Title EDN, Education

§ 3108. Payment of salaries. No teacher or other employee of any\nboard of education shall be requested or required to make, execute and\ndeliver a general release or waiver as a condition prerequisite to the\npayment of any salary, compensation or other emolument to which he is…

§ 3109. Reduction of salaries for purchase of annuities. Each board\nof education, trustee or trustees in any school district, and each board\nof cooperative educational services or county vocational education and\nextension board, in its discretion, may enter into a written agr…

§ 3109-A. Reduction of salaries for tax-deferred annuities. The board\nof education of a city having a population of one million or more, in\nits discretion, may enter into a written agreement with any of its\nemployees or with any employee of a school district within such city …

§ 311. Powers of commissioner upon appeals or petitions, et cetera.\nThe commissioner, in reference to such appeals, petitions or\nproceedings, shall have power:\n 1. To regulate the practice therein.\n 2. To determine whether an appeal shall stay proceedings, and\nprescribe con…

§ 312. Filed papers and copies thereof. The commissioner shall file,\narrange in the order of time, and keep in his office, so that they may\nbe at all times accessible, all the proceedings on every appeal or\npetition to him under this article, including his decision and orders…

§ 313. Unfair educational practices. (1) Declaration of policy. (a)\nIt is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that the American\nideal of equality of opportunity requires that students, otherwise\nqualified, be admitted to educational institutions and be given access\…

§ 313-a. Prohibition against the use of certain material in\nquestionnaires and applications for admission to educational\ninstitutions. No application for admission to any educational\ninstitution in the state of New York shall contain any questions\nrequiring the involuntary d…

§ 314. State plan for school district reorganization 1. The\ncommissioner of education is hereby authorized to continue the\ninvestigations, study and review carried on by the joint legislative\ncommittee on the state education system in order to bring up to date the\nstate plan…

§ 315. School district names. Each school district, other than a city\nschool district, shall, in accordance with the commissioner's\nregulations, adopt a simplified name as the legal name of the district.\nSuch name shall be submitted to the commissioner for prior approval and\…

§ 316. Teacher resource and computer training centers. 1. As used in\nthis section, unless another meaning clearly appears from the context:\n a. "Teacher resource and computer training center" means any site\noperated by a school district, board of cooperative educational servi…

§ 317. General education development exam. Notwithstanding any\nprovision of law, no fee shall be established for admission to the\ngeneral education development exam.\n

§ 318. Distribution of surplus computers. 1. General definitions. As\nused in this section:\n (a) "Computer" means a computer central processing unit (CPU) and,\nwhere attached to a CPU, such computer cases, computer memory, cards and\nother peripheral devices as may reasonably …

* § 319. Establishment of dual enrollment program policy. 1. For\npurposes of this section:\n (a) "Dual enrollment program" means any program that is a partnership\nbetween at least one school and at least one institution of higher\neducation that provides high school students w…

* § 319. Center for dyslexia and dysgraphia. 1. As used in this\nsection, unless another meaning clearly appears from the context:\n a. "Center" shall mean the center for dyslexia and dysgraphia\nestablished under this section.\n b. "Director" shall mean the executive director o…

§ 3201. Discrimination on account of race, creed, color or national\norigin prohibited. 1. No person shall be refused admission into or be\nexcluded from any public school in the state of New York on account of\nrace, creed, color or national origin.\n 2. Except with the express…

§ 3201-a. Discrimination on account of sex. Notwithstanding any\ngeneral, special, local law or rule or regulation of the education\ndepartment to the contrary, no person shall be refused admission into or\nbe excluded from any course of instruction offered in the state public\n…

§ 3201-b. Denial of a free public education prohibited; additional\nprohibited practices. 1. For purposes of this section, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "School" includes a school district, public school, charter\nschool, board of cooperative educ…

§ 3202. Public schools free to resident pupils; tuition from\nnonresident pupils. 1. A person over five and under twenty-one years of\nage who has not received a high school diploma is entitled to attend the\npublic schools maintained in the district in which such person resides…

§ 3203. Selection of school for attendance of children when district\nline intersects a dwelling. 1. The owner of taxable property that is so\nlocated that the boundary line between two school districts intersects\n(a) the dwelling on said property or (b), in the case of an\nown…

§ 3204. Instruction required. 1. Place of instruction. A minor\nrequired to attend upon instruction by the provisions of part one of\nthis article may attend at a public school or elsewhere. The\nrequirements of this section shall apply to such a minor, irrespective\nof the plac…

§ 3205. Attendance of minors upon full time day instruction. 1. a. In\neach school district of the state, each minor from six to sixteen years\nof age shall attend upon full time instruction.\n b. Each minor from six to sixteen years of age on an Indian\nreservation shall attend…

§ 3206. Attendance of minors upon part time instruction. 1. The board\nof education of a city or district shall have power to require each\nemployed minor from sixteen to seventeen years of age to attend upon\npart time instruction in accordance with the provisions of this secti…

§ 3207. Attendance upon evening instruction. In each city and school\ndistrict in which evening instruction is provided, under the provisions\nof part one of this article, each person from seventeen to twenty-one\nyears of age who is unable to speak, read and write English as re…

§ 3207-a. Service of persons seventeen years of age as election\ninspectors or poll clerks. A school district may permit an enrolled\nstudent, with the consent of such student's parent, guardian, or other\nperson in parental relation, to serve as an election inspector or poll\nc…

* § 3208. Attendance; screening of new entrants; prohibition against\nmandatory medication. 1. A person included by the provisions of this\npart shall be required to attend upon instruction only if in proper\nmental and physical condition.\n 2. A person whose mental or physical …

§ 3208-a. Special proceeding to determine physical capacity of student\nto participate in athletic programs. 1. Upon a school district's\ndetermination that a student shall not be permitted to participate in an\nathletic program by reason of a physical impairment, based on a med…

