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NY Educ L § 2522 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 51 - City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants 2522 - General Budgetary Controls; Lapse of Appropriations.

§ 2522. General  budgetary  controls;  lapse of appropriations.  1.  A   separate account shall be kept of each appropriation.  Each such account   shall show the amount of the  appropriation,  the  encumbrances  against   such  account,  the  amounts  expended  therefrom  and  the unencumbered   balance.2. No expenditure, or  contract  which  in  any  manner  involves  the   expenditure  of money or the incurring of any pecuniary liability, shall   be made or entered into by the school district, or officer  or  employee   thereof,  unless  an  amount  has  been  appropriated  and  is available   therefor or has been authorized to be borrowed  pursuant  to  the  local   finance  law.    This  subdivision  shall  not  prevent  the making of a   contract or lease for a term exceeding one year when authorized by  law;   nor  shall  this subdivision require a school district which has entered   into a contract or lease for a term exceeding one year to pay during the   current fiscal year any amounts larger than those which become  due  and   owing during that year under the terms of such lease or contract.3.  Appropriations,  to  the  extent  that  they  shall  not have been   expended or encumbered, shall lapse at the close of the fiscal year  for   which  made,  except  that appropriations for capital improvements shall   continue in force until the purposes for which they were made shall have   been accomplished or abandoned.
NY Educ L § 2523 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 51 - City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants 2523 - Moneys; Custody and Disbursement.

§ 2523. Moneys;  custody  and  disbursement.  1. The treasurer of each   city school district shall demand, collect, receive and  have  the  care   and  custody  of  moneys  belonging  to  or  due the district from every   source. On the business day next following the day of their receipt  the   treasurer  shall  deposit  in  his name, as treasurer of the city school   district, all such moneys in or with such banks or  trust  companies  as   shall  have  been  designated  as  depositaries  of  the  moneys of such   district. Where the board of education with the written consent  of  the   city  authorities,  has appointed a city officer as city school district   treasurer, such treasurer may not commingle school district  funds  with   city funds.2.  Such  moneys  shall  be  disbursed  only  on the signature of such   treasurer by checks payable to the person or persons  entitled  thereto.   The  board  of  education  may  in  its  discretion  require  that  such   checks-other than  checks   for  salary,  be  countersigned  by  another   officer  of such district. When authorized by resolution of the board of   education such checks may be signed with the facsimile signature of  the   treasurer  and  other  district  officer whose signature is required, as   reproduced by a machine or device commonly known as a check-signer. Each   check drawn by the treasurer shall state the fund against  which  it  is   drawn.  No fund shall be overdrawn nor shall any check be drawn upon one   fund to pay a claim chargeable to another. No money shall be paid out by   the treasurer except upon the warrant of  the  clerk  of  the  board  of   education  after  audit  and  allowance  by  such  board, or if a claims   auditor shall have been appointed,  except  upon  the  warrant  of  such   claims  auditor  after  audit  and allowance thereof; provided, however,   when provision for payment has  been  made  in  the  annual  budget  the   treasurer  may  pay,  without such warrant or prior audit and allowance,   (a) the principal of and interest on bonds, notes or other evidences  of   indebtedness  of  the  district or for the payment of which the district   shall be liable, and  (b)  compensation  for  services  of  officers  or   employees  engaged at agreed wages by the hour, day, week, month or year   upon presentation of  a  duly  certified  payroll.  By  resolution  duly   adopted, the board may determine to enter into a contract to provide for   the  deposit of the periodic payroll of the school district in a bank or   trust company for disbursal by  it  in  accordance  with  provisions  of   section ninety-six-b of the banking law.
NY Educ L § 2524 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 51 - City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants 2524 - Form of Claims.

§ 2524. Form  of claims.   1. No claim against a city school district,   except for compensation for services of an officer or  employee  engaged   at  agreed  wages  by  the  hour,  day,  week,  month or year or for the   principal of or interest on indebtedness of the district, shall be  paid   unless an itemized voucher therefor approved by the officer whose action   gave rise or origin to the claim, shall have been presented to the board   of  education  or  claims  auditor of the city school district and shall   have  been  audited  and  allowed.  The  board  of  education  shall  be   authorized, but not required, to prescribe the form of such voucher.2.  The  board of education may by resolution authorize the payment in   advance of audit of claims for public utility services, postage, freight   and express charges. All such claims shall  be  presented  at  the  next   regular meeting for audit, and the claimant and the officer incurring or   approving  the same shall be jointly and severally liable for any amount   disallowed by the board of education.As used in this subdivision, the term public  utility  services  shall   mean electric, gas, water, sewer and telephone services.
NY Educ L § 2525 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 51 - City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants 2525 - Audit of Claims.

