Title EDN, Education

§ 2564. Local school board districts. 1. The board of education of\nthe city school district of the city of New York, by resolution duly\nadopted, shall divide the city school district into such number of local\nschool board districts as such board in its discretion may determin…

§ 2565. Superintendent of schools, associate superintendents, board of\nsuperintendents. 1. The superintendent or an associate superintendent\nof schools of a city in office on June eighth, nineteen hundred\nseventeen, shall hold his position for the term for which he was chosen…

§ 2566. Powers and duties of superintendent of schools. The\nsuperintendent of schools of a city shall possess, subject to the\nby-laws of the board of education, the following powers and be charged\nwith the following duties:\n 1. To be the chief executive officer of such board…

§ 2567. Protection of rights exercised under licenses issued by a\nboard of education in a city having a population of one million or more.\nNo person shall forfeit any right given to him under a license issued by\na board of education in a city having a population of one millio…

§ 2568. Superintendent of schools authorized to require medical\nexamination of certain employees of certain boards of education. The\nsuperintendent of schools of a city having a population of one million\nor more shall be empowered to require any person employed by the board\n…

§ 2569. Appointment of teachers. a. In a city having a population of\none million or more inhabitants, state certification in accordance with\nthe regulations of the commissioner shall be a prerequisite to\nappointment to any teaching or supervisory position. The commissioner,\n…

§ 257. Acceptance of conditional gift. By majority vote at any\nelection or at a meeting of the electors, duly held, any municipality or\ndistrict or by three-fourths vote of its council any city, or any\nlibrary or any designated branch thereof if so authorized by such vote\nof…

§ 2573. Appointment of assistant, district or other superintendents,\nteachers and other employees; their salaries, et cetera. 1. (a) i.\nTeachers and all other members of the teaching staff, appointed prior to\nJuly first, two thousand fifteen and authorized by section twenty-f…

§ 2574. Assistant superintendents in a city having a population of one\nmillion or more. The title district superintendent used in any law to\ndesignate a district superintendent in the employ of the board of\neducation of a city having a population of one million or more is her…

§ 2575. Retirement of employees of board of education. 1. (a) The\nboard of education of a city school district of a city having a\npopulation of one hundred thousand or more shall have power to establish\na retirement system for all civil employees permanently employed by said\…

§ 2575-a. Transfer of certain board of education administrative\nemployees' to school clerical services of the board of education of the\ncity of New York. Notwithstanding any other provision of this law to\nthe contrary, any employee who has completed at least twenty years of\n…

§ 2575-b. Transfer of attendance teachers and specially certificated\nattendance officers to the New York City teachers' retirement system.\nAny attendance teacher or specially certificated attendance officer who\nis a member of the board of education retirement system of the Ci…

§ 2575-c. Transfer of the director of attendance, assistant director\nof attendance, chief attendance officer, division supervising attendance\nofficers and district supervising attendance officers, supervisors of\nschool social workers to the New York city teachers' retirement …

§ 2575-d. Payment of benefits by board of education retirement system\nof the city of New York in cases where workmen's compensation is or may\nbe payable; reimbursement of such retirement system from workmen's\ncompensation awards. The rules and regulations for the government,\…

§ 2575-e. Eligibility of retirees for membership in the board of\neducation retirement system of the city of New York. Notwithstanding\nany inconsistent provision of sections 13-267 and 13-379 of the\nadministrative code of the city of New York, or any other provision of\nthis c…

§ 2575-f. Transfer of employees represented by the united federation\nof teachers to the New York city teachers' retirement system. Any\nemployee represented by the united federation of teachers who is a\nmember of the New York city board of education retirement system shall\nha…

§ 2576. Annual estimate. 1. The board of education in each city having\na population of less than one million shall prepare annually an itemized\nestimate for the current or ensuing fiscal year of such sum of money as\nit may deem necessary for the purposes stated in this sectio…

§ 2577. Annual financial report. In any city in which the annual\nfinancial report of the fiscal officer, board of estimate and\napportionment, or other official, board or body of the city, does not\ncontain information required by this section, the board of education\nshall ann…

§ 2579. Payment of obligations. 1. If a city shall issue obligations\nfor any of the purposes enumerated in paragraph c of subdivision one of\nsection twenty-five hundred seventy-six of this chapter, the principal\nand interest of such obligations shall be paid out of moneys rai…

§ 258. Closing of museum; admission fee during certain hours. The\ntrustees of any institution supported under this chapter by public\nmoney, in whole or in part, may, so far as consistent with free use by\nthe public at reasonable or specified hours, close any of its museum\nco…

§ 258-a. Purchases by museums, historical societies, zoological\ngardens, aquariums, botanical gardens and arboreta through office of\ngeneral services. Museums, historical societies, zoological gardens,\naquariums, botanical gardens and arboreta which are chartered or\nincorpor…

§ 2580. Funds; custody and disbursement. 1. Public moneys apportioned\nto a city by the state and all funds raised or collected by the\nauthorities in a city for school purposes or to be used by the board of\neducation for any purpose authorized in this chapter, or any other fun…

§ 2581. Certain corporate schools entitled to participate in funds of\nboard of education of city of New York. The corporate schools entitled\nto participate in the funds of the board of education of the city of New\nYork are as follows: The schools established and maintained by…

§ 2582. Trustees of corporate schools entitled to participate in funds\nof the board of education of the city of New York may convey to city of\nNew York and be merged. The trustees, managers and directors of any of\nthe corporate schools of the city of New York entitled to part…

§ 2583. Certain schools to report as to moneys and attendance;\naccidental omission to report. The board of education of the city of\nNew York shall require from the officers conducting schools by\nappointment of the board, and from the trustees, managers or directors\nof the co…

