Title EDN, Education

§ 3804. Report and payment of fines. Every district attorney shall\nreport, annually, to the board of supervisors or other governing\nelective body, all such fines and penalties imposed in any prosecution\nconducted by him during the previous year; and all moneys collected or\nr…

§ 3805. Penalty for falsely claiming to represent commissioner of\neducation, regents or other school officer. It shall be a misdemeanor\nfor any employee, agent or representative of a firm, company or\ncorporation engaged in selling, publishing or manufacturing papers,\nperiodi…

§ 3806. Penalty for failure to render an account or pay over any\nbalance. Every school officer in the city of New York who shall refuse\nor neglect to render an account or to pay over any balance in his hands\nat the expiration of his term of office shall for each offense forfe…

§ 3807. Penalty for false reports and misapplication of public funds.\nEvery person in the employ of the board of education of the city of New\nYork, and every school officer and every officer or teacher of a school\nor society, who shall wilfully sign a false report to such boa…

§ 3808. Forfeiture of amount of penalty where suit is neglected.\nWhere any penalty for the benefit of a school district, or of the\nschools of any school district, town, supervisory district or county,\nshall be incurred, and the officer, whose duty it is by law to sue for\nthe…

§ 3809. Forfeiture of amount of moneys lost by neglect. Whenever the\nshare of school moneys or any portion thereof, apportioned to any school\ndistrict, or any money to which a town or school district would have\nbeen entitled, shall be lost, in consequence of any wilful neglec…

§ 381. Cooperation and assistance from other state agencies. The\nstate education department, the state department of transportation, the\ndormitory authority, the state housing finance agency, the division of\nthe budget, the office of general services and all other state agenc…

§ 3810. No costs to plaintiffs in certain cases. 1. In any action\nagainst school officers, including supervisors of towns, in respect to\ntheir duties and powers under this chapter, for any act performed by\nvirtue of or under the color of their offices, or for any refusal or\n…

§ 3811. Costs, expenses and damages a district charge in certain\ncases. 1. Whenever the trustees or board of education of any school\ndistrict, or any school district officers, have been or shall be\ninstructed by a resolution adopted at a district meeting to defend any\naction…

§ 3812. Payment of costs, charges and expenses by vote of district\nmeeting. 1. Whenever the trustees or board of education or any school\ndistrict officer shall have brought or defended any such action or\nproceeding, without any such resolution of the district meeting, and\naf…

§ 3813. Presentation of claims against the governing body of any\nschool district or certain state supported schools. 1. No action or\nspecial proceeding, for any cause whatever, except as hereinafter\nprovided, relating to district property or property of schools provided\nfor …

§ 3814. Appeal to county judge. 1. Whenever any officer mentioned in\nsection thirty-eight hundred twelve shall have complied with the\nprovisions of such section and the meeting shall have refused to direct\nthe trustees or board of education to levy a tax for the payment of th…

§ 3815. Hearing before county judge. 1. Upon the appearance of the\nparties, or upon due proof of service of the notice and copy of the\naccount, the county judge shall examine into the matter and hear the\nproofs and allegations presented by the parties, and decide by order\nwh…

§ 3816. Duty of trustees or board of education to carry out order. It\nshall be the duty of the trustees or board of education of any school\ndistrict, within thirty days after service upon them or upon the\ndistrict clerk of a copy of an order of the county judge and notice\nth…

§ 382. Annual report of trustees. 1. The fund shall submit to the\ngovernor, the regents, the state university trustees, the legislature,\nthe chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and\nmeans committee, annually on or before January first, a full report of…

§ 383. Article not affected if in part unconstitutional or\nineffective. If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause\nor provision of this article shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective\nin whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or\nine…

§ 384. Inconsistent provisions of other acts superseded. Insofar as\nthe provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of\nany other act, general or special, the provisions of this article shall\nbe controlling.\n

§ 390. Definitions. Wherever used in this article:\n 1. The term "board" means the board of trustees of the state\nuniversity of New York.\n 2. The term "state university" means the state university of New York\nand the term "community college" means a college established and\no…

§ 391. Optional retirement program established. 1. There is hereby\nestablished an optional retirement program which shall provide for the\npurchase of contracts providing retirement and death benefits for or on\nbehalf of electing employees. Under such program the state or an\n…

§ 392. Rates of contribution. * 1. Employer contributions. In the case\nof any electing employee initially appointed on or before June\nthirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-two, the state, with respect to\nemployees of state university, and the electing employer, with respect\nto …

§ 393. Election. 1. Election of the optional retirement program.\n (a) Each eligible employee initially appointed on or after July first,\nnineteen hundred sixty-four, within thirty days of his entry into\nservice, shall elect (i) to join either the New York state teachers'\nret…

§ 394. Survivor's benefits. In the case of the death of any electing\nemployee, after the effective date of this election and before\nretirement, the value of the death benefits provided by the contract or\ncontracts purchased under the optional retirement program which is\nattr…

§ 395. Social security. Every electing employee shall have old-age,\nsurvivors, and disability insurance coverage provided by the federal\nsocial security act in accordance with the provisions of article three\nof the retirement and social security law.\n

§ 396. Employer not liable for payment of benefits. Neither the\nstate, nor state university, nor any electing employer or its local\nsponsor shall be a party to any contract purchased in whole or in part\nwith contributions made under the optional retirement program\nestablishe…

§ 396-a. Deductions from benefits of certain retired members. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, an electing employee who is\nretired from the optional retirement system shall have the right, at any\ntime after such electing employee's retirement, to execute and fil…