§ 2525. Audit of claims. 1. The board of education, in considering any   claim,  may require any person presenting the same to be sworn before it   or before any member thereof and  to  give  testimony  relative  to  the   justness  and  accuracy of such claim, and may take evidence and examine   witnesses under oath in respect to the claim, and for that  purpose  may   issue  subpoenas  for the attendance of witnesses. When a claim has been   finally audited by the board of education the clerk of such board  shall   endorse  thereon  or attach thereto a certificate of such audit and file   the same as a public record in his or her office.  When  any  claim  has   been  so  audited  and  a certificate thereof so filed, the clerk of the   board of education shall draw a  warrant  specifying  the  name  of  the   claimant,   the  amount  allowed  and  the  fund,  function  and  object   chargeable therewith  and  such  other  information  as  may  be  deemed   necessary  and  essential,  directed  to  the treasurer of the district,   authorizing and directing him or her to pay to the claimant  the  amount   allowed  upon his or her claim. A copy of such warrant shall be filed in   the office of the clerk.2. In a city school district in which the office of claims auditor has   been created, the claims auditor in considering a claim, may require any   person presenting the same to be sworn before him or  her  and  to  give   testimony  relative  to the justness and accuracy of such claim, and may   take evidence and examine witnesses under oath in respect to the  claim,   and  for  that  purpose  may  issue  subpoenas  for  the  attendance  of   witnesses. When a claim has been finally audited by the  claims  auditor   he  or she shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate of such   audit and file the same as a public record in his or  her  office.  When   any  claim  has  been so audited and a certificate thereof so filed, the   claims auditor shall draw a warrant specifying the number of the  claim,   the  name of the claimant, the amount allowed and the fund, function and   object chargeable therewith and such other information as may be  deemed   necessary  or  essential,  directed  to  the  treasurer of the district,   authorizing and directing him or her to pay to the claimant  the  amount   allowed  upon his or her claim. A copy of such warrant shall be filed in   the office of the clerk.
NY Educ L § 2526 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 51 - City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants 2526 - Claims Auditor.

§ 2526. Claims  auditor.  1.  The  board of education of a city school district may adopt  a  resolution  establishing  the  office  of  claims auditor  and appoint a claims auditor who shall hold his or her position subject to the pleasure of such board of education. In  its  discretion, the  board  may  adopt  a  resolution  establishing the office of deputy claims auditor who shall act as claims auditor in  the  absence  of  the claims  auditor.  Such claims auditor shall report directly to the board of education. No person shall be eligible for appointment to the  office of claims auditor or deputy claims auditor who shall be:  (1) a member of the board of education;  (2) the clerk or treasurer of the board of education;  (3)  the  superintendent  of schools or other official of the district responsible for business management;  (4) the person designated as purchasing agent; or  (5) clerical or professional personnel directly involved in accounting and purchasing functions of the school district.   1-a. The positions of claims auditor and deputy claims  auditor  shall be  classified  in  the  exempt  class  of  civil service. Such board of education, at any time after the establishment of the office  of  claims auditor or deputy claims auditor, may adopt a resolution abolishing such office, whereupon such office shall be abolished.   2. When the office of claims auditor shall have been established and a claims  auditor  shall have been appointed and shall have qualified, the powers and duties of the board  of  education  with  respect  to  claims auditing, allowing or rejecting all accounts, charges, claims or demands against  the  city  school district shall devolve upon and thereafter be exercised by such claims auditor, during the continuance of such office. The board of education shall be permitted to delegate the  claims  audit function   to   one   or   more   independent   entities  by  using  (1) inter-municipal cooperative  agreements,  (2)  shared  services  to  the extent  authorized  by  section nineteen hundred fifty of this title, or (3) independent contractors, to fulfill this function.   3. When the board of education delegates  the  claims  audit  function using   an   inter-municipal   cooperative   agreement,  shared  service authorized by section nineteen  hundred  fifty  of  this  title,  or  an independent  contractor, the board shall be responsible for auditing all claims for services from  the  entity  providing  the  delegated  claims auditor,  either  directly  or  through  a  delegation  to  a  different independent entity.
NY Educ L § 2527 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 51 - City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants 2527 - Official Undertakings.

