Title EDN, Education

§ 1127. Confidentiality of records. Reports and other written material\nsubmitted pursuant to this article, and photographs taken concerning\nsuch reports in the possession of any person authorized to receive such\ninformation, pursuant to this article, shall be confidential and…

§ 1128. Duties of school administrators and superintendents upon\nreceipt of a written report alleging child abuse in an educational\nsetting. Upon receipt of a written report described in paragraph (a) of\nsubdivision one or subdivision one-a of section eleven hundred\ntwenty-s…

§ 1128-a. Additional duties of school administrators and\nsuperintendents.\n 1. Where a superintendent of schools or, in a school other than a\nschool district or public school, the school administrator forwards to\nlaw enforcement a report as described in paragraph (a) of subdi…

§ 1129. Penalties for failure to comply. 1. Willful failure of an\nemployee to prepare and submit a written report of an allegation of\nchild abuse as required by this article shall be a class A misdemeanor.\n 2. (a) Willful failure of a school administrator or superintendent to…

§ 113. Leaves of absence to professional members of the department.\nThe department, subject to such regulations as the commissioner may\npromulgate, may grant any professional member of the staff of the\ndepartment an extended leave of absence for advanced study, research,\npro…

§ 1130. Notification by district attorney. Where a criminal\ninvestigation of an allegation of child abuse by an employee or\nvolunteer is undertaken in response to a report forwarded by a school\nadministrator or superintendent to law enforcement authorities pursuant\nto sectio…

§ 1131. Actions upon criminal conviction of a licensed or certified\nschool employee. 1. In the event that a licensed or certified school\nemployee against whom an allegation of child abuse in an educational\nsetting has been made, is convicted of any crime involving child abuse…

§ 1132. Duties of the commissioner; child abuse in an educational\nsetting. 1. The commissioner shall prepare a form for the recording and\ntransmitting of allegations of child abuse in an educational setting.\nSuch form shall include: (i) all definitions set out in section elev…

§ 1133. Unreported resignation against public policy. 1. A school\nadministrator or superintendent shall not make any agreement to withhold\nfrom law enforcement authorities, the superintendent or the\ncommissioner, where appropriate, the fact that an allegation of child\nabuse …

§ 1134. Reporting to the vulnerable persons' central register and the\nstatewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment. Where a\nperson employed by a school is required to report an incident of child\nabuse in an educational setting to the vulnerable persons' central\…

§ 114. Reduction of salaries for investment in custodial accounts. 1.\nThe department, in its discretion, may enter into a written agreement\nwith any employee to reduce the annual salary otherwise payable by law\nto such employee for the purpose of investing in a custodial acco…

§ 12. Discrimination and harassment prohibited. 1. No student shall be\nsubjected to harassment or bullying by employees or students on school\nproperty or at a school function; nor shall any student be subjected to\ndiscrimination based on a person's actual or perceived race, c…

§ 1201. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "New York state rural education program act".\n

§ 1202. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds,\ndetermines and declares that:\n 1. Rural education is a critical factor and dominant force in\nstimulating and maintaining socioeconomic development, economic\nviability, social activity and cultural enrichm…

§ 1203. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:\n 1. "Center" shall mean the New York state center for rural schools;\n 2. "Committee" shall mean the rural education advisory committee,\nestablished pursuant to the provisions of this article; and\n 3. "Rural area" shall m…

§ 1204. New York state center for rural schools established. 1.\nSubject to the availability of funds appropriated, allocated or\notherwise supplied from any other public or private source, the New York\nstate center for rural schools is hereby established in order to provide\na…

§ 1205. Rural education advisory committee established. 1. Subject to\nthe availability of funds appropriated, allocated or otherwise supplied\nfrom any other public or private source for the purposes of implementing\nthe provisions of this article, a rural education advisory co…

§ 1206. Contract authority. The center, after consultation with the\ncommittee, is hereby empowered to enter into any agreement or contract\nwith any private or public agencies, corporations, or individuals\nnecessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of this article.\n

§ 1207. Functions, powers and duties of other state agencies. Nothing\ncontained in this article shall be deemed to derogate or detract in any\nway from the functions, powers or duties prescribed by law of any agency\nor department of the state or to interrupt or preclude the di…

§ 13. Policies and guidelines. The board of education and the trustees\nor sole trustee of every school district shall create policies,\nprocedures and guidelines that shall include, but not be limited to:\n 1. Policies and procedures intended to create a school environment\ntha…

§ 14. Commissioner's responsibilities. The commissioner shall:\n 1. Provide direction, which may include development of model policies\nand, to the extent possible, direct services, to school districts\nrelated to preventing harassment, bullying and discrimination and to\nfoster…

§ 140. Historical documentary heritage grants and aid. 1. Short title.\nThis section shall be known and may be cited as the "New York\ndocumentary heritage act".\n 2. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall\nmean:\n a. "Historical records". Records that c…

§ 15. Reporting by commissioner. The commissioner shall create a\nprocedure under which material incidents of harassment, bullying and\ndiscrimination on school grounds or at a school function are reported to\nthe department at least on an annual basis. Such procedure shall prov…

§ 1501. Existing school districts continued. 1. All school districts\norganized either by special laws or pursuant to the provisions of a\ngeneral law are hereby continued.\n 2. a. Common school districts and union free school districts so\norganized may be altered or dissolved …

§ 1501-a. Publication of minutes. Any school district board of\ntrustees, board of education or other corporate body may publish the\nminutes of its proceedings in the official newspaper or if no official\nnewspaper has been designated, in any newspaper having general\ncirculati…

