Title EDN, Education

Section 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Education\nLaw".\n

§ 10. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that students' ability\nto learn and to meet high academic standards, and a school's ability to\neducate its students, are compromised by incidents of discrimination or\nharassment including bullying, taunting or intimidation. It i…

§ 1001. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as "The Vocational Rehabilitation Law."

§ 1002. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Handicapped person" means any person who in the judgment of the department is under a physical or mental disability which constitutes a substantial handicap to employment but which is of such a nature that vocational rehabilitati…

§ 1003. Application for vocational rehabilitation. a. Any handicapped person available for vocational rehabilitation services may apply to the department for advice and assistance regarding his vocational rehabilitation. b. The state may, to the extent that funds are made availa…

§ 1004. Powers and duties of the education department. The education department shall have the responsibility of and is hereby authorized: 1. To adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations and take such action as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. …

§ 1004-a. Sheltered workshops for individuals with developmental disabilities, mental illness or a severe physical handicap. 1. Declaration of purpose. The conditions associated with a developmental disability, mental illness and severe physical handicap are such that many young…

§ 1004-b. Integrated employment opportunities for individuals with severe disabilities. 1. The department shall have the responsibility to stimulate the development of programs intended to furnish opportunities for integrated employment including but not limited to, supported em…

§ 1005. Gifts and donations. The department is authorized to receive, accept and use gifts and donations for the purpose of this article which may be offered, conditionally or unconditionally, notwithstanding section eleven of the state finance law or any other provision of law.…

§ 1006. Acceptance of law of the United States. The state of New York, through its legislative authority: 1. Accepts the provisions of any law of the United States making appropriation to be apportioned among the states for vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons, and acce…

§ 1007. Vocational rehabilitation records. 1. It shall be unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program, for any person or persons to solicit, disclose, receive, or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, p…

§ 1008. Use of appropriations. Any appropriation made to carry out the provisions of this article, in addition to any moneys allotted to the state for a similar purpose by the government of the United States may be used for the payment of salaries, travel, maintenance and operat…

§ 1009. Powers and duties of department of social services relating to vocational rehabilitation of blind persons. 1. The board of social services, the department of social services and the New York state commission for the visually handicapped shall retain, and shall continue t…

§ 101. Education department; regents of the university. There shall continue to be in the state government an education department. The department is charged with the general management and supervision of all public schools and all of the educational work of the state, including…

§ 101-a. Promulgation of rules and regulations of commissioner relating to the supervision of services for the public good conducted under supervision of school districts. The commissioner of education shall promulgate rules and regulations for the supervision, by school distric…

§ 101-b. Paperwork reduction. 1. The commissioner shall be authorized to receive and accept reports, plans, applications and all other information required to be reported by statute or regulation through electronic means. The commissioner shall accept hard copy non-electronic fi…

§ 102. Associate and assistant commissioners. The commissioner of education shall appoint, subject to the approval of the regents, such associate and assistant commissioners as he shall deem necessary for the proper organization and general classification of the work of the depa…

§ 103. Divisions of department. By action of the regents upon the recommendation of the commissioner of education the department may be divided into divisions and bureaus. By like action new divisions and bureaus may be created and divisions and bureaus may be consolidated or ab…

§ 104. Other officers and employees. The commissioner of education, subject to the approval of the regents, shall have power, in conformity with their rules, to appoint all other needed officers and employees and fix their titles, duties and salaries.

§ 105. Removals and suspensions. With the approval of the regents, the commissioner of education may, at his pleasure, remove from office any assistant commissioner, or other appointive officer or employee; and, when the regents are not in session, the commissioner may, during h…

§ 106. Joint seal. The regents of the university upon the recommendation of the commissioner of education shall adopt, and may modify at any time, a seal, which shall be used in common as the seal of the education department and of the university; and copies of all records there…

§ 107. Compact for education. 1. The compact for education is hereby entered into and enacted into law with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: COMPACT FOR EDUCATION PREAMBLE WHEREAS, the proper education of all citizens is one of the…

§ 108. State education building. The state education building shall be occupied exclusively by the education department, including the university, with the state library, the state museum, and its other divisions and bureaus, together with such other work with which the commissi…

§ 109. Any person, association, organization or corporation may be permitted to use the auditorium in the state education building at Albany for such purposes as may be authorized by regulations of the commissioner of education upon payment of such fee as may be required pursuan…

§ 11. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "School property" shall mean in or within any building, structure, athletic playing field, playground, parking lot, or land contained within the real property boundary …

§ 110. Refunds. 1. Moneys received by the state education department\npursuant to this chapter prior to July first, nineteen hundred\nforty-two, may be refunded: (a) Where such moneys were not required by\nlaw or regents' rule. (b) Where such moneys were in excess of the\namount…

