Title EDN, Education

§ 249. State library, when open; use of books. The state library shall\nbe kept open at least eight hours each day on five days every week in\nthe year except the legal holidays known as Independence day,\nThanksgiving day and Christmas day. Nothing in this section shall\nprohib…

§ 249-a. Libraries of public institutions of higher education; access\nand use. The state university trustees and the board of higher\neducation of the city of New York are hereby authorized to establish\nsuch rules and regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to make\npr…

§ 250. Duplicate department. The regents shall have charge of the\npreparation, publication and distribution, whether by sale, exchange or\ngift, of the colonial history, natural history and all other state\npublications not otherwise assigned by law. To guard against waste or\n…

§ 2501. Application of article. This article shall apply to the\nschool district of each city which according to the latest federal\ncensus has less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants.\n

§ 2502. Board of education. 1. The board of education of each city\nschool district shall constitute a body corporate.\n 2. Each board of education shall consist of five, seven or nine\nmembers, to be known as members of the board of education. In the city\nof Albany, such board…

§ 2503. Powers and duties of board of education. Subject to the\nprovisions of this chapter, the board of education:\n 1. Shall perform any duty imposed upon or exercise any power granted\nto boards of education of city school districts or union free school\ndistricts or trustee…

§ 2503-a. Powers of boards of education to ban fraternities,\nsororities and other secret societies. 1. In its discretion, the board\nof education of each school district, may adopt rules and regulations to\nabolish and/or prohibit any fraternity, sorority or other secret societ…

§ 2504. Meetings of board of education. 1. The annual meeting of the\nboard of education shall be held in July on or before the Monday after\nthe twentieth day in July, at four o'clock in the afternoon or such\nother hour as the board may determine, at which meeting the board sh…

§ 2506. Collector. 1. The board of education shall appoint a school\ndistrict tax collector who shall hold office during the pleasure of the\nboard. The board may appoint the city school district treasurer to the\noffice of city school district tax collector. Such collector shal…

§ 2507. Superintendent of schools; associate superintendents. 1. The\nsuperintendent and any associate superintendent of schools in each\nschool district shall hold his position subject to the pleasure of the\nboard of education, except that the superintendent of schools may be\…

§ 2508. Powers and duties of superintendent of schools. The\nsuperintendent of schools of a city school district shall possess,\nsubject to the bylaws of the board of education, the following powers\nand be charged with the following duties:\n 1. To be the chief executive office…

§ 2509. Appointment of assistant and other superintendents, teachers\nand other employees. 1. (a) i. Teachers and all other members of the\nteaching staff appointed prior to July first, two thousand fifteen and\nauthorized by section twenty-five hundred three of this article, sh…

§ 251. Transfers from state officers. The librarian of any library\nowned by the state, or the officer in charge of any state department,\nbureau, board, commission or other office may, with the approval of the\nregents, transfer to the permanent custody of the state library or\…

§ 2510. Abolition of office or position. 1. If the board of education\nabolishes an office or position and creates another office or position\nfor the performance of duties similar to those performed in the office\nor position abolished, the person filling such office or positio…

§ 2511. Purchase and sale of real and personal property. 1. The board\nof education may purchase real and personal property for any of the\npurposes authorized by law and shall take title thereto in the name of\nthe school district. The board of education is hereby empowered to …

§ 2512. Buildings and sites. 1. Such board of education is authorized\nand it shall have power to designate sites, to purchase, repair,\nreconstruct, improve or enlarge school buildings or other buildings or\nsites, and to construct new buildings, provided that the purchase,\nre…

§ 2513. Contracts; advertisement for bids. The board of education\nshall let all contracts for public work and all purchase contracts to\nthe lowest responsible bidder after advertisement for bids where so\nrequired by section one hundred three of the general municipal law.\n

§ 2514. Kindergartens, nursery and night schools. 1. The board of\neducation of each city school district may maintain kindergartens which\nshall be free to resident children between the ages of four and six\nyears, provided, however, such board may fix a higher minimum age for\…

§ 2515. Fiscal year. The fiscal year for city school districts of\ncities with less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants shall\nbe the period commencing with July first and ending with June thirtieth\nnext following.\n

§ 2519. Adoption of budget; publication of changes; appropriations.\n

§ 252. Other libraries owned by the state. The report of the state\nlibrary to the legislature shall include a statement of the total number\nof volumes or pamphlets, the number added during the year, with a\nsummary of operations and conditions, and any needed recommendation fo…

§ 2522. General budgetary controls; lapse of appropriations. 1. A\nseparate account shall be kept of each appropriation. Each such account\nshall show the amount of the appropriation, the encumbrances against\nsuch account, the amounts expended therefrom and the unencumbered\nba…

§ 2523. Moneys; custody and disbursement. 1. The treasurer of each\ncity school district shall demand, collect, receive and have the care\nand custody of moneys belonging to or due the district from every\nsource. On the business day next following the day of their receipt the\n…

§ 2524. Form of claims. 1. No claim against a city school district,\nexcept for compensation for services of an officer or employee engaged\nat agreed wages by the hour, day, week, month or year or for the\nprincipal of or interest on indebtedness of the district, shall be paid\…

§ 2525. Audit of claims. 1. The board of education, in considering any\nclaim, may require any person presenting the same to be sworn before it\nor before any member thereof and to give testimony relative to the\njustness and accuracy of such claim, and may take evidence and exa…

