Title EDN, Education

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 313-a. Prohibition against the use of certain material in questionnaires and applications for admission to educational institutions. No application for admission to any educational institution in the state of New York shall contain any questions requiring the involuntary discl…

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

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

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

§ 317. General education development exam. Notwithstanding any provision of law, no fee shall be established for admission to the general education development exam.

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

* § 319. Establishment of dual enrollment program policy. 1. For purposes of this section: (a) "Dual enrollment program" means any program that is a partnership between at least one school and at least one institution of higher education that provides high school students with t…

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

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

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

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

§ 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 line intersects a dwelling. 1. The owner of taxable property that is so located that the boundary line between two school districts intersects (a) the dwelling on said property or (b), in the case of an owner-o…

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

§ 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 of education of a city or district shall have power to require each employed minor from sixteen to seventeen years of age to attend upon part time instruction in accordance with the provisions of this section.…

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

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

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

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

§ 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 shall: (1) develop, maintain and disseminate written policies and procedures pursuant to title six of article six of the social services law and applicable provisions of article ten of the family court act, rega…

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

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

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

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

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

§ 3213. Supervisors of attendance; attendance teachers; attendance officers; appointment, compensation, powers and duties. 1. Appointment, removal, compensation and supervision. a. To the end that children shall not suffer through unnecessary failure to attend school for any cau…

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

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

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

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

* § 3217. Procedure for issuance of employment certificates. 1. An application for an employment certificate shall be made by a minor on a form prescribed by the commissioner of education. 2. Before issuing an employment certificate the issuing official shall require the minor t…

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

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

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

* § 3221. Pledge of employment. The pledge of employment shall be signed by the initial prospective employer or his authorized representative and shall show his name and place of business, the minor's name, the number of days per week and the number of hours per day and per week…

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

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

* § 3224. Temporary services. a. If an employer is engaged in a business of assigning employees for temporary services at another establishment, and the employer compensates the employee for such services rendered the employer shall keep on file in his office the employment cert…

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

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

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

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