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NY Educ L § 409-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 409-J - Emergency Alert Notification System in Public Schools; Cities With a Population of One Million or More.

§ 409-j. Emergency alert notification system in public schools; cities   with  a  population  of one million or more. On or before January first,   two thousand ten, a city school  district  located  in  a  city  of  one   million  or  more  inhabitants  shall, pursuant to rules and regulations   promulgated  by  the  chancellor  of  such  city  school  district   and   consistent  with  section  twenty-eight  hundred  one-a of this chapter,   implement an  emergency  alert  notification  system  to  convey  timely   information concerning emergency incidents or occurrences, as defined by   such chancellor, that pose an imminent threat to the health or safety of   a  substantial  number  of  students,  faculty and staff at a particular   educational facility  or  program.  Such  emergency  alert  notification   system  shall  employ  a  variety of communication methods including the   automated delivery of text messages, phone calls and/or electronic  mail   and  shall  notify  and  advise parents or persons in parental relation,   faculty, staff, and elected representatives, who  volunteer  to  receive   emergency alert notifications.
NY Educ L § 409-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 409-K - Pesticide Alternatives.

§  409-k.  Pesticide alternatives. 1. For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:  (a) "School" shall mean any  public  school  district  or  private  or parochial school or board of cooperative educational services.  (b)   "Pesticide"  shall  have  the  same  meaning  as  set  forth  in subdivision  thirty-five  of  section  33-0101  of   the   environmental conservation law, provided however that it shall not include:  (i)  the  application  of anti-microbial pesticides and anti-microbial products as defined by FIFRA in 7 U.S.C. Section 136 (mm) and 136 q  (h) (2);  (ii)  the  use  of  an  aerosol  product  with  a  directed  spray, in containers of eighteen fluid  ounces  or  less,  when  used  to  protect individuals  from  an  imminent threat from stinging and biting insects, including venomous spiders, bees, wasps and hornets;  (iii) the use of non-volatile  insect  or  rodent  bait  in  a  tamper resistant container;  (iv)  the  application  of a pesticide classified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as an exempt material under 40 CFR  Part 152.25;  (v) the use of boric acid and disodium octaborate tetrahydrate; or  (vi)  the  use  of  horticultural  soap  and  oils that do not contain synthetic pesticides or synergists.   2. No school shall apply pesticide to any playgrounds, turf,  athletic or  playing  fields, except that an emergency application of a pesticide may be made as determined by the  county  health  department  or  for  a county  not  having  a  health  department  such authority as the county legislature shall designate, the commissioner of health or  his  or  her designee,  the  commissioner of environmental conservation or his or her designee, or, in the case of a public school, the school board.
NY Educ L § 409-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 409-L - Posting Child Abuse Hotline Telephone Number.

§ 409-l. Posting child abuse hotline telephone number. 1. Every public   school  including  charter  schools shall post in English and in Spanish   the toll-free telephone number operated by the office  of  children  and   family services to receive reports of child abuse or neglect established   under  section  four  hundred  twenty-two of the social services law and   directions for accessing the office  of  children  and  family  services   website.2.  The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations relating to the   posting required by subdivision one of this section.
NY Educ L § 409-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 409-M - Gender Neutral Single-Occupancy Bathroom Facilities.

§  409-m.  Gender  neutral  single-occupancy  bathroom facilities. The   board of education or trustees of every school district or, in the  case   of the city school district of New York, the chancellor, and every board   of cooperative educational services, charter school and nonpublic school   within  the  state  shall develop policies and procedures requiring that   all  single-occupancy  bathroom  facilities  are  designated  as  gender   neutral  for use by no more than one occupant at a time or for family or   assisted use. Such gender neutral bathroom facilities shall  be  clearly   designated  by  the  posting  of  such on or near the entry door of each   facility. For purposes  of  this  section,  "single-occupancy  bathroom"   shall  have  the  same  meaning  as  paragraph (d) of subdivision one of   section one hundred forty-five of the public buildings law.
NY Educ L § 410 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 410 - Officials Not to Be Interested in Sales, Leases or Contracts.