§ 2527. Official undertakings. The clerk of the board of education or,   where  the  office  of  claims auditor or deputy claims auditor has been   created, the claims auditor or deputy claims auditor, and the treasurer,   collector and  such  other  officers  and  employees  as  the  board  of   education  shall  designate, shall, before they enter upon the duties of   their respective offices  or  positions,  each  execute  to  the  school   district and file with the school district clerk an official undertaking   in  such  sum  and  with such corporate surety as the board of education   shall direct and approve. The board  of  education  may,  at  any  time,   require  any such officer or employee to file a new official undertaking   for such sum and with such corporate surety as the board shall  approve.   Such  undertakings as shall have been approved by the board of education   shall forthwith be filed with the school district clerk. The expense  of   any  undertaking  executed  pursuant  to  this section shall be a school   district charge.
NY Educ L § 2528 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 51 - City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants 2528 - Annual Financial Report.

§ 2528. Annual  financial report.  Within three months after the close   of the fiscal year the board of education shall  annually  cause  to  be   published  in  a  newspaper, or two newspapers if there be two, having a   general circulation in the city school district, or in pamphlet form for   general distribution, in such form and detail as shall  be  required  by   the  commissioner of education, on account of all moneys received by the   board of education for its account and use during such fiscal year,  and   all  moneys  expended  therefor  stating  the source of receipts and the   character and object of expenditures in full.  Such annual report  shall   also  contain  a  full  and  complete  statement of any bonds issued the   preceding year for school purposes and the disposition  made  or  to  be   made  of  the  proceeds  of  such bonds.   If such report is prepared in   pamphlet form for general distribution, a notice shall be  published  in   such  newspaper  or  newspapers  that  such pamphlets are available at a   stated place and time or times.
NY Educ L § 2529 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 51 - City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants 2529 - Tax Election.

§ 2529. Tax  election.    The  board  of  education may call a special   election in the manner provided in article fifty-three of  this  chapter   and  submit to the qualified voters of the school district a proposition   to expend a sum of money in excess of twenty-five thousand  dollars  for   an  addition  to,  or  change  of  site,  or  purchase  of a new site or   structure, or for grading  or  improving  a  school  site,  or  for  the   purchase  of  lands and buildings for agricultural, athletic, playground   or social center purposes, or for building any new school,  or  for  the   erection  of  an  addition  to  any school, or for the reconstruction or   repair of any school.   Such expenditures, when made  pursuant  to  this   section, shall be made only during the fiscal year for which a tax is to   be  levied.    The provisions of article fifty-three shall apply to such   elections.
NY Educ L § 2530 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 51 - City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants 2530 - Power to Contract Indebtedness.

§ 2530. Power  to  contract  indebtedness.   Each city school district   shall be authorized to expend money for any of the objects  or  purposes   which   it   is  authorized  to  accomplish  by  law  and  may  contract   indebtedness in its name  pursuant  to  the  local  finance  law.    The   provisions  of  section  four  hundred  sixteen of this chapter shall be   applicable to such districts.
NY Educ L § 2550 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More 2550 - Application of Article.

§ 2550. Application  of article.  This article shall apply to the city   school districts of  the  following  cities  only:  New  York,  Buffalo,   Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers.
NY Educ L § 2551 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More 2551 - Board of Education Corporate Body.

§ 2551. Board  of education corporate body.  The board of education of   each city school  district  of  a  city  with  one  hundred  twenty-five   thousand  inhabitants  or more according to the latest federal census is   hereby continued as a body corporate.
NY Educ L § 2552 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More 2552 - Board of Education.