§ 397. Inconsistent provisions of other acts superseded. Insofar as\nthe provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of\nany other act, general or special, the provisions of this article shall\nbe controlling.\n

§ 398. Definitions. Whenever used in this article:\n 1. The term "employer" means the state university of New York, the\nboard of higher education of the city of New York, or a community\ncollege established and operated under article one hundred twenty-six of\nthis chapter.\n 2…

§ 398-a. Reduction of salaries for investment in custodial accounts.\nEach employer, in his discretion, may enter into a written agreement\nwith any employee to reduce the annual salary as otherwise payable by\nlaw of such employee for the purpose of investing in a custodial acc…

§ 399. Special annuity and custodial account programs authorized. 1.\nAn employer is hereby authorized to establish by resolution special\nannuity and custodial account programs which shall provide for the\npurchase of contracts or establishment of custodial accounts providing\n…

§ 399-A. Reduction of salaries for tax-deferred annuities. The board\nof higher education of a city having a population of one million or\nmore, in its discretion, may enter into a written agreement with any of\nits employees to reduce the annual salary, as otherwise earned and\…

§ 4001. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall be defined as follows:\n 1. "Authorized agency" shall have the meaning defined in section three\nhundred seventy-one of the social services law.\n 2. "Child care institution" shall mean any facility serving…

§ 4002. Educational services. 1. Each child between the ages of five\nand twenty-one who resides in a child care institution and who has not\nyet graduated from high school shall be entitled to receive a free and\nappropriate education in the least restrictive environment for th…

§ 4003. Annual tuition and maintenance reimbursement procedures. 1.\nThe commissioner of education, the commissioner of social services, and,\nwhen appropriate, the commissioner of mental health shall develop\nreimbursement methodologies for the tuition and maintenance component…

§ 4004. Financial responsibility. 1. Tuition expenses for a child\nplaced by a school district in a special act school district or in a\nprivate school operated by a child care institution pursuant to this\narticle shall be the responsibility of such school district pursuant to\…

§ 4005. Placement and evaluation of children. 1. a. Children placed by\nthe family court. When the placement of a child is being considered by\nthe family court pursuant to section 353.3, seven hundred fifty-six or\none thousand fifty-five of the family court act and such child …

§ 4006. Notification procedures for determination of residence. 1.\nWithin thirty days of the placement of a child, determined to be\nhandicapped pursuant to subdivision one of section forty hundred five of\nthis article, in a child care institution, the local social services\nc…

§ 401. Sites; designation and change. 1. The designation of a site by\nany school district meeting shall be by written resolution containing a\ndescription thereof by metes and bounds, and such resolution must\nreceive the assent of a majority of the qualified voters present and…

§ 402. Sale of former schoolhouse or site. 1. Whenever the site of a\nschoolhouse shall have been changed, as herein provided, and after the\nvalue of such property has been appraised by the local assessor or a\nqualified private real property appraiser, the inhabitants of a dis…

§ 402-a. Procedures for closing a school building. 1. At least six\nmonths in advance of a proposed school closing, the trustees or board of\neducation of a school district in which such building is located are\nhereby authorized and recommended to establish an advisory committe…

§ 403. Application of proceeds of sale. All moneys arising from any\nsale made in pursuance of the last preceding section, shall be applied\nto the expenses incurred in procuring a new site, and in removing or\nerecting thereon a schoolhouse, and improving and furnishing such si…

§ 403-a. Leasing of school property. 1. The board of education or\ntrustees of a school district are hereby authorized to adopt a\nresolution providing that specific real property of such district is not\ncurrently needed for school district purposes and that the leasing of\nsuc…

§ 403-b. Leasing of school buildings and facilities. 1. The board of\neducation of any union free or central school district is hereby\nauthorized to enter into a lease with any other union free or central\nschool district providing for the use and occupancy by any such school\n…

§ 404. Acquisition of real property. Real property may be acquired in\nany school district and in any city having less than seventy thousand\ninhabitants, for school purposes and for any other purpose for which\nsuch property may be acquired as provided in this chapter, as follo…

§ 405. Conveyance of property to public corporations. In addition to\nany other power conferred or possessed by virtue of any provisions of\nthis chapter, the board of education, trustee or trustees of any school\ndistrict may convey any school site or lot and the buildings ther…

§ 406. Vesting of title of lands in certain cases. Boards of\neducation in cities having less than seventy thousand inhabitants are\nhereby clothed with all the powers of trustees, and the title to any and\nall lands acquired in any city under the provisions of section four\nhun…

§ 407. Application to certain districts. The provision of section\nfour hundred four of this article shall apply to union free school\ndistricts and to districts organized under special laws; and the\ntrustees of such districts and the boards of education organized under\nspecia…

§ 407-a. Authorization for dormitory authority financing of capital\nfacilities for special act school districts. 1. The legislature\ndeclares that it is in the interest of the state, the school districts\nand the children of the state to assure that special act school\ndistrict…

§ 407-b. Authorization for dormitory authority financing of capital\nfacilities for state-supported schools for blind and deaf students. 1.\nThe legislature declares that it is in the interest of the state and the\nchildren of the state to assure that state-supported schools for…

§ 408. Plans and specifications of school buildings must be approved\nby commissioner of education. 1. No schoolhouse shall hereafter be\nerected, purchased, repaired, enlarged or remodeled nor shall the\nadvertisement for bids for the execution of the plans and specifications\n…

§ 408-a. Plans and specifications for construction of new school\nbuildings. 1. The commissioner of general services, after consultation\nwith the commissioner of education and subject to the approval of the\ndirector of the budget, shall promptly prepare or acquire as many mast…