§ 410. Officials  not  to be interested in sales, leases or contracts.   A public officer or school officer, who is authorized to sell  or  lease   any  property,  or  to make any contract in his official capacity, or to   take part in making any such sale, lease or  contract,  who  voluntarily   becomes  interested  individually  in  such  sale,  lease  or  contract,   directly or indirectly, except  in  cases  where  such  sale,  lease  or   contract,  or payment under the same, is subject to audit or approval by   the commissioner  of  education,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor.    The   provisions  of  this  section  shall not apply to municipal officers and   employees subject to article eighteen of the general municipal law.
NY Educ L § 412 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 412 - Condemnation of Schoolhouse and Erection of New Schoolhouse in Place Thereof.

§  412. Condemnation of schoolhouse and erection of new schoolhouse in   place thereof. 1. A district superintendent, upon the direction  of  the   commissioner,  may make an order condemning a school house, if he or she   finds upon examination that such schoolhouse is wholly unfit for use and   not worth repairing. He or she shall deliver such order to a trustee  of   the  district and transmit a copy thereof to the commissioner. He or she   shall also state in such order the date on which it  shall  take  effect   and  the  sum  which  in his or her opinion will be necessary to erect a   school building available to the needs of the district.2. Immediately upon the receipt of said order, the  trustees  of  such   district shall call a special meeting of the voters of said district, to   consider  the  question  of  building  a new schoolhouse therein.   Such   meeting shall have power to determine the size of said schoolhouse,  the   material  to  be  used  in  its erection, and to vote a tax to build the   same. But such meeting shall have no power to reduce the  estimate  made   by  the  district  superintendent aforesaid by more than twenty-five per   centum of such estimate.3. And where no tax for building  such  schoolhouse  shall  have  been   voted  by  such district within thirty days from the time of holding the   first meeting to consider the question, it shall  be  the  duty  of  the   trustees  of such district to contract for the building of a schoolhouse   capable of accommodating the children of the district, and to levy a tax   to pay for the same, which tax shall not exceed  the  sum  estimated  as   necessary  by the district superintendent aforesaid, and which shall not   be less than such estimated sum by  more  than  twenty-five  per  centum   thereof.  But  such  estimated  sum  may  be increased at any subsequent   school meeting legally held in the district.
NY Educ L § 413 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 413 - Use of School Buildings for Examinations.

§ 413. Use  of school buildings for examinations.  The use of a school   building shall be granted for any examination.  No charge shall be  made   therefor,  provided  always that due and proper care shall be maintained   and the school building be left in such condition as found  in  relation   to cleanliness and neatness.
NY Educ L § 415 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 415 - No Schoolhouse Shall Be Built on Town Line.

§ 415. No  schoolhouse  shall  be  built on town line.  No schoolhouse   shall be built so as to stand on the division  line  of  any  two  towns   unless the commissioner of education approves such location.
NY Educ L § 417 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 417 - Allocation of Moneys by Regents for Extraordinary Relief to School Districts.

§ 417. Allocation  of  moneys  by  regents for extraordinary relief to   school districts.   The regents may allocate moneys,  out  of  any  sums   appropriated  for such purpose, to school districts of the state for the   repair, reconstruction or replacement of  buildings  or  equipment  from   time  to  time  damaged  or  destroyed  by  an act of God, against which   insurance could not reasonably have been provided, where in the light of   all the facts the regents are satisfied that such aid  is  necessary  to   prevent an unreasonable burden on the taxpayers within such districts.
NY Educ L § 418 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 418 - Purchase and Display of Flag.

§ 418. Purchase  and  display  of  flag.   It shall be the duty of the   school authorities of every public school  in  the  several  cities  and   school  districts  of  the  state  to  purchase  a  United  States flag,   flag-staff and the necessary appliances therefor, and  to  display  such   flag upon or near the public school building during school hours, and at   such other times as such school authorities may direct.
NY Educ L § 419 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 419 - Display of Flags in Assembly Rooms.

§ 419. Display  of  flags  in assembly rooms.  It shall be the duty of   the school authority of every public school in the  several  cities  and   school  districts of the state to purchase a sufficient number of United   States flags and the  necessary  holders  and  appliances  therefor  for   display  in  each  assembly  room  of such school.   The commissioner of   education shall prescribe the size and material of such  flags  and  the   manner  and place of their display.  It shall be the duty of the teacher   or other person in charge of each such assembly room to cause  the  flag   assigned for use in such room to be displayed at all times in the manner   prescribed.    Wilful  failure  to  comply  with  the provisions of this   section shall be a misdemeanor.
NY Educ L § 419-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 419-A - Display of Flags in Classrooms.

§  419-a.  Display  of  flags  in  classrooms.  The commissioner shall   encourage public school authorities in the  several  cities  and  school   districts  of  the state to display United States flags in the classroom   of each school, and shall be authorized to  accept  donations  of  flags   from  individuals or civic organizations for distribution in such cities   and school districts.
NY Educ L § 420 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites 420 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 420. Rules  and  regulations.    The  said  school authorities shall   establish rules and regulations for the proper custody, care and display   of the flag, and when the weather will not permit  it  to  be  otherwise   displayed, it shall be placed conspicuously in the principal room in the   schoolhouse.
NY Educ L § 450 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund 450 - Short Title.

§ 450. Short  title.    This article may be cited as the New York City   Educational Construction Fund Act.
NY Educ L § 455 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund 455 - Relationship With the Board of Education and the City of New York.

§ 455. Relationship  with  the  board of education and the city of New   York.  In order most effectively to carry out  its  corporate  purposes,   the  fund shall cooperate with the director of management and budget and   the board of education of the city of New York in  matters  relating  to   land   acquisition   and  capital  planning  for  school  buildings  and   facilities.    During  the  course  of   construction,   reconstruction,   rehabilitation and improvement of combined occupancy structures the fund   shall  consult  with  personnel  of such board as the work progresses in   matters  relating  to  space  requirements,  site  plans,  architectural   concept,  and  substantial  changes  in  the  plans  and  specifications   therefor,  and  in  matters  relating  to  the   original   furnishings,   equipment,  machinery  and  apparatus  needed  to  furnish and equip the   school portion of such buildings and structures, upon the completion  of   work.  The board, on its part, shall perform such functions and services   for  the  fund  as may be requested and the fund shall pay to the board,   from any monies of the fund available for such purpose,  the  reasonable   cost of such functions and services.
NY Educ L § 457 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund 457 - Plans and Specifications.

§ 457. Plans  and  specifications.    1.  (a)  No  combined  occupancy structure shall be acquired,  leased,  erected,  repaired,  enlarged  or remodeled  by  the  fund until the detailed plans and specifications and cost estimates for the school portion thereof have been submitted to the board of education and its approval has been endorsed thereon.  (b)  The  board  of  education  shall  also  review  and  approve  the architectural   concept,   including   an   outline  of  the  plans  and specifications therefor, of  the  non-school  portion  of  any  combined occupancy  structure  to  be erected, repaired, enlarged or remodeled in accordance with the provisions of any lease or other  agreement  between the fund and any developer.   2.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law applicable to the city school district of the city of New York or the board of education of the city of New York, such district and such board shall only be required to submit an outline  of  the  plans  and  specifications  for  a  combined occupancy  structure,  and  for  the  school  portion  thereof,  to  the commissioner of education for his information.   3. Every contract, lease or other agreement executed by or  on  behalf of  the  fund  which  makes provision for the construction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of the school  portion  of any  combined  occupancy  structure  shall  include a provision that the architect who  designed  the  facility,  or  an  architect  or  engineer retained  specifically  for  the purpose of supervision, shall supervise the work to be performed through to completion and shall see to it  that the  materials  furnished  are  in  