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NY Educ L § 1009 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 21 - Vocational Rehabilitation 1009 - Powers and Duties of Department of Social Services Relating to Vocational Rehabilitation of Blind Persons.

§ 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 to  exercise,  all  the  powers  and  duties  relating  to blind persons conferred on them by the provisions of any other law.   2. The department of social services is empowered to perform  any  and all  acts  that  may be required to be performed by it by any law of the United States in order to obtain funds through the New York state  board for  vocational  education, or otherwise, from any federal department or agency, for use in the vocational rehabilitation of blind persons;  such department  is  further  empowered  to use and expend such funds for the purpose herein mentioned in accordance with the provisions of any law of the United States making such funds available to the state.   3. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent  provision  of  this  article, funds  made  available  to the state by the United States to be used for vocational rehabilitation of blind persons shall be accepted and used by the state for such purposes provided the department of  social  services shall  determine  to  accept  and to use the same in accordance with the provisions of any law of the United States.  (b) Provided the federal government shall make  funds  available,  the department  of  social  services  and  its  commission  for the visually handicapped  are  empowered  to  accept  gifts  for  the  extension  and improvement  of non-profit facilities and workshops for the training and rehabilitation of blind persons, and to match the value  of  such  gifts made  to such department or commission for such purposes by or on behalf of such non-profit facilities or workshops. The department  may  utilize such  federal funds and gifts for such purposes and may make appropriate agreements therefor with suitable non-profit agencies serving the blind.
NY Educ L § 1120 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 23-A - Service Centers for Independent Living 1120 - Declaration of Intent.

§ 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  their   inception,  service  centers  for  independent  living have enhanced the   ability of persons with disabilities to pursue an independent and active   lifestyle within their community.   In order  to  achieve  this,  it  is   necessary  for the state to provide funding to maintain existing service   centers designed to promote independent  living  and  to  encourage  the   establishment  of  new  centers.  In  addition, the office of vocational   rehabilitation should have the  responsibility  and  authority  for  the   encouragement  of  the  planning,  development,  funding, evaluation and   monitoring of such service centers.
NY Educ L § 1121 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 23-A - Service Centers for Independent Living 1121 - Service Centers for Independent Living; Purpose and Duties.

§ 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-profit corporation, pursuant  to  subdivision five  of  paragraph  a  of section one hundred two of the not-for-profit corporation law;  provided,  however,  that  persons  with  disabilities comprise  at  least  fifty-one percent of the membership of the board of directors;  (ii) be staffed by  persons  experienced  in  assisting  persons  with disabilities;  (iii)  provide  services  designed  to  meet the needs of persons with disabilities,  including  such  services  as  assisting   persons   with disabilities  to  obtain  housing,  employment  referral, transportation referral, attendant care, independent living  skills,  peer  counseling, advocacy  services,  job  training, health care, homemaker services, and other such services as approved by the commissioner;  (iv) train personnel for the purpose of attendant  care  in  assisting and serving persons with disabilities; and  (v) serve persons with disabilities.  (b)  Such  center  may  also,  but  need  not limit itself to, provide disability awareness programs, peer counseling, role  modeling  and  any other appropriate services within elementary and secondary schools.   2.  Such  service  centers  shall  not be established or operated as a residential or housing facility.   3. Such service centers shall make maximum use of  existing  resources available  to  persons  with  disabilities  and  shall not duplicate any existing services or programs, to  the  extent  that  such  services  or programs  are available through other state sources to meet the needs of persons with disabilities. Such centers shall however provide  necessary information  and  referral  to  assist  a  person  with  a disability in obtaining such services and coordinate where possible  the  delivery  of such services to persons with disabilities.   4.  Such  service  centers  shall be in compliance with all applicable local laws and ordinances.
NY Educ L § 1122 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 23-A - Service Centers for Independent Living 1122 - Education Department; Responsibilities.

§ 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.
NY Educ L § 1123 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 23-A - Service Centers for Independent Living 1123 - Regulations.