§ 1101. Establishment of county vocational education and extension boards. 1. The board of supervisors or other governing elective body of any county may adopt a resolution by a majority vote of the members of the board establishing a county vocational education and extension bo…

§ 1102. Powers and duties of vocational education and extension boards. A vocational education and extension board shall, subject to the provisions of part one of this article, have the following powers and duties: 1. It may make or cause to be made a survey to determine the car…

§ 1103. Courses of study and qualifications of teachers. The courses of instruction to accomplish the purposes of part one of this article are to be approved by the commissioner of education. Such courses when conducted in elementary or secondary schools are to be approved by th…

§ 1104. State aid. 1. The commissioner of education in the annual apportionment of public moneys shall apportion therefrom to each county maintaining approved vocational education and extension work, a quota amounting to one-half of the salary paid each teacher, director, assist…

§ 1105. Exemption of certain districts. Upon the recommendation of the county vocational education and extension board, the board of supervisors or other governing elective body of any county may exempt any city or union free school district from the raising of moneys for the pu…

§ 1106. Transportation. 1. In a county which has a vocational education and extension board which does not furnish transportation to pupils pursuant to subdivision thirteen of section eleven hundred two of this chapter the cost of the transportation of pupils under twenty-one ye…

§ 1107. County bonds for land and buildings. A county vocational education and extension board established by a board of supervisors pursuant to the provisions of part one of this article shall be deemed to be a department of the county for the purposes of this section, and the …

§ 111. Indian affairs. The education department, by or through the appropriate division, bureau or officer thereof, shall exercise and perform the functions, powers and duties conferred or imposed by law in relation to the education of children upon the Indian reservations.

§ 1110. Establishment of a special education district. 1. The board of supervisors or other governing elective body of Westchester county shall have power to adopt a resolution by a majority vote of the members of such board to establish within the county a special education dis…

§ 1111. Powers and duties of county commission for special education. The county commission for special education shall have power: 1. To make or cause to be made a survey to determine the special educational needs of the district. 2. To establish schools or classes for physical…

§ 1112. Courses of study and qualifications of teachers. The courses of instruction to accomplish the purposes of part two of this article are to be approved by the commissioner of education. The qualifications of the teachers, directors, assistants and supervisors employed by t…

§ 1113. State aid. The commissioner of education in the annual apportionment of public moneys shall apportion therefrom to such county the quotas provided in section eleven hundred four of this chapter.

§ 1114. Appropriations by board of supervisors. The board of supervisors or other governing elective body may make appropriations and levy taxes upon all the taxable property included within the boundaries of the special education district to carry out the purposes of part two o…

§ 1115. Indebtedness of special education district. For the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of part two of this article the board of supervisors or other governing elective body of such county may issue obligations of the county pursuant to the provisions of the local…

§ 1116. County treasurer to act as treasurer of the county commission for special education. All moneys collected from taxes levied in accordance with the provisions of part two of this article and all moneys apportioned by the commissioner of education, and any and all moneys r…

§ 112. Children in care; responsibility for education. 1. The department shall establish and enforce standards of instruction, personnel qualifications and other requirements for education services or programs, as determined by rules of the regents and regulations of the commiss…

§ 112-a. Students confined in certain facilities; responsibility for issuance of diplomas. 1. A person under twenty-one years of age who has not received a high school diploma and who is placed with, committed to, under the supervision of, detained or otherwise confined in any f…

§ 1120. Declaration of intent. Persons with disabilities comprise a large percentage of New York's total population. The legislature hereby finds and declares that action is necessary to assist these individuals to integrate and live more independently in the community. Since th…

§ 1121. Service centers for independent living; purpose and duties. 1. A service center for independent living shall be a community based non-residential program designed to promote independent living for persons with disabilities. (a) Such center shall: (i) be a private not-for…

§ 1122. Education department; responsibilities. The department shall assist individuals and organizations in the planning and establishment of such service centers. The department shall ensure program accountability and shall monitor and evaluate such centers.

§ 1123. Regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this article.

§ 1124. Distribution of funds. 1. Service centers for independent living shall be funded out of appropriations available for such purposes to the extent of the entire approved budget of such centers. 2. Budgets submitted by service centers shall be approved in accordance with re…

§ 1125. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Child abuse" shall mean any of the following acts committed in an educational setting by an employee or volunteer against a child: (a) intentionally or recklessly inf…

§ 1126. Duties of employees specifically enumerated in this section upon receipt of an allegation of child abuse in an educational setting. 1. In any case where an oral or written allegation is made to a teacher, school nurse, school guidance counselor, school psychologist, scho…