Title EDN, Education

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

§ 4205. Clothing for deaf state pupils. Whenever the parents or guardians are unable to furnish clothing to state pupils, the commissioner of education is hereby required to apportion annually to each institution caring for deaf children legally appointed thereto the sum of one …

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

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

§ 4208. Clothing for blind state pupils. Whenever the parents or guardians are unable to furnish clothing to state pupils, the commissioner of education is hereby required to apportion annually to each institution caring for blind children legally appointed thereto the sum of on…

§ 4209. Blind and deaf children and blind and cerebral palsied children. 1. All children who are both blind and deaf or both blind and cerebral palsied shall be admitted as state pupils into one of the institutions described in this article for the instruction of the deaf or bli…

§ 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 the provisions of chapter ten hundred sixty of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-four shall mean the per pupil cost of all instructional services, supplies, equipment and the operation of instructional facilit…

§ 4212. Protection of pupils. The department shall: (a) Promulgate regulations concerning standards for the protection of children in residential care from reportable incidents in accordance with this section and article eleven of the social services law, including procedures fo…

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

§ 4301. New York State School for the Blind. The New York State Institution for the Blind established by chapter five hundred eighty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred sixty-five and the acts supplemental thereto and renamed the "New York State School for the Blind" by chapte…

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

§ 4303. Appointment and terms of board of visitors. The governor shall appoint each year, by and with the consent of the senate, one member of the board of visitors who shall serve for a term of seven years. Two of the board must be residents of the county of Genesee and a major…

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

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

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

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

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

§ 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 the school shall be made to the education department in such manner as it may direct, but the department shall require each such application to be accompanied by a certificate from the county judge or county cle…

§ 4313. School district and social services district financial responsibility. 1. Financial responsibilities. School districts and social services districts shall be responsible for the cost of tuition and maintenance, respectively, for children in attendance at the New York sta…

§ 4314. Protection of pupils. The department shall: (a) Promulgate regulations concerning standards for the protection of children in residential care from reportable incidents in accordance with this section and article eleven of the social services law, including procedures fo…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 4354. Superintendent and other personnel. 1. The chief executive officer of such school shall be a superintendent who shall be in the unclassified service and who shall be appointed by the board of regents upon the recommendation of commissioner of education. Such superintende…

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

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

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

§ 4358. Protection of pupils. The department shall: (a) Promulgate regulations concerning standards for the protection of children in residential care from reportable incidents in accordance with this section and article eleven of the social services law, including procedures fo…

§ 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 programs. 1. Any student suspected of having a disability may be referred for initial evaluation to determine if the student is a student with a disability by the parent or person in parental relation, the com…

§ 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 the parent or person in parental relation of a student, the board of education or trustees of a school district or a state agency responsible for providing education to students with disabilities presents a com…

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

§ 4405. Computing financial responsibility for special educational services for certain children with disabilities. 1. Maintenance for children with disabilities in residential schools under the provisions of this article or state schools under the provisions of articles eighty-…

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

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

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

§ 4410. Special education services and programs for preschool children with disabilities. 1. Definitions. As used in this section: a. "Approved evaluator" means either: (1) a program approved by the commissioner pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision nine of this section; or (2)…

§ 4410-a. Responsibility for certain temporary-resident preschool children with disabilities. 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply: a. "Foster care child" shall mean a child placed in foster care by a social services district. b.…

§ 4410-b. Use of certain federal funds. 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section: a. "Approved preschool special education program" shall mean a public or private agency which has been approved by the commissioner as a provider of special education programs or services to pr…

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

§ 4451. Powers of the department with respect to gifted pupils. Subject to the availability of funds, the state education department is hereby authorized and empowered to assist districts in meeting the educational needs of gifted pupils through the following: 1. provide informa…

§ 4452. Guidelines and definition. 1. In order to provide for\neducational programs to meet special needs of gifted pupils, the\ncommissioner is hereby authorized to make recommendations to school\ndistricts in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision and\nsection thir…