§ 1123. Regulations.    The  commissioner  shall  promulgate rules and   regulations necessary for the implementation of this article.
NY Educ L § 1124 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 23-A - Service Centers for Independent Living 1124 - Distribution of Funds.

§ 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 regulations of the commissioner, subject to approval of   the director of the budget.3. Service centers shall be located in the cities of Albany,  Buffalo,   Rochester,   Syracuse,   Utica,   White  Plains,  Binghamton,  Kingston,   Poughkeepsie, Jamestown, Yonkers, the counties of Queens, Kings, Nassau,   Bronx, Richmond, New York and Suffolk.4. Additional service centers  shall  be  located  in  the  cities  of   Niagara  Falls,  Olean,  Troy,  Amsterdam,  Newburgh,  Corning,  Ithaca,   Cortland, Auburn, Watertown, Plattsburgh,  Batavia,  Massena  and  Glens   Falls,  the  counties of Delaware and Rockland, the county of Orange, in   either the city of Middletown or Port Jervis or in the town of Deerpark,   Greenville, Mount Hope, Warwick  or  Wawayanda  or  in  the  village  of   Goshen,  in the county of New York to serve the Harlem community, and in   the counties of Putnam, Sullivan and Herkimer.
NY Educ L § 1127 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 23-B - Child Abuse in an Educational Setting 1127 - Confidentiality of Records.

§ 1127. Confidentiality of records. Reports and other written material   submitted  pursuant  to  this  article, and photographs taken concerning   such reports in the possession of any person authorized to receive  such   information,  pursuant  to this article, shall be confidential and shall   not be redisclosed except to law enforcement authorities involved in  an   investigation  of  child abuse in an educational setting or as expressly   authorized by law or pursuant to  a  court-ordered  subpoena.  A  school   administrator  or a school superintendent shall exercise reasonable care   in preventing such unauthorized  disclosure.  Willful  disclosure  of  a   written record required to be kept confidential pursuant to this section   to a person not authorized to receive or review such record is a class A   misdemeanor.
NY Educ L § 1128-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 23-B - Child Abuse in an Educational Setting 1128-A - Additional Duties of School Administrators and Superintendents.

§   1128-a.   Additional   duties   of   school   administrators   and   superintendents.1. Where a superintendent of schools or, in  a  school  other  than  a   school  district  or public school, the school administrator forwards to   law enforcement a report as described in paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision   one  or  subdivision  one-a of section eleven hundred twenty-six of this   article, he or she shall refer such report to the commissioner where the   employee or volunteer alleged to have committed an act of child abuse as   defined in this article holds a certification or license issued  by  the   department.2. A report which is made pursuant to this article and does not, after   investigation,  result  in  a criminal conviction shall be expunged from   any record which may be kept by a school or school district with respect   to the subject of such a report after a period of five  years  from  the   date  of  the  making  of  such  report  or at such earlier time as such   school, or school district, as the case may be, determines.
NY Educ L § 1129 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 23-B - Child Abuse in an Educational Setting 1129 - Penalties for Failure to Comply.

§  1129.  Penalties  for  failure  to comply. 1. Willful failure of an employee to prepare and submit a written  report  of  an  allegation  of child abuse as required by this article shall be a class A misdemeanor.   2.  (a) Willful failure of a school administrator or superintendent to submit a written report of child abuse to an appropriate law enforcement authority, as required by this article, shall be a class A misdemeanor.  (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subdivision, any failure  to submit a written report of child abuse to an appropriate law enforcement authority  as  required  by this article, shall be punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed  five  thousand  dollars  upon  an  administrative determination by the commissioner.
NY Educ L § 1130 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 23-B - Child Abuse in an Educational Setting 1130 - Notification by District Attorney.

