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NY Educ L § 2557 (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 2557 - Purchase and Sale of Real Property.

§ 2557. Purchase  and  sale  of real property.  The board of education   may purchase real property for any of the purposes authorized by law and   shall take title thereof in the name of the city, which shall hold  said   property  in  trust  for the use of such school district and the city is   hereby empowered to sell and convey the same when it deems  it  for  the   interest  of  such  school district, and when the owner of such property   refuses to sell the same or such board is unable to agree with the owner   of such property on the purchase price thereof, it shall have the  power   and  authority  to  institute  such  proceedings  and  take  any  action   necessary to acquire title to such property under and  pursuant  to  the   provisions  of  the eminent domain procedure law,  except that in a city   in which the common council, board of contract and supply or other  city   officers  or  body were authorized and empowered by law to acquire title   to real property for school purposes under the laws  in  force  on  June   eighth,  nineteen  hundred  seventeen,  said council, board, officers or   body shall continue to possess such powers and shall exercise the  same,   including  the  power  to acquire real property for said purposes except   further that such real  property  shall  be  acquired  pursuant  to  the   eminent domain procedure law.
NY Educ L § 2559 (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 2559 - Power of Removal of Member of Board of Education.

§ 2559. Power  of  removal of member of board of education.  For cause   shown, and after giving notice of the charge and opportunity of defense,   the commissioner of education may  remove  any  member  of  a  board  of   education.    Wilful  disobedience  of  any  lawful  requirement  of the   commissioner of education, or a want of due diligence  in  obeying  such   requirement  or  wilful  violation  or  neglect  of  duty,  is cause for   removal.
NY Educ L § 2560 (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 2560 - Liability of Board of Education and Community School Boards in a City Having a Population of One Million or More Inhabitants.

§ 2560. Liability of board of education and community school boards in   a  city  having  a  population  of  one  million or more inhabitants. 1.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general,  special  or   local,  or  the  limitation  contained  in  the  provisions  of any city   charter, any duly appointed member of the board of education in  a  city   having  a  population  of  one  million  or  more,  the  members of each   community school board in such city, the teaching or supervising  staff,   officer,  or  employee  of  such board and of each such community school   board, member of  a  committee  on  special  education  or  subcommittee   thereof  or  authorized  participant  in the school volunteer program in   such city shall be entitled to legal representation and  indemnification   pursuant to the provisions of, and subject to the conditions, procedures   and  limitations  contained  in section fifty-k of the general municipal   law, except that any judgment or settlement  pursuant  to  this  section   shall be payable from the monies of the board of education.2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general, special   or local, or limitations contained in the provision of any city charter,   it  shall  not  be  within  the  power  of  the  board of education or a   community school  board  in  any  school  district  in  a  city  with  a   population  of  one million or more to require a volunteer participating   in any school activities to execute a waiver of responsibility in  favor   of  that  board  as  a  condition,  either  express  or implied, of such   participation. Such waiver would include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  a   release  of  any  party against whom the volunteer may have rights under   any existing provision of law for personal injuries incurred during  the   performance  of authorized volunteer duties by an authorized participant   in a school volunteer program.
NY Educ L § 2561 (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 2561 - Liability of Certain Officers and Employees of Boards of Education in a City Having a Population of One Million or More Inhabitants.

§ 2561. Liability  of  certain  officers  and  employees  of boards of   education in  a  city  having  a  population  of  one  million  or  more   inhabitants.    If,  in  order  to furnish needy children or minors with   food, shoes, clothing, and other necessities to enable  them  to  attend   school as contemplated by law and to benefit from instruction, the board   of  education of a city having a population of one million or more shall   have required, imposed or permitted, the performance of duties by any of   its officers and employees, because of  which  it  became  necessary  or   expedient  for  any  such  officer  or  employee to act for the board of   education, or to act for or in cooperation  with  any  other  agency  of   government,  federal,  state or municipal, then irrespective of the fact   that the authority to require, impose or permit the performance of  such   duties  may  not  have  been  specifically  conferred upon said board of   education by provisions of this chapter, each such  board  of  education   shall  be  liable  for  and shall assume liability to the extent that it   shall save harmless any such officers or employees for  damages  arising   out  of  the  negligence  of any such officer or employee prior to April   fifteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-seven, while actually engaged in  the   performance  of  such required or permitted duties, provided the officer   or employee at the time was acting within the scope  of  his  duties  or   employment.
NY Educ L § 2562 (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 2562 - Presentation of Claims Against a Board of Education of a City Having a Population of Four Hundred Thousand or More to Be Pleaded.

