Title EDN, Education

§ 2206. District superintendent must take oath of office. A district superintendent of schools before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, and not later than five days after the date on which his term of office is to commence, shall take the oath of office pr…

§ 2208. Vacancies in the office of district superintendent. The office of district superintendent of schools shall be vacant upon: 1. The death of an incumbent. 2. His removal from office by the commissioner of education. 3. His filing in the offices of the commissioner of educa…

§ 2209. Salary of district superintendent. 1. Each district superintendent shall receive an annual salary from the state of forty-three thousand four hundred ninety-nine dollars, payable by the commissioner of education from moneys appropriated therefor, and in no event shall any…

§ 221. Dissolution of educational institution by stockholders. 1. Meeting to consider application for dissolution, when to be called. The trustees of any educational corporation chartered by regents or subject to their visitation and having capital stock, may, and upon the writt…

§ 2211. Salary of district superintendent may be withheld. The commissioner of education may, whenever he is satisfied that a district superintendent of schools has persistently neglected to perform an official duty, withhold payment of the whole or any part of such superintende…

§ 2212. Removal of district superintendent from office. A district superintendent may be removed from office at any time upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board of cooperative educational services, or by the commissioner pursuant to section three hund…

§ 2212-b. Mandatory withholding of excess salaries and benefits; removal from office for violations of salary and benefit caps. 1. The commissioner shall annually review whether district superintendents are in full compliance with the provisions of subparagraph two of paragraph …

§ 2213. District superintendent not to engage in other business. A district superintendent of schools shall devote his whole time to the performance of the duties of his office and shall not engage in any other occupation or profession. Such time as shall not necessarily be devo…

§ 2214. District superintendent not to be interested in certain business. A district superintendent of schools shall not: 1. Be directly or indirectly interested otherwise than as author in the sale, publication, or manufacture of school books, maps, charts, or school apparatus …

§ 2215. General powers and duties of district superintendent. A district superintendent of schools shall have power and it shall be his duty: 1. To inquire from time to time into and ascertain whether the boundaries of the school districts within his supervisory district are def…

§ 2216. District superintendent subject to regulations of commissioner of education. A district superintendent shall be subject to such regulations and directions as the commissioner of education shall from time to time prescribe.

§ 2217. Appeals from acts of district superintendent. Appeals from the official acts of a district superintendent of schools or from his refusal or failure to act in any matter in which he may legally act, may be taken to the commissioner of education. All questions in controver…

§ 2218. Partitioning of territory and formation of new school districts by district superintendents. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in addition to the authority granted under the provisions of article thirty-one of this chapter, a district superinten…

§ 222. Suspension of operations. If any institution in the university shall discontinue its educational operations without cause satisfactory to the regents, it shall surrender its charter to them, subject, however, to restoration whenever arrangements satisfactory to the regent…

§ 223. Consolidation or merger of corporations. Any two or more corporations chartered under the powers of the regents or incorporated under a special act of the legislature or under a general law for purposes for which a charter may be granted by the regents may enter into an a…

§ 224. Prohibitions. 1. a. No individual, association, partnership or corporation not holding university, college or other degree conferring powers by special charter from the legislature of this state or from the regents, shall confer any degree or use, advertise or transact bu…

§ 224-a. Students unable because of religious beliefs to register or attend classes on certain days. 1. No person shall be expelled from or be refused admission as a student to an institution of higher education for the reason that he or she is unable, because of his or her reli…

§ 225. Unlawful acts in respect to examinations and records. A person who shall: 1. Personate or attempt to offer to personate another person in taking, or attempting or offering to take an examination held in accordance with this chapter or with the rules of the university; or …

§ 226. Powers of trustees of institutions. The trustees of every corporation created by the regents, unless otherwise provided by law or by its charter, may: 1. Number and quorum. Fix the term of office and number of trustees, which shall not exceed twenty-five, nor be less than…

§ 227. Colleges may construct water-works and sewer systems. 1. Every incorporated college in this state is duly authorized and empowered to construct and maintain a system of water-works for the purpose of supplying its college buildings and premises with pure and wholesome wat…

§ 228. The Hamilton college sewer district. The Hamilton college sewer district established in the town of Kirkland, Oneida county, outside the village of Clinton, is hereby continued and all the provisions of the town law relating to a sewer district in a town shall apply to su…

§ 229. County educational institutions. The board of supervisors of a county, having a population of over five hundred thousand and adjacent to a city having a population of over two million, may determine, by resolution, to make application to the regents for the incorporation,…

§ 23. Severability and construction. The provisions of this article shall be severable, and if any court of competent jurisdiction declares any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this article to be invalid, or its applicability to any government agency, person or circumsta…

§ 230. Municipal training institute. The municipal training institute of the state of New York, a corporation created by the regents pursuant to section two hundred sixteen of the education law for the purpose of improving the administration of municipal affairs by providing cou…

§ 231. Town and county officers training school. The town and county officers training school of the state of New York, a corporation created by the regents pursuant to section two hundred sixteen of the education law for the purpose of improving the administration of municipal …

§ 232. Departments and their government. The state library and state museum shall be departments of the university, and the regents may establish such other departments and divisions therein as they shall deem useful in the discharge of their duties.