§ 2552. Board  of education.  The board of education of each such city   school district is hereby continued. The  educational  affairs  in  each   such  city  school  district  shall  be under the general management and   control of a board of education to consist of not less  than  three  and   not more than nine members, to be chosen as hereinafter provided, and to   be  known as members of the board of education, except that the board of   education of the city school district of the city of New York  shall  be   constituted  as  provided  in  article fifty-two-A of this chapter.  The   number of members on the board of education of  each  such  city  school   district shall continue to be as follows:a. City school district of the city of Buffalo: nine members.b. City school district of the city of Rochester: seven members.c. City school district of the city of Syracuse: seven members.d. City school district of the city of Yonkers: nine members.
NY Educ L § 2554-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More 2554-A - Powers of Boards of Education to Ban Fraternities, Sororities and Other Secret Societies.

§ 2554-a. Powers   of   boards   of  education  to  ban  fraternities,   sororities and other secret societies.  1. In its discretion, the  board   of education of each school district, may adopt rules and regulations to   abolish and/or prohibit any fraternity, sorority or other secret society   in any secondary school under its jurisdiction.2.  Prior  to the adoption and promulgation of a rule or regulation in   accordance with the provisions of subdivision one of this section by any   board of education of a school district, the board of education  of  the   school  district  must  find  that  the  fraternity,  sorority or secret   society group has by virtue  of  its  activities  caused  or  created  a   disruption  of  or  interference  with  the  academic  processes  of any   secondary school within  its  jurisdiction  or  caused  or  created  any   interference  with  or  disruption  of  the  academic  progress  of  any   individual student or  students  in  any  secondary  school  within  its   jurisdiction.3.  For  the purposes of this chapter a fraternity, sorority or secret   society shall mean any organization composed wholly or in part of pupils   enrolled in public secondary schools which exists or seeks to perpetuate   itself by taking in additional members from the pupils enrolled in  such   schools  on  the  decision  of  the membership rather than upon the free   choice of any pupil in such school but shall not be construed to include   organizations institutionally sponsored by agencies of  public  welfare,   the  Boy  Scouts  of  America,  the Girl Scouts of America, the Campfire   Girls,  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  Young  Women's  Christian   Association,  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  Young  Women's  Hebrew   Association, Catholic Youth Organization, Kiwanis International, Hi-Y or   other similar organizations without limitation to the foregoing.4. Upon  and  after  the  adoption  and  promulgation  of  a  rule  or   regulation  in accordance with the provisions of subdivision one of this   section by the board of education of  any  such  school  district,  such   board  of  education  may in any secondary school under its jurisdiction   discipline any pupil who shall promise to join, or shall become a member   of, or shall remain a member of, or shall solicit other persons to  join   any such fraternity, sorority or secret society.
NY Educ L § 2554-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More 2554-C - Identification Photos of Senior High School, Junior High School or Intermediate School Students in the City School District of the City of New York.

§ 2554-c. Identification  photos  of  senior  high school, junior high   school or intermediate school students in the city  school  district  of   the  city  of  New  York.  Upon the recommendation of the principal of a   senior high school,  junior  high  school  or  intermediate  school  and   subject  to the approval of the community superintendent for junior high   schools or intermediate schools and chancellor for senior high  schools,   students  enrolled  in  a  senior  high  school,  junior  high school or   intermediate school may be required to be photographed for  purposes  of   identification.   The   principal  of  such  school  may  designate  the   photographer to be used, but the student may not be charged for the cost   of such photograph. If required by the principal, such photograph  shall   be  taken  within  three  months  after  the student's admission to such   school. Such photograph shall be kept  within  the  school  at  a  place   designated  by  the  principal.  At the discretion of the principal, and   subject to the approval of the community superintendent for junior  high   schools  or intermediate schools and chancellor for senior high schools,   an identification card bearing a photograph of each student may also  be   required  to be kept on the person of such student during hours when the   student is attending such school.
NY Educ L § 2555 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More 2555 - Kindergartens, Nursery and Night Schools.

§ 2555.   Kindergartens,  nursery  and night schools.  1. The board of   education of each city may maintain kindergartens which shall be free to   resident children between the ages of  four  and  six  years,  provided,   however,  such  board may fix a higher minimum age for admission to such   kindergartens.2. A board of education may  maintain nursery schools which  shall  be   free to resident children and may fix the age for admission.3.  Night  schools, which shall be free to all persons residing in the   city, and wherein the common branches and such  additional  subjects  as   may  be  adapted  to  students applying for instruction are taught on at   least two  nights  each  week,  for  two  hours  each  night,  shall  be   maintained by the board of education on at least one hundred nights.