Title EDN, Education

§ 3230. School district meetings and activities. 1. The board of\neducation or trustees of each school district shall ensure that at any\nmeeting or activity which is conducted by the board of education,\ntrustees, school district or a district school which is specific to a\nchi…

§ 3232. Courts having jurisdiction. 1. Courts sitting as courts of\nspecial sessions or as magistrates' courts shall have concurrent\njurisdiction with family courts to hear, try and determine charges of\nviolation of the provisions of part one of this article, within their\nres…

§ 3233. Penalties. Except as otherwise provided, a violation of part\none of this article shall be punishable for the first offense by a fine\nnot exceeding ten dollars or ten days' imprisonment; for each subsequent\noffense by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisonm…

§ 3234. Enforcement; withholding state moneys by commissioner of\neducation. 1. The commissioner of education shall supervise the\nenforcement of part one of this article and he may withhold one-half of\nall public school moneys from any city or district, which, in his\njudgment…

§ 3240. School census in the cities of New York, Buffalo and\nRochester. In the cities of New York, Buffalo and Rochester provision\nshall be made by the board of education for taking a school census in\nconnection with the work of enforcing part one of this article.\n

§ 3241. School census in cities, except in cities having a population\nof one hundred twenty-five thousand or more. 1. The board of education\nof each city, except in cities having a population of one hundred\ntwenty-five thousand or more, shall constitute a permanent census boa…

§ 3242. School census in school districts. The trustees or board of\neducation of every school district may cause a census to be taken of all\nchildren between birth and eighteen years of age, including all such\nfacts and information as are required in the census provided for i…

§ 3243. Penalty for withholding information. A parent, guardian or\nother person having under his control or charge a child between birth\nand eighteen years of age who withholds or refuses to give information\nin his possession relating to such child and required under part two…

§ 3244. Education of children in foster care. 1. Definitions. For\npurposes of this section only, the following definitions shall apply:\n a. Child or youth in foster care. For the purposes of this article,\nthe term "child or youth in foster care" shall mean a child who is in\n…

§ 3300. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "interstate compact on educational opportunity for military\nchildren".\n

§ 3301. Purpose. It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers\nto educational success imposed on children of military families because\nof frequent moves and deployment of their parents by:\n 1. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families\nand ens…

§ 3302. Definitions. As used in this compact, unless the context\nclearly requires a different meaning:\n 1. "Active duty" means full-time duty status in the active uniformed\nservice of the United States, including members of the National Guard\nand Reserve on active duty order…

§ 3303. Applicability. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision\ntwo of this section, this compact shall apply to the children of:\n (a) active duty members of the uniformed services as defined in this\ncompact, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active…

§ 3304. Educational records and enrollment. 1. In the event that\nofficial education records cannot be released to the parents for the\npurpose of transfer, the custodian of the records in the sending state\nshall prepare and furnish to the parent a complete set of unofficial\ne…

§ 3304-a. Advance enrollment. A student whose parent or guardian is\nbeing relocated to the state under military orders and is transferred or\nis pending transfer to a military installation within the state shall be\ndeemed to be a resident pupil of a school district for the pur…

§ 3305. Placement and attendance. 1. When the student transfers before\nor during the school year, the receiving state school shall initially\nhonor placement of the student in educational courses based on the\nstudent's enrollment in the sending state school and/or educational\…

§ 3306. Eligibility. 1. (a) When properly executed under applicable\nlaw, a special power of attorney, relative to the guardianship of a\nmilitary child, shall be considered sufficient for the sole purpose of\nestablishing residency of a transferring student into a local\neducat…

§ 3307. Graduation. In order to facilitate the on-time graduation of\nchildren of military families, states and local educational agencies\nshall incorporate the following procedures:\n 1. Local educational agency administrative officials shall waive\nspecific courses required f…

§ 3308. State coordination. 1. Each member state shall, through the\ncreation of a state council or use of an existing body or board, provide\nfor the coordination among its agencies of government, local educational\nagencies and military installations concerning the state's par…

§ 3309. Interstate commission on educational opportunity for military\nchildren. The member states hereby create the "interstate commission on\neducational opportunity for military children". The activities of the\ninterstate commission are the formation of public policy and are…

§ 3310. Powers and duties of the interstate commission. The interstate\ncommission shall have the following powers:\n 1. To provide for dispute resolution among member states.\n 2. To promulgate rules and take all necessary actions to effect the\ngoals, purposes and obligations …

§ 3311. Organization and operation of the interstate commission. 1.\nThe interstate commission shall, by a majority of the members present\nand voting, within twelve months after the first interstate commission\nmeeting, adopt bylaws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or\…

§ 3312. Rulemaking functions of the interstate commission. 1. The\ninterstate commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to\neffectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of this compact.\nNotwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the interstate commission\nexerc…

§ 3313. Oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution. 1. (a) All\ncourts shall take judicial notice of the compact and the rules in any\njudicial or administrative proceeding in a member state pertaining to\nthe subject matter of this compact which may affect the powers,\nresp…