§ 233. State Museum; collections made by the staff. 1. All scientific specimens and collections, works of art, objects of historic interest and similar property appropriate to a general museum, if owned by the state and not placed in other custody by a specific law, shall consti…

§ 233-a. Property of the state museum. 1. As used in this section: (a) The term "museum" shall mean the New York state museum. (b) The term "deaccession" shall mean the permanent removal or disposal of an object from the collection of the museum by virtue of its sale, exchange, …

§ 233-aa. Property of other museums. 1. As used in this section: (a) The term "museum" means any institution, including but not limited to museums, historical societies, zoological gardens, aquariums, botanical gardens, and arboreta, having collecting as a stated purpose in its …

§ 233-b. New York state freedom trail commission. 1. a. There is hereby established within the department the New York state freedom trail commission. The commission shall consist of twelve members, to be appointed as follows: three members to be appointed by the governor, three…

§ 233-c. Study. The commissioner shall conduct a study which shall include, but not be limited to, documenting the history of the freedom trail and underground railroad including identifying sites most likely to be eligible for inclusion on the national or state registers of his…

§ 234. Indian collection. There shall be made, as the Indian section of the state museum, as complete a collection as practicable of the historical, ethnographic and other records and relics of the Indians of the state of New York, including implements or other articles pertaini…

§ 235. State science service. There shall be maintained in the university a science service which shall be known as the state science service and the state geologist, paleontologist, botanist, entomologist, and archaeologist shall constitute its staff together with such other sc…

§ 235-a. New York state biodiversity research institute. 1. The New York state biodiversity research institute is hereby created within the New York state museum within the education department. The purposes of the institute shall include: (a) advising the governor, governmental…

§ 235-b. New York state biological survey. 1. The New York state biological survey is hereby established in the New York state science service within the state museum to inventory, research, analyze and disseminate information about all the biota of New York. The biological surv…

§ 236. Public television and radio. 1. Short title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Television and Radio Act of nineteen hundred seventy-eight". 2. Legislative findings and declaration of intent. In the years since New York state's educational televis…

§ 237. Regents plan for higher education including approved plans of state university and city university of New York and plans of independent institutions of higher education. 1. Purposes of planning. Master planning for higher education in New York State should: a. Define and …

§ 238. Chair on geriatrics in the state university. 1. There is hereby established in the state university of New York, under the jurisdiction of its board of trustees, one distinguished chair on geriatrics at a state operated institution in the state university for professional…

§ 238-a. Statewide resource centers for geriatric education. 1. There is hereby established in the state university of New York, under the jurisdiction of its board of trustees, a statewide resource center for geriatric education as established by chapter seven hundred seventy-s…

§ 239. Albert Einstein chairs in science and Albert Schweitzer chairs in the humanities. 1. Legislative finding and declaration of policy. The public and private colleges in this state enjoy a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and intellectual vitality. For them t…

§ 239-a. Collection and distribution of student's residual consumer goods. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: a. "consumer goods" shall mean goods that are used or bought for use primarily for personal, family or household pur…

§ 239-b. Research dogs and cats. 1. A higher education research facility that receives public money, including tax-exempt status, or a facility that provides research in collaboration with a higher education facility shall after the completion of any testing or research involvin…

§ 240. The Stony Brook university Cody center for autism and developmental disabilities at Stony Brook university. The Stony Brook university Cody center for autism and developmental disabilities (hereinafter the "Cody center") is hereby established under the jurisdiction of the…

§ 241. Purposes of the Cody center. The purposes of the Cody center shall be to: 1. Advance the standards of care for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities. 2. Provide an educational setting for professionals working with families of ind…

§ 242. Site. The site of the Cody center shall be at the Matt and Debra Cody center for autism and developmental disabilities at the state university at Stony Brook.

§ 243. Funding and reporting. Funds shall be made available for the support of the Cody center in the amounts appropriated for this purpose. The Cody center shall annually submit a complete and detailed report setting forth its operations and accomplishments to the chancellor of…

§ 245. State library, how constituted. All books, pamphlets, manuscripts, records, archives and maps, and all other property appropriate to a general library, if owned by the state and not placed in other custody by law, shall be in charge of the regents and constitute the state…

§ 246. State medical library. The state medical library shall be a part of the New York state library under the same government and regulations and shall be open for consultation to every citizen of the state at all hours when the state library is open and shall be available for…

§ 247. State law library; legislative reference library. The state law library and the legislative reference library shall be parts of the New York state library under the same government and regulations and shall be open for consultation to every citizen of the state at all hou…

§ 248. Manuscript and records "on file". Manuscript or printed papers of the legislature, usually termed "on file," and which shall have been on file more than five years in custody of the senate and assembly clerks, and all public records of the state not placed in other custod…