or union free school district who publicly declares that he will not accept or serve in the office of trustee, or refuses or neglects to attend three successive meetings of the board, of which he is duly notified,…

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

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

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

§ 211-c. Distinguished educators. The regents shall establish a distinguished educator program that recognizes educational leaders who have agreed to assist in improving the performance of low performing school districts. 1. Building principals, superintendents of schools and te…

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

§ 211-e. Educational partnership organizations. 1. The board of education of a school district, and the chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York, subject to the approval of the commissioner, shall be authorized to contract, for a term of up to five years, w…

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

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

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