§ 3314. Financing of the interstate commission. 1. The interstate\ncommission shall pay, or provide for the payment of the reasonable\nexpenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities.\n 2. The interstate commission may levy on and collect an annual\nassessment…

§ 3315. Member states, effective date and amendment. 1. Any state is\neligible to become a member state.\n 2. The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative\nenactment of the compact into law by no less than ten of the states.\nThereafter it shall become effecti…

§ 3316. Withdrawal and dissolution. 1. Once effective, the compact\nshall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member\nstate; provided that a member state may withdraw from the compact by\nspecifically repealing the statute, which enacted the compact into law…

§ 3317. Severability and construction. 1. The provisions of this\ncompact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or\nprovision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the\ncompact shall be enforceable.\n 2. The provisions of this compact shall be li…

§ 3318. Binding effect of compact and other laws. 1. All agreements\nbetween the interstate commission and the member states are binding in\naccordance with their terms.\n 2. In the event any provision of this compact exceeds the\nconstitutional limits imposed on the legislature…

§ 340. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Standardized test" or\n"test" means any test that is given in New York at the expense of the\ntest subject and designed for use and used in the process of selection\nfor post-secondary or professional school admissions. Such tests…

§ 341. Background reports. 1. Whenever any test agency prepares or\ncauses to have prepared research which is used in any study, evaluation\nor statistical report pertaining to a test operational after January\nfirst, nineteen hundred eighty, such study, evaluation or report sha…

§ 341-a. Standardized testing; reports. 1. Definitions. As used in\nthis section and section three hundred forty-six-a of this article, the\nfollowing words and terms shall have the following meanings:\n a. "Test" means a standardized test as defined in section three\nhundred fo…

§ 342. Disclosure of test contents. 1. Within thirty days after the\nresults of any standardized test are released, the test agency shall\nfile or cause to be filed with the commissioner:\n a. a copy of all test questions used in calculating the test subject's\nraw score;\n b. t…

§ 342-a. Special administrations. 1. When regular test\nadministrations are given on days of religious observance which prevent\nattendance by test subjects at such regular administrations special\nadministrations shall be offered with the same frequency as regular\nadministrati…

§ 343. Notice. 1. Each test agency shall provide, along with the\nregistration form or score report for a test, the following information:\n a. the purposes for which the test is constructed and is intended to\nbe used;\n b. statements designed to provide information for interpr…

§ 344. Disclosure of test scores. The score of any test subject shall\nnot be released or disclosed by the test agency to any person,\norganization, corporation, association, college, university, or\ngovernmental agency or subdivision unless specifically authorized by the\ntest …

§ 344-a. Pretest questions. The test agency shall cooperate with a\nstudy conducted under the auspices of the National Research Council of\nthe effects of pretesting on test subjects' performance. The results of\nsuch study shall be made available to the chair of the higher educ…

§ 344-b. Due process. Each test agency shall ensure due process\nprotection of test subjects whose scores are being questioned for\nsuspected inauthenticity or irregularity in test administration.\n 1. When a test agency is presented with information which renders the\ntest subj…

§ 344-c. Additional test subject rights. A test subject who must\nretake a test because of an error by the test agency, may not be charged\nfor taking the retest.\n

§ 345. Regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to\nimplement the provisions of this article.\n

§ 346. Test subject review of computerized test. Beginning in the test\nyear two thousand, a test agency which administered a computerized test\nin test year nineteen hundred ninety-four shall offer test subjects who\ntake a computerized test a process whereby test subjects are …

§ 346-a. Advisory committee. 1. There shall be created a temporary\ncommittee to advise the legislature and make findings and\nrecommendations with respect to the effect of standardized tests used in\nthe process of post secondary admissions on test subjects of varying\nracial, …

§ 347. Violations. Any test agency which violates any section of this\narticle shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than one\nthousand dollars for each violation.\n

§ 348. Severability. If any provision of this article shall be\ndeclared unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions shall remain\nin effect notwithstanding.\n

§ 350. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context shall\notherwise require, the following terms shall mean:\n 1. "State university." The state university created by this article.\n 2. "Community colleges." Colleges established and operated pursuant to\nthe provisio…

§ 351. State university mission. The mission of the state university\nsystem shall be to provide to the people of New York educational\nservices of the highest quality, with the broadest possible access,\nfully representative of all segments of the population in a complete\nrang…

§ 352. State university of New York established. 1. There is hereby\ncreated in the state education department and within the university of\nthe state of New York as established under the board of regents a\ncorporation to be known as the state university of New York which shall…

§ 352-a. Maritime college; admissions program. 1. There shall be\ncreated an admissions program for the state university of New York\nmaritime college as established pursuant to section three hundred\nfifty-two of this article in which certain elected officials shall\nnominate s…

§ 353. State university trustees. 1. The state university shall be\ngoverned, and all of its corporate powers exercised, by a board of\ntrustees. Such board shall consist of eighteen members, fifteen of whom\nshall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the\…

§ 354. Powers and duties of state university trustees-planning\nfunctions. 1. The state university trustees shall, once every four\nyears, formulate a long-range state university plan or general revision\nthereof and make recommendations to the board of regents and the\ngovernor…