§ 2526. Claims auditor. 1. The board of education of a city school\ndistrict may adopt a resolution establishing the office of claims\nauditor and appoint a claims auditor who shall hold his or her position\nsubject to the pleasure of such board of education. In its discretion,\…

§ 2527. Official undertakings. The clerk of the board of education or,\nwhere the office of claims auditor or deputy claims auditor has been\ncreated, the claims auditor or deputy claims auditor, and the treasurer,\ncollector and such other officers and employees as the board of…

§ 2528. Annual financial report. Within three months after the close\nof the fiscal year the board of education shall annually cause to be\npublished in a newspaper, or two newspapers if there be two, having a\ngeneral circulation in the city school district, or in pamphlet form…

§ 2529. Tax election. The board of education may call a special\nelection in the manner provided in article fifty-three of this chapter\nand submit to the qualified voters of the school district a proposition\nto expend a sum of money in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars fo…

§ 253. Public and association libraries and museums. 1. All\nprovisions of this section and of sections two hundred fifty-four to two\nhundred seventy-one inclusive shall apply equally to libraries, museums,\nand to combined libraries and museums, and the word "library" shall be…

§ 2530. Power to contract indebtedness. Each city school district\nshall be authorized to expend money for any of the objects or purposes\nwhich it is authorized to accomplish by law and may contract\nindebtedness in its name pursuant to the local finance law. The\nprovisions of…

§ 254. Standards of library service. The regents shall have power to\nfix standards of library service for every free association, public and\nhospital library or, with the advice of the appropriate tribal\ngovernment and library board of trustees, Indian library which receives\…

§ 255. Establishment of a public library. 1. By a majority vote at any\nelection, or at a meeting of the electors duly held, any county, city,\nvillage, town, school district or other body authorized to levy and\ncollect taxes; or by vote of its board of supervisors or other gov…

§ 2550. Application of article. This article shall apply to the city\nschool districts of the following cities only: New York, Buffalo,\nRochester, Syracuse and Yonkers.\n

§ 2551. Board of education corporate body. The board of education of\neach city school district of a city with one hundred twenty-five\nthousand inhabitants or more according to the latest federal census is\nhereby continued as a body corporate.\n

§ 2552. Board of education. The board of education of each such city\nschool district is hereby continued. The educational affairs in each\nsuch city school district shall be under the general management and\ncontrol of a board of education to consist of not less than three and\…

§ 2553. Board of education; eligibility; how chosen; term of office;\nvacancies. 1. No person shall be eligible to the office of member of a\nboard of education who is not a citizen of the United States, who is not\nqualified to register for or vote at an election in accordance …

§ 2554. Powers and duties of board of education. * Subject to the\nprovisions of this chapter, the board of education in a city, except the\ncity board of the city of New York, shall have the power and it shall be\nits duty:\n * NB Effective until June 30, 2028\n * Subject to th…

§ 2554-a. Powers of boards of education to ban fraternities,\nsororities and other secret societies. 1. In its discretion, the board\nof education of each school district, may adopt rules and regulations to\nabolish and/or prohibit any fraternity, sorority or other secret societ…

§ 2554-b. Special provisions relating to the city school district of\nthe city of New York during emergency period. 1. As used in this\nsection, the term "emergency period" shall mean the period from the\neffective date of this section to the first day of July, nineteen\nhundred…

§ 2554-c. Identification photos of senior high school, junior high\nschool or intermediate school students in the city school district of\nthe city of New York. Upon the recommendation of the principal of a\nsenior high school, junior high school or intermediate school and\nsubj…

§ 2555. Kindergartens, nursery and night schools. 1. The board of\neducation of each city may maintain kindergartens which shall be free to\nresident children between the ages of four and six years, provided,\nhowever, such board may fix a higher minimum age for admission to suc…

§ 2556. Buildings, sites, et cetera. 1. A board of education is\nauthorized and it shall have power to purchase, repair, remodel, improve\nor enlarge school buildings or other buildings or sites, and to\nconstruct new buildings, subject to such limitations and restrictions\nand …

§ 2557. Purchase and sale of real property. The board of education\nmay purchase real property for any of the purposes authorized by law and\nshall take title thereof in the name of the city, which shall hold said\nproperty in trust for the use of such school district and the ci…

§ 2559. Power of removal of member of board of education. For cause\nshown, and after giving notice of the charge and opportunity of defense,\nthe commissioner of education may remove any member of a board of\neducation. Wilful disobedience of any lawful requirement of the\ncomm…

§ 256. Contracts. 1. Any authority named in section two hundred\nfifty-five may, individually or jointly with another municipal or\ndistrict body or tribal government, grant money for the support of the\ncost of maintaining or the cost of any capital improvements to or\nexpendit…

§ 2560. Liability of board of education and community school boards in\na city having a population of one million or more inhabitants. 1.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general, special or\nlocal, or the limitation contained in the provisions of any city\nch…

§ 2561. Liability of certain officers and employees of boards of\neducation in a city having a population of one million or more\ninhabitants. If, in order to furnish needy children or minors with\nfood, shoes, clothing, and other necessities to enable them to attend\nschool as …

§ 2562. Presentation of claims against a board of education of a city\nhaving a population of four hundred thousand or more to be pleaded. 1.\nNo action or special proceeding, for any cause whatever, shall be\nprosecuted or maintained against a board of education of a city havin…

§ 2563. Meetings of board of education. 1. The annual meeting of a\nboard of education shall be held on the second Tuesday in May, at four\no'clock in the afternoon, at which meeting the board shall select a\npresident for the ensuing year, except that the annual meeting of the\…