§ 2562. Presentation  of claims against a board of education of a city   having a population of four hundred thousand or more to be  pleaded.  1.   No  action  or  special  proceeding,  for  any  cause whatever, shall be   prosecuted or maintained against a board of education of a city having a   population of four hundred thousand or more, unless it shall  appear  by   and as an allegation in the complaint or necessary moving papers that at   least  thirty  days  have elapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon   which such action or special proceeding is founded were presented to the   said board of education for adjustment, and that  the  officer  or  body   having the power to adjust or pay said claim has neglected or refused to   make  an  adjustment  or  payment  thereof  for  thirty  days after such   presentment.2. The said board of education may require any person  presenting  for   settlement  an  account or claim for any cause whatever against it to be   sworn before it or a committee thereof, or before the claims auditor  or   deputy  claims  auditor,  or before any person designated by said board,   touching such account or claim, and when so sworn, to answer  orally  as   to any facts relative to the justness of such account or claim. A member   of  the  board,  the  claims  auditor, or any other person designated as   hereinbefore stated, shall have the power to administer an oath  to  any   person  who  shall  give  testimony  to  the justness of such account or   claim, and  for  the  purpose  of  securing  such  testimony  may  issue   subpoenas  for the attendance of witnesses. Wilful false swearing before   the said board of education, a committee thereof, the claims auditor  or   deputy  claims  auditor, or before any person designated as hereinbefore   stated, is perjury and punishable as such.
NY Educ L § 2563 (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 2563 - Meetings of Board of Education.

§ 2563. Meetings  of  board of education.   1. The annual meeting of a   board of education shall be held on the second Tuesday in May,  at  four   o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  at  which meeting the board shall select a   president for the ensuing year, except that the annual  meeting  of  the   board  of  education of the city school district of the city of New York   shall be held on the first Tuesday in July.2. Each of such boards shall also fix the day  and  hour  for  holding   regular  board  meetings  which  shall be at least as often as once each   month and shall also prescribe a method for calling special meetings  of   such board.
NY Educ L § 2564 (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 2564 - Local School Board Districts.

§ 2564. Local  school  board districts.   1. The board of education of   the city school district of the city of New  York,  by  resolution  duly   adopted, shall divide the city school district into such number of local   school  board  districts  as such board in its discretion may determine.   The board of education may from time to time  alter  the  boundaries  of   such  districts,  consolidate two or more districts or parts thereof, or   divide any such district or districts as it  shall  consider  necessary.   For   the   purposes   of   this   section,  a  school  decentralization   demonstration project in existence  on  April  first,  nineteen  hundred   sixty-eight shall be deemed to be a local school board district.2.  Such  board  of  education,  upon  the establishment of such local   school board districts, shall have the power to appoint, or provide  for   the  election  of,  and remove at its pleasure, a local school board for   each such local school board  district,  which  shall  consist  of  such   number of members as the board shall determine from time to time.3.  The  board  of  education, with the approval of the regents, shall   have the power to delegate to such local school boards any or all of its   functions,  powers,  obligations  and  duties  in  connection  with  the   operation  of  the  schools and programs under its jurisdiction, and may   modify or rescind any function, power, obligation and duty so delegated.4. In accordance with rules and regulations to be promulgated  by  the   board of education, each such local school board shall have the power to   employ  a local superintendent of schools upon such terms and conditions   as such local school board shall determine. Such employment shall be  by   contract  at  an  annual  rate  of  compensation not in excess of thirty   thousand dollars.
NY Educ L § 2565 (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 2565 - Superintendent of Schools, Associate Superintendents, Board of Superintendents.