§ 2584. Bonds of employees. The board of estimate and apportionment\nof a city, or in a city having no board of estimate and apportionment,\nthe body or officer performing the duties performed by a board of\nestimate and apportionment, which may now legally require bonds of\nemp…

§ 2585. Continuation in office of boards, bureaus, teachers,\nprincipals and other employees, et cetera. 1. Except as otherwise\nprovided herein the boards, bureaus, teachers, principals, supervisors,\nsuperintendents, heads of departments, assistants to principals,\nexaminers, …

§ 2586. Anniversary day as a holiday for pupils in the public schools\nof the borough of Brooklyn and in the borough of Queens, city of New\nYork. The first Thursday in June in each year, except in those years\nwhen the first Thursday in June occurs in the same week with Memoria…

§ 2586-a. Diwali as a holiday in the public schools of the city of New\nYork. The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Indian calendar in\neach year, known as Diwali, is hereby made and declared to be a holiday\nin all the public schools in the city school district in the ci…

§ 2587. Tenure in fashion institute of technology. 1. The following\nwords and phrases, as hereinafter used, and for the purposes of this\nsection, shall have the following meanings:\n a. "Community college" shall mean fashion institute of technology, a\ncommunity college sponso…

§ 2588. Seniority, retention and displacement rights in connection\nwith abolition of positions in city school districts of cities having\nmore than one million inhabitants. 1. For the purposes of this section,\nthe tenure areas applicable to all professional education positions…

§ 259. Library taxes. 1. a. Taxes, in addition to those otherwise\nauthorized, may be voted for library purposes by any authority named in\nsection two hundred fifty-five of this part and shall, unless otherwise\ndirected by such vote, be considered as annual appropriations ther…

§ 2590. Application of article. This article shall apply to the city\nschool district of the city of New York.\n

§ 2590-a. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall mean:\n 1. City district. The term "city district" shall mean the city school\ndistrict of the city of New York.\n 2. Community district. The term "community district" shall mean a\ncommunity school distr…

* § 2590-b. Continuation of city board and establishment of community\ndistricts; establishment of the city-wide councils on special education,\nEnglish language learners, high schools, and district seventy-five. 1.\n(a) The board of education of the city school district of the …

* § 2590-c. Composition of community district education councils. 1.\nEach community district shall be governed by a community district\neducation council. The community councils shall consist of twelve voting\nmembers and two non-voting members, as follows:\n (a) (1) For counci…

* § 2590-d. By-laws; regulations and decisions. 1. The city board and\nthe chancellor shall prescribe such by-laws and regulations as may be\nnecessary to make effectual the provisions of this chapter and for the\nconduct of the proceedings of said board consistent with the\nreq…

* § 2590-e. Powers and duties of community district education council.\nEach community council shall have the following powers and duties to\nestablish educational policies and objectives, not inconsistent with the\nprovisions of this article and the policies established by the …

* § 2590-f. Community superintendents. 1. Subject in every case to\npowers devolved to principals and schools consistent with this article,\nthe community superintendent shall have the following powers and duties\nas superintendent of schools for the community district, which sh…

* § 2590-g. Powers and duties of the city board. The city board shall\nadvise the chancellor on matters of policy affecting the welfare of the\ncity school district and its pupils. The board shall exercise no\nexecutive power and perform no executive or administrative functions.…

* § 2590-h. Powers and duties of chancellor. The office of chancellor\nof the city district is hereby continued. Such chancellor shall serve at\nthe pleasure of and be employed by the mayor of the city of New York by\ncontract. The chancellor shall meet the requirements of subdi…

* § 2590-i. Powers and duties of schools; principals; provisions for\nthe transfer of jurisdiction of high schools. 1. The principal shall be\nthe administrative and instructional leader of the school. Subject to\nthe regulations of the chancellor and applicable collective barga…

§ 2590-j. Appointment and removal of persons in the teaching and\nsupervisory service. 1. Persons in the teaching and supervisory service\nin all schools in the city system shall be appointed as prescribed by\nthis section.\n 2. The chancellor shall promulgate minimum education …

§ 2590-k. Contracts with city university of New York for\nadministration of high schools. 1. The city board and the city\nuniversity of New York are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into\na contract or contracts whereby such university will administer not more\nthan five…

§ 2590-l. Enforcement of applicable law, regulations and directives;\nestablishment of appeal board. * 1. (a) If, in the judgment of the\nchancellor any community district education council and/or\nsuperintendent fails to comply with any applicable provisions of law,\nby-laws, r…

§ 2590-m. Custody and disbursement of funds. * 1. Public moneys\napportioned to the city district by the state and all funds raised or\ncollected by the authorities of such city for school purposes or to be\nused by the city board or by any community board for any purpose\nautho…

§ 2590-n. Conflicts of interest. * 1. It shall be unlawful for any\ncommunity board member, community superintendent, or any such other\nofficer or employee in schools and programs under the jurisdiction of\nthe community board as the chancellor by regulation shall specify, to b…

* § 2590-o. Educational facilities master plan. 1. In accordance with\nthe schedule set forth in subdivision two of this section, the\nchancellor shall prepare an educational facilities master plan to take\neffect on July first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine, which shall set\nfor…

* § 2590-o. Neutrality of school employees in community board\nelections. 1. In their official capacities during school hours all\nschool, community district and city district employees shall maintain a\nposture of complete neutrality with respect to elections of candidates\nfor…

§ 2590-p. Educational facilities capital plan. 1. In accordance with\nsubdivision three of this section, the chancellor shall prepare proposed\nfive-year educational facilities capital plans. Each such plan shall\ndescribe each program element proposed in the plan, and shall set…