§   1130.   Notification   by  district  attorney.  Where  a  criminal   investigation of  an  allegation  of  child  abuse  by  an  employee  or   volunteer  is  undertaken  in response to a report forwarded by a school   administrator or superintendent to law enforcement authorities  pursuant   to  section  eleven  hundred twenty-eight of this article, and where law   enforcement authorities  have  provided  such  report  to  the  district   attorney and have requested assistance, as soon as practicable, it shall   be   the   responsibility   of  the  district  attorney  to  notify  the   superintendent of schools of the district where the acts of child  abuse   allegedly  occurred  and  of  the  school  district  where  the child is   attending, if different, of an indictment or the filing of an accusatory   instrument against the employee or volunteer against whom an  allegation   of child abuse in an educational setting was made. The district attorney   shall  notify  the  superintendent  of schools of the district where the   acts of child abuse allegedly occurred and of the  school  district,  if   different,  where  the  child  is  attending  of  the disposition of the   criminal case against such employee or volunteer or  the  suspension  or   termination of the criminal investigation of such employee or volunteer.   The  aforementioned notifications to the superintendent of schools shall   be made to the appropriate school administrator where the acts of  child   abuse  allegedly  occurred  in  a school other than a school district or   public school.
NY Educ L § 1131 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 23-B - Child Abuse in an Educational Setting 1131 - Actions Upon Criminal Conviction of a Licensed or Certified School Employee.

§  1131.  Actions  upon criminal conviction of a licensed or certified   school employee.  1. In the event that a licensed  or  certified  school   employee  against  whom  an  allegation of child abuse in an educational   setting has been made, is convicted of any crime involving  child  abuse   in  an  educational  setting, the district attorney shall provide notice   thereof to the commissioner and the superintendent  of  schools  of  the   district  or, in a school other than a school district or public school,   the school administrator where the acts of child abuse occurred  and  to   the school where the child is attending, if different.2.  Upon  receiving  notice  of  a conviction from a district attorney   pursuant to subdivision one of this  section,  the  commissioner  shall,   without  delay,  proceed  to  determine whether the individual possesses   good  moral  character,  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  of  the   commissioner governing such a determination.3.  Nothing  in  this  article  shall  be  construed  as  creating any   authority to take an adverse action against an employee or volunteer  by   virtue  of  a  report  pursuant  to  this  article  which  has  not been   substantiated.4. An employee or volunteer who has adverse action taken  against  him   or  her  by  virtue of or in connection with any report made pursuant to   this article shall be entitled to receive a  copy  of  such  report  and   respond  to the allegations of child abuse made therein. Any employee or   volunteer shall, in addition, be entitled to  seek  disclosure  of  such   report pursuant to article six of the public officers law.
NY Educ L § 1133 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 23-B - Child Abuse in an Educational Setting 1133 - Unreported Resignation Against Public Policy.

§  1133.  Unreported  resignation  against  public policy. 1. A school   administrator or superintendent shall not make any agreement to withhold   from  law   enforcement   authorities,   the   superintendent   or   the   commissioner,  where  appropriate,  the fact that an allegation of child   abuse in an educational setting on the part of any employee or volunteer   as required by this article in return for the resignation  or  voluntary   suspension  from  his  or  her position of such person, against whom the   allegation is made.2. Each violation of subdivision one of this section shall  constitute   a class E felony, and shall also be punishable by a civil penalty not to   exceed twenty thousand dollars.3.   Any   superintendent  of  schools  or  school  administrator  who   reasonably and in  good  faith  reports  to  law  enforcement  officials   information  regarding  allegations  of  child abuse or a resignation as   required by this article shall have immunity from any  liability,  civil   or criminal, which might otherwise result by reason of such actions.
NY Educ L § 1134 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 23-B - Child Abuse in an Educational Setting 1134 - Reporting to the Vulnerable Persons' Central Register and the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment.

§  1134. Reporting to the vulnerable persons' central register and the   statewide central register of child  abuse  and  maltreatment.  Where  a   person  employed  by a school is required to report an incident of child   abuse in an educational  setting  to  the  vulnerable  persons'  central   register  pursuant  to  article eleven of the social services law or the   statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment  pursuant  to   article  six  of  the  social  services  law  and he or she reports such   incident thereto, such person shall have been deemed  to  have  complied   with the reporting requirements of this article.
NY Educ L § 1201 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 24 - New York State Rural Education Program Act 1201 - Short Title.