§ 2565. Superintendent of schools, associate superintendents, board of   superintendents.    1. The superintendent or an associate superintendent   of schools of  a  city  in  office  on  June  eighth,  nineteen  hundred   seventeen,  shall hold his position for the term for which he was chosen   and until  his  successor  is  chosen.  A  superintendent  or  associate   superintendent  appointed  after  such date shall hold his position in a   city having a population of two hundred fifty thousand  or  more  for  a   period  not to exceed four years from the date of his appointment and in   all cities subject to the pleasure of the  board  of  education,  except   that  in all other cities the superintendent of schools may be appointed   for a term of not to exceed five  years,  provided  that  the  terms  or   provisions of any employment contract between the superintendent and the   board  of  education  relating to an increase in salary, compensation or   other benefits, shall not be based on  or  tied  to  the  terms  of  any   contract  or collective bargaining agreement that the board of education   has or will enter with the teachers or other  employees  of  the  school   district.2.    A  superintendent  or an associate superintendent may vacate his   position by filing a written resignation with the  board  of  education.   No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  position  of superintendent of   schools, deputy superintendent of schools, associate  superintendent  of   schools,  assistant superintendent of schools or other superintendent of   schools or member of a board of examiners in  a  city  unless  he  shall   possess  or be entitled to a superintendent's certificate as provided in   section three thousand three of this chapter.3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one and two of  this   section,  the  superintendent  of  schools  of the Rochester city school   district shall  serve  at  the  pleasure  of  the  board  of  education;   provided, however, that such term shall, in no event, exceed a period of   four years.
NY Educ L § 2567 (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 2567 - Protection of Rights Exercised Under Licenses Issued by a Board of Education in a City Having a Population of One Million or More.

§ 2567. Protection  of  rights  exercised  under  licenses issued by a   board of education in a city having a population of one million or more.   No person shall forfeit any right given to him under a license issued by   a board of education in a city having a population  of  one  million  or   more,  pursuant  to this chapter, because of absence while in service in   the armed forces of the United States or in the service of the  American   Red  Cross.  Any  person  may  at  any  time within six months after his   discharge from service in the armed forces of the United States  or  the   American  Red Cross make application to the license issuing authority by   affidavit setting forth that he or she has been in service in the  armed   forces  of  the United States or the American Red Cross during world war   II and has been discharged from such service and  that  he  desires  the   license  theretofore  issued  to  him or to her to be reissued as of the   date of such application, and it shall be  the  duty  of  the  licensing   authority  to reinstate such license as of the date on which application   is made.
NY Educ L § 2568 (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 2568 - Superintendent of Schools Authorized to Require Medical Examination of Certain Employees of Certain Boards of Education.

§ 2568. Superintendent   of  schools  authorized  to  require  medical   examination of certain employees of certain boards of  education.    The   superintendent  of  schools of a city having a population of one million   or more shall be empowered to require any person employed by  the  board   of  education  of  such  city  to  submit  to a medical examination by a   physician or  school  medical  inspector  of  the  board,  in  order  to   determine  the mental or physical capacity of such person to perform his   duties, whenever it has been recommended in a  report  in  writing  that   such  examination  should be made. Such report to the superintendent may   be made only by a person under whose supervision or direction the person   recommended  for  such  medical  examination  is  employed.  The  person   required  to  submit to such medical examination shall be entitled to be   accompanied by a physician or  other  person  of  his  own  choice.  The   findings  upon  such examination shall be reported to the superintendent   of schools and may be referred to and considered for the  evaluation  of   service of the person examined or for disability retirement.
NY Educ L § 2569 (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 2569 - Appointment of Teachers.