§ 1501-b. Additional power of boards of education. 1. The board of\neducation of any school district is hereby authorized and empowered to\nrent or lease for such consideration as may be determined by such board,\na motor vehicle or vehicles owned by the respective school distri…

§ 1501-c. Voting by residents of certain facilities. Notwithstanding\nany provision of this title to the contrary, the provisions of section\n8-407 of the election law shall apply to all elections conducted\npursuant to this title by a school district. The board of elections of\…

§ 1502. Passengers on school buses. 1. Boards of education of school\ndistricts located entirely or partially in any county with less than two\nhundred thousand population or any town which has a population of less\nthan one hundred fifty persons per square mile are hereby autho…

§ 1502-a. Power to provide for observance of Memorial day; certain\ncases. 1. In any year in which the celebration of the holiday known as\n"Memorial day" is to be otherwise observed as a public holiday pursuant\nto any other provision of the laws of this state on a day which is…

§ 1503. Application of funds obtained from sale of school property.\nAll moneys obtained from the sale of any school property authorized\nunder the provisions of this chapter shall be applied for the benefit of\nthe district as directed by the voters thereof in any annual or spe…

§ 1504. Formation of new district. 1. A district superintendent may\norganize a new school district out of the territory of one or more\nschool districts which are wholly within the geographic area served by\nhis board of cooperative educational services, whenever the educationa…

§ 1505. Dissolution, reformation and construction of districts. 1.\nAny district superintendent by order may dissolve one or more districts\nand may from such territory form a new district. He may also unite such\nterritory or a portion thereof, by order, to any adjoining school…

§ 1505-a. Teachers' rights as a result of the dissolution of a school\ndistrict. 1. In any case in which a school district is dissolved and\nportions of such former district are added to more than one school\ndistrict pursuant to the provisions of section fifteen hundred five of…

§ 1506. Filing of certain orders of district superintendent. The\norder of a district superintendent forming or altering the boundaries of\na school district and the written description thereof together with all\nnotices, orders, consents and proceedings relating to the formatio…

§ 1507. Alteration by consent. 1. With the written consent of the\ntrustees of all the districts to be affected thereby, the district\nsuperintendent may make an order altering the boundaries of any school\ndistrict within his jurisdiction, and fix in such order a day when the\n…

§ 1508. Alteration without consent. If the trustees of any district\naffected thereby refuse to consent, the district superintendent may make\nand file with the town clerk of the town in which the property being\ntransferred is located his order making the alteration, but reciti…

§ 1509. Hearing of objections to order for alteration without consent.\n1. Within ten days after making and filing such order the district\nsuperintendent shall give at least a week's notice in writing to the\ntrustees of all districts affected by the proposed alterations, that …

§ 1510. Consolidation of districts by vote of qualified electors. Two\nor more common school districts may be consolidated and created as one\ncommon school district, or two or more union free school districts may\nbe consolidated and created as one union free school district, o…

§ 1511. Request for meeting to consolidate districts; notices of\nmeeting. 1. Whenever two-thirds of the qualified electors of each of\ntwo or more districts in which there shall be less than fifteen\nqualified electors, or if there be fifteen or more qualified electors in\nany …

§ 1512. Proceedings at meeting for consolidation; adoption of\nresolution; proceedings to be filed. 1. Such meeting shall be organized\nas provided in section fifteen hundred twenty-three. Such meeting may\nadopt a resolution to consolidate such districts if two-thirds of the\nq…

§ 1513. Order creating consolidated district; effect. The district\nsuperintendent shall thereupon, in case of an affirmative vote, issue an\norder consolidating such districts and creating a common school\ndistrict, or union free school district, as the case may be, designating…

§ 1514. Property of districts consolidated. When two or more\ndistricts shall be consolidated into one, the new district shall succeed\nto all the rights of property possessed by the annulled districts.\n

§ 1515. Dissolution or alteration of joint district. The majority of\nthe district superintendents within whose districts any joint school\ndistrict lies may make an order at a meeting duly called by one of such\nsuperintendents altering or dissolving such district.\n

§ 1516. Special meeting of joint district to act regarding alteration\nor dissolution. 1. If a district superintendent, by notice in writing,\nshall require the attendance of the other district superintendents, at a\njoint meeting for the purpose of altering or dissolving a join…

§ 1517. Indebtedness of certain dissolved districts. Whenever any\nschool district is dissolved pursuant to the provisions of section\nfifteen hundred five of this article and annexed to an adjoining\ndistrict or adjoining districts or consolidated as provided in section\nfiftee…

§ 1518. Continuance of dissolved districts for payment of debts.\nThough a district be dissolved, it shall continue to exist in law, for\nthe purpose of providing for and paying all its just debts, except as\nprovided in section fifteen hundred seventeen; and to that end the\ntr…

§ 1519. Deposit of records of dissolved district. In the event that a\nschool district shall be dissolved, the clerk of the district, or any\nperson in whose possession the books, papers and records of the\ndistrict, or any of them, may be, shall deposit the same with the clerk\…

§ 1520. Sale of property of dissolved district and disposition of\nproceeds. 1. When a district is divided into portions, which are\nannexed to other districts, its property shall be sold by the supervisor\nof the town or towns, within which its schoolhouse is situated, at\npubl…

§ 1521. Collection and distribution of moneys due dissolved district.\nThe supervisor of the town or towns within which the schoolhouse of the\ndissolved district was situated may demand, sue for and collect, in the\nname of his office, any money of the district outstanding in t…

§ 1522. Notice of meeting for establishment of union free school\ndistrict. 1. Whenever fifteen persons entitled to vote at any meeting of\nthe inhabitants of any common school district in this state, shall sign\na request for a meeting, to be held for the purpose of determining…