Title EDN, Education

§ 4204-a. Deaf-infant program. (1) All deaf children resident in this\nstate, below the age of three, of suitable age and capacity, who shall\nhave been resident in this state for one year immediately preceding the\napplication, or is an orphan whose nearest friend shall have be…

§ 4204-b. School district contribution and state reimbursement. 1. For\nthe two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen and prior school years,\nthe school district of which any such child is resident at the time of\nadmission or readmission to any of the institutions or faciliti…

§ 4205. Clothing for deaf state pupils. Whenever the parents or\nguardians are unable to furnish clothing to state pupils, the\ncommissioner of education is hereby required to apportion annually to\neach institution caring for deaf children legally appointed thereto the\nsum of …

§ 4206. Persons eligible for appointment as pupils to institutions for\ninstruction of the blind. 1. All blind persons of suitable age and\ncapacity and who shall have been residents in this state for one year\nimmediately preceding the application or, if a minor, whose parent o…

§ 4207. Support and term of instruction of blind state pupils. 1. Each\nblind pupil so received into any of the institutions specified in this\narticle shall be provided with board, lodging and tuition; and the\ndirectors of the institution shall receive an appropriation for eac…

§ 4208. Clothing for blind state pupils. Whenever the parents or\nguardians are unable to furnish clothing to state pupils, the\ncommissioner of education is hereby required to apportion annually to\neach institution caring for blind children legally appointed thereto the\nsum o…

§ 4209. Blind and deaf children and blind and cerebral palsied\nchildren. 1. All children who are both blind and deaf or both blind and\ncerebral palsied shall be admitted as state pupils into one of the\ninstitutions described in this article for the instruction of the deaf\nor…

§ 4210. Aid for blind or deaf students. 1. a. Whenever a blind or deaf\nperson, who is a citizen of this state and a student in actual\nattendance at a college, university, technical or professional school,\nincluding agriculture and technical institutes and state institutes of\…

§ 4211. Tuition. The term "tuition" as used in this article and in\nthe provisions of chapter ten hundred sixty of the laws of nineteen\nhundred seventy-four shall mean the per pupil cost of all instructional\nservices, supplies, equipment and the operation of instructional\nfac…

§ 4212. Protection of pupils. The department shall:\n (a) Promulgate regulations concerning standards for the protection of\nchildren in residential care from reportable incidents in accordance\nwith this section and article eleven of the social services law,\nincluding procedur…

§ 4213. Other persons eligible for appointment. In accordance with\nthe provisions of the charter of the New York Institute for Special\nEducation, and amendments thereto, as issued by the board of regents,\nchildren with handicapping conditions, other than handicapping\nconditi…

§ 4301. New York State School for the Blind. The New York State\nInstitution for the Blind established by chapter five hundred\neighty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred sixty-five and the acts\nsupplemental thereto and renamed the "New York State School for the\nBlind" by ch…

§ 4302. Object of institution. The primary object of the school shall\nbe, to furnish to the blind children of the state the best known\nfacilities for acquiring a thorough education, and to train them in some\nuseful profession or manual art, by means of which they may be enabl…

§ 4303. Appointment and terms of board of visitors. The governor\nshall appoint each year, by and with the consent of the senate, one\nmember of the board of visitors who shall serve for a term of seven\nyears. Two of the board must be residents of the county of Genesee and\na m…

§ 4304. Vacancies on board of visitors. In case of the declination of\nany member of such board of visitors to act under his appointment, or of\nthe occurrence of any other vacancy in the board not caused by\nexpiration of term, the governor shall forthwith appoint some suitable…

§ 4305. Members of board; compensation; disabilities. The members of\nthe board of visitors shall serve without pay, but they shall be paid\ntheir actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their\nofficial duties. No member of such board shall be pecuniarily\ninter…

§ 4306. Powers of board of visitors. The board of visitors shall\nvisit and inspect such school, recommend the appointment and approve the\nremoval of a superintendent of such school and have such other powers\nand duties as may be required or authorized by the board of regents.…

§ 4307. Superintendent, personnel of the faculty, and salaries. 1.\nThere shall continue to be a superintendent of such school, who shall be\nthe chief executive officer of the school, under the jurisdiction and\ncontrol of the education department. He shall be appointed by the …

§ 4308. Admission. 1. All blind or blind and deaf or blind and\ncerebral palsied children of suitable age and capacity for instruction,\nwho are legal residents of the state, shall be eligible for appointment\nto the New York State School for the Blind, without charge, and for s…

§ 4309. Applicants from without the state. Blind persons from without\nthe state may be received into the school upon the payment of an\nadequate sum, fixed by the education department, for their boarding and\ninstruction; provided that such applicants shall in no case exclude\n…

§ 4310. Applications for admission. Applications for admission into\nthe school shall be made to the education department in such manner as\nit may direct, but the department shall require each such application to\nbe accompanied by a certificate from the county judge or county …

§ 4313. School district and social services district financial\nresponsibility. 1. Financial responsibilities. School districts and\nsocial services districts shall be responsible for the cost of tuition\nand maintenance, respectively, for children in attendance at the New\nYork…

§ 4314. Protection of pupils. The department shall:\n (a) Promulgate regulations concerning standards for the protection of\nchildren in residential care from reportable incidents in accordance\nwith this section and article eleven of the social services law,\nincluding procedur…

§ 4315. Drafts upon state treasury. All moneys appropriated for such\nschool or derived from other sources in the course of the administration\nthereof shall be expended upon vouchers approved by the commissioner of\neducation, when and in the manner authorized by the board of r…