§ 2569. Appointment  of teachers.  a. In a city having a population of   one million or more inhabitants, state certification in accordance  with   the   regulations  of  the  commissioner  shall  be  a  prerequisite  to   appointment to any teaching or supervisory position.  The  commissioner,   after   consultation   with   the  chancellor,  shall  identify  in  the   regulations the state certificates which correspond to licenses utilized   by the city  school  district  of  the  city  of  New  York.  Where  the   regulations  of  the  commissioner do not identify a corresponding state   certificate,  the  minimum   education   and   experience   requirements   promulgated  by  the  chancellor  in  accordance with subdivision two of   section  twenty-five  hundred  ninety-j  of  this  chapter  shall  be  a   prerequisite to appointment to any teaching position in such license. In   addition,  placement  upon  qualifying eligible lists in accordance with   subdivision ten of section twenty-five  hundred  seventy-three  of  this   article  shall  be  conditional  upon satisfactory performance on (i) an   interview test administered by the chancellor  and  (ii)  a  performance   test where required by the chancellor.b.  For purposes of qualifying teachers for service exclusively within   a  school  district  wherein  instruction  is  given  bi-lingually,  all   interviews  and  performance tests provided for by this section shall be   given in English and Spanish or any other  appropriate  second  language   and  the  applicant  at  the  time  of  application  shall designate the   language of his choice, except that a written composition as  determined   by  the  chancellor  under  the  policies of the city board of education   shall be given in English.
NY Educ L § 2574 (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 2574 - Assistant Superintendents in a City Having a Population of One Million or More.

§ 2574. Assistant superintendents in a city having a population of one   million  or more.   The title district superintendent used in any law to   designate a district superintendent  in  the  employ  of  the  board  of   education of a city having a population of one million or more is hereby   changed  to  assistant  superintendent.    The  persons affected by this   section shall, under such  new  title,  continue  to  have  the  pension   rights,  salary  rights,  tenure  rights,  and all other rights they had   under the title district superintendent.
NY Educ L § 2575-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 2575-A - Transfer of Certain Board of Education Administrative Employees' to School Clerical Services of the Board of Education of the City of New York.

§ 2575-a. Transfer   of  certain  board  of  education  administrative   employees' to school clerical services of the board of education of  the   city  of  New York.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this law to   the contrary, any employee who has completed at least  twenty  years  of   continuous  board  of education administrative service, or other service   as a member of the board of  education  retirement  system,  and  having   accepted  appointment  to  the school clerical or pedagogical service of   the board of education of the city of New York, may continue  membership   in  the  board  of education retirement system and shall be permitted to   contribute to such system and receive credit for  services  rendered  to   the  school clerical or pedagogical service of the board of education of   the city of New York as if such service was education service.
NY Educ L § 2575-B (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 2575-B - Transfer of Attendance Teachers and Specially Certificated Attendance Officers to the New York City Teachers' Retirement System.

§ 2575-b.   Transfer of attendance teachers and specially certificated   attendance officers to the New York City  teachers'  retirement  system.   Any  attendance teacher or specially certificated attendance officer who   is a member of the board of education retirement system of the  City  of   New  York  shall  have  the  right  to  transfer  his  membership to the   teachers' retirement system of the City of New York.  In order to effect   such transfer, such member must given notice to the board  of  education   retirement  system  of  the  City  of  New  York,  on or before December   thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine, of his intention to  transfer   to  the  said teachers' retirement system.  Upon receipt of such notice,   the  board  of  education  retirement  system  shall  transfer  to  such   teachers'  retirement  system  the  reserves,  including the reserve for   increased take-home  pay,  on  such  member's  benefits  in  the  manner   provided  by  section  forty-three of the retirement and social security   law.  The former system shall also transfer to  the  latter  system  the   member's   accumulated  deductions  which  shall  become  such  member's   accumulated deductions in the latter system.  A person  so  transferring   shall  be  deemed  to  have  been a member of the system to which he has   transferred during the entire period of membership service  credited  to   him  in the system from which he has transferred.  Such transferee shall   be entitled to all the rights, privileges and benefits of the system  to   which  he  has transferred.  Upon his retirement, the mortality table in   effect in the teachers' retirement system of the City of New York on the   date when he last became a member of the board of  education  retirement   system shall apply.