§ 3209. Education of homeless children. 1. Definitions.\n a. Homeless child. For the purposes of this article, the term\n"homeless child" shall mean:\n (1) a child or youth who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate\nnighttime residence, including a child or youth who is:\n (i) sh…

§ 3209-a. Child abuse prevention. Each school district of the state\nshall: (1) develop, maintain and disseminate written policies and\nprocedures pursuant to title six of article six of the social services\nlaw and applicable provisions of article ten of the family court act,\n…

§ 3210. Amount and character of required attendance. 1. Regularity and\nconduct. a. A minor required by the provisions of part one of this\narticle to attend upon instruction shall attend regularly as prescribed\nwhere he resides or is employed, for the entire time the appropria…

§ 3211. Records of attendance upon instruction. 1. Who shall keep\nsuch record. The teacher of every minor required by the provisions of\npart one of this article to attend upon instruction, or any other school\ndistrict employee as may be designated by the commissioner of educa…

§ 3211-a. Reports of reading tests. The results of any standardized\nreading test administered by a district or school to determine the level\nat which a pupil is capable of reading shall be reported to the parents\n(including persons in parental relationship) of any pupil who s…

§ 3212. Definition of persons in parental relation and their duties;\nduties of certain other persons. 1. Definition. As used in this article,\na person in parental relation to another individual shall include his\nfather or mother, by birth or adoption, his step-father or step-…

§ 3212-a. Records of telephone numbers. 1. Each school shall maintain\na record of the telephone number of each pupil enrolled in the school\nand each person in parental relation to such pupil including the\nresidential and business telephone numbers of persons in parental\nrela…

§ 3213. Supervisors of attendance; attendance teachers; attendance\nofficers; appointment, compensation, powers and duties. 1. Appointment,\nremoval, compensation and supervision. a. To the end that children shall\nnot suffer through unnecessary failure to attend school for any …

§ 3214. Student placement, suspensions and transfers. 1. School\ndelinquent. A minor under seventeen years of age, required by any of the\nprovisions of part one of this article to attend upon instruction, who\nis an habitual truant from such instruction or is irregular in such\…

* § 3215. Unlawful employment. 1. It shall be unlawful, except as\notherwise provided by law, to employ in any trade, business or service a\nminor who does not present an employment certificate or permit issued in\naccordance with this article.\n 2. No minor shall be employed du…

* § 3215-a. General certification provisions. 1. Certificating\nofficials. Employment certificates or permits shall be issued by the\nchancellor in the city school district of the city of New York, and by\nthe superintendent of schools in other school districts, provided that\nt…

* § 3216. Employment certificates. 1. A student non-factory\nemployment certificate may be issued to a minor fourteen or fifteen\nyears of age who is attending day school. The certificate shall be valid\nfor work in a trade, business or service, but shall not be valid for\nwork …

* § 3217. Procedure for issuance of employment certificates. 1. An\napplication for an employment certificate shall be made by a minor on a\nform prescribed by the commissioner of education.\n 2. Before issuing an employment certificate the issuing official shall\nrequire the mi…

§ 3218. Evidence of age. 1. Evidence showing that the minor is of the\nrequired age shall be presented as follows:\n a. A duly certified transcript of a birth certificate filed according\nto law, or duly certified transcript of a record of baptism, giving the\ndate of birth; or,…

* § 3219. Consent of parent or guardian. If the application is for a\nfull-time employment certificate a parent or guardian shall personally\nappear before the issuing officer or school authorities to indicate\nconsent to the issuance of the application, provided, however, that …

* § 3220. Certificate of physical fitness. 1. A certificate of\nphysical fitness shall be issued to a minor if a thorough physical\nexamination made within twelve months of his or her application for an\nemployment certificate shows that such minor is of sound health, and if\nth…

* § 3221. Pledge of employment. The pledge of employment shall be\nsigned by the initial prospective employer or his authorized\nrepresentative and shall show his name and place of business, the\nminor's name, the number of days per week and the number of hours per\nday and per …

§ 3222. Schooling record. 1. By whom issued. The schooling record\nshall be issued by the principal of the school the minor attends or last\nattended, or by a teacher deputized by the principal or by a supervising\nofficial, and during the months of July and August, and at other…

* § 3223. Duties of employers. The employer of any minor required to\nhave an employment certificate:\n 1. Shall satisfy himself that the minor presenting an employment\ncertificate is in fact the minor named therein.\n 2. Shall before employment begins, file at the place of the…

* § 3224. Temporary services. a. If an employer is engaged in a\nbusiness of assigning employees for temporary services at another\nestablishment, and the employer compensates the employee for such\nservices rendered the employer shall keep on file in his office the\nemployment …

* § 3225. Special employment certificate. 1. A special employment\ncertificate may be issued to a minor fifteen years of age, found to be\nincapable of profiting by further instruction available upon compliance\nwith the same requirements as in the case of a full-time employment…

* § 3226. Farm work permits. 1. A farm work permit may be issued to a\nminor fourteen or fifteen years of age authorizing employment in farm\nservice.\n 2. A farm work permit also may be issued to a minor over twelve years\nof age for employment in assisting in the hand work har…

* § 3227. Street trades. 1. Definition. A street trade for the\npurposes of part one of this article shall include the carrying,\nselling, exposing or offering for sale of newspapers or periodicals, and\nwork as a bootblack, but shall not include the occupation engaged in by\na …

* § 3228. Newspaper carrier. 1. Definition: A "newspaper carrier" is a\nminor between the ages of eleven and eighteen years of age who engages\nin the occupation of delivering, or selling and delivering, newspapers,\nshopping papers or periodicals to customers at their homes or …