§ 4316. Construction, alteration, improvement and repair of buildings\nof school. All of the provisions of section one hundred twenty-seven of\nthe state finance law shall apply, so far as applicable, to the\nconstruction, alteration, improvements and repair of buildings for the…

§ 4317. Purchase of equipment. The education department shall\npurchase all furniture, apparatus and other supplies necessary to the\nequipment and maintenance of the school in the most efficient manner.\n

§ 4318. Publications, bequests and donations. The school shall be\nentitled to receive copies of all books and other publications which are\ndistributed gratuitously by the state to township or county libraries,\ncommon schools, academies, colleges and societies. It may also rec…

§ 4351. New York state school for the deaf. The New York state school\nfor the deaf is hereby established under the jurisdiction and control of\nthe education department.\n

§ 4352. Object of institution. The primary object of the school shall\nbe to furnish to children of the state suffering from deafness or a\ncombination of deafness and other handicaps, and who may be expected to\nprofit from instruction, such educational opportunities as will en…

§ 4353. Advisory board of visitors. 1. The regents shall appoint an\nadvisory board of visitors of the New York state school for the deaf\nconsisting of nine members. At least two of the board must be residents\nof the county of Oneida and the majority must be residents within f…

§ 4354. Superintendent and other personnel. 1. The chief executive\nofficer of such school shall be a superintendent who shall be in the\nunclassified service and who shall be appointed by the board of regents\nupon the recommendation of commissioner of education. Such\nsuperint…

§ 4355. Admission. All deaf or blind and deaf children between the age\nof three years and twenty-one years and of suitable capacity for\ninstruction who are legal residents of the state shall be eligible for\nappointment to the New York state school for the deaf without charge …

§ 4356. Applications for admission. Applications for admission shall\nbe made to the department in such manner as shall be prescribed by the\ndepartment and shall be accompanied by such evidence of legal residence\nand other information as the department may require.\n

§ 4357. School district and social services district financial\nresponsibility. 1. Financial responsibilities. School districts and\nsocial services districts shall be responsible for the costs of tuition\nand maintenance, respectively, for children attending the New York state\…

§ 4358. Protection of pupils. The department shall:\n (a) Promulgate regulations concerning standards for the protection of\nchildren in residential care from reportable incidents in accordance\nwith this section and article eleven of the social services law,\nincluding procedur…

§ 4401. Definitions. As referred to in this article. * 1. A "child\nwith a disability" or "student with a disability" means a person under\nthe age of twenty-one who is entitled to attend public schools pursuant\nto section thirty-two hundred two of this chapter and who, because…

* § 4401-a. Referral and evaluation for special education services or\nprograms. 1. Any student suspected of having a disability may be\nreferred for initial evaluation to determine if the student is a student\nwith a disability by the parent or person in parental relation, the\…

§ 4402. Duties of school districts. 1. * a. The board of education or\ntrustees of each school district and the city school district of the\ncity of New York shall, under regulations prescribed by the commissioner\nand approved by the regents of the university, identify, locate …

§ 4403. Duties of education department. The state education department\nshall have power and it shall be its duty: 1. To maintain a statistical\nsummary of the number of children with disabilities who reside within\nthe state and the nature of their disabilities and to use all m…

§ 4404. Appeal procedures for children with disabilities. * 1. a. If\nthe parent or person in parental relation of a student, the board of\neducation or trustees of a school district or a state agency responsible\nfor providing education to students with disabilities presents a\…

§ 4404-a. Mediation program for students with disabilities. * 1. The\ncommissioner, in consultation with the office of court administration,\nshall establish a special education mediation program. For all school\ndistricts and state agencies responsible for the provision of spec…

§ 4405. Computing financial responsibility for special educational\nservices for certain children with disabilities. 1. Maintenance for\nchildren with disabilities in residential schools under the provisions\nof this article or state schools under the provisions of articles\neig…

§ 4406. Procedures through the family court; cost of certain\neducational services. 1. When the family court pursuant to section two\nhundred thirty-six of the family court act shall issue an order to\nprovide for educational services, including transportation, tuition or\nmaint…

§ 4407. Special provisions relating to instruction of certain children\nwith disabilities. 1. When it shall appear to the satisfaction of the\ndepartment that a child with a disability is not receiving instruction\nbecause there are no appropriate public or private facilities fo…

§ 4408. Payment for July and August programs for students with\ndisabilities. 1. State aid. The commissioner shall make payments for\napproved July and August programs for students with disabilities in\naccordance with this section in an amount equal to eighty percent of the\nsu…

§ 4410. Special education services and programs for preschool children\nwith disabilities. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n a. "Approved evaluator" means either:\n (1) a program approved by the commissioner pursuant to paragraph b of\nsubdivision nine of this section; …

§ 4410-a. Responsibility for certain temporary-resident preschool\nchildren with disabilities. 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this\nsection, the following definitions shall apply:\n a. "Foster care child" shall mean a child placed in foster care by a\nsocial services distric…

§ 4410-b. Use of certain federal funds. 1. Definitions. For purposes\nof this section:\n a. "Approved preschool special education program" shall mean a public\nor private agency which has been approved by the commissioner as a\nprovider of special education programs or services …

§ 4410-c. Audits of special education services program providers for\npreschool children with disabilities. 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary and within such funds as are made\navailable for such purpose, the comptroller shall audit the expenses\nrep…

§ 4451. Powers of the department with respect to gifted pupils.\nSubject to the availability of funds, the state education department is\nhereby authorized and empowered to assist districts in meeting the\neducational needs of gifted pupils through the following:\n 1. provide in…