§ 1201. Short  title.  This article shall be known and may be cited as   the "New York state rural education program act".
NY Educ L § 1202 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 24 - New York State Rural Education Program Act 1202 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

§ 1202. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds,   determines and declares that:1.  Rural  education  is  a  critical  factor  and  dominant  force in   stimulating  and   maintaining   socioeconomic   development,   economic   viability,  social  activity and cultural enrichment in rural regions of   New York state. Rural schools fill an integral role as  centers  of  the   community  and as a bridge for youth to connect with the broader society   in fulfilling their dreams and ambitions;2. Rural areas account for more  than  half  of  the  school  systems,   boards of cooperative education services and colleges in the state;3.  Rural areas have unique conditions and circumstances which require   special consideration in the development and assessment of state policy,   including:  (a)  that  rural  areas  contain  many  of  the  low-wealth,   low-spending  school districts in the state; (b) that average incomes of   rural residents are lower than statewide norms; and (c) that  per  pupil   expenditures  in  rural  schools are more than fifteen percent below the   statewide average;4. Weaknesses exist in rural education inasmuch as rural schools  have   difficulty   attracting   and  retaining  highly  trained  teachers  and   administrators, teachers are spread thinly over several subject areas;5. A limited knowledge base on small rural  educational  organizations   and  lack  of  a  systematic research agenda for rural schools limit the   potential for development  of  cohesive  state  policy  for  educational   services in rural New York;6. The establishment of a program on rural education would enhance the   capacity  of  policy  makers  within  state  government:  (a)  to better   understand the inefficiencies and needs of the state's  rural  education   systems;  (b)  to  assess the impact of existing and proposed government   mandates on rural areas; (c)  to  promote  innovation,  flexibility  and   investment  to  ensure that rural residents have equitable access to and   receive quality educational  services  and  opportunities;  and  (d)  to   promote  the  long-term  goal  of  improving  the  economic  and  social   well-being of rural communities as a direct result  of  improving  rural   school performance.
NY Educ L § 1203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 24 - New York State Rural Education Program Act 1203 - Definitions.

§ 1203. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:1. "Center" shall mean the New York state center for rural schools;2.  "Committee"  shall  mean  the  rural education advisory committee,   established pursuant to the provisions of this article; and3. "Rural area" shall mean any  county  with  less  than  two  hundred   thousand population, or any town which has a population of less than one   hundred fifty persons per square mile.
NY Educ L § 1206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 24 - New York State Rural Education Program Act 1206 - Contract Authority.

§ 1206. Contract  authority.  The  center, after consultation with the   committee, is hereby empowered to enter into any agreement  or  contract   with  any  private  or  public  agencies,  corporations,  or individuals   necessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of this article.
NY Educ L § 1207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 24 - New York State Rural Education Program Act 1207 - Functions, Powers and Duties of Other State Agencies.

§ 1207. Functions,  powers and duties of other state agencies. Nothing   contained in this article shall be deemed to derogate or detract in  any   way from the functions, powers or duties prescribed by law of any agency   or  department  of  the  state  or  to  interrupt or preclude the direct   relationship of any such  department  or  agency  with  local  agencies,   individuals  or  corporations  for  the  carrying out of such functions,   powers and duties.
NY Educ L § 1501-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 31 - School Districts 1501-A - Publication of Minutes.

§ 1501-a. Publication  of  minutes.    Any  school  district  board of   trustees, board of education or other corporate  body  may  publish  the   minutes  of  its proceedings in the official newspaper or if no official   newspaper  has  been  designated,  in  any  newspaper   having   general   circulation in the school district.
NY Educ L § 1501-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 31 - School Districts 1501-C - Voting by Residents of Certain Facilities.

§  1501-c.  Voting by residents of certain facilities. Notwithstanding   any provision of this title to the contrary, the provisions  of  section   8-407  of  the  election  law  shall  apply  to  all elections conducted   pursuant to this title by a school district. The board of  elections  of   the  city  or county in which a school district is located shall provide   for the implementation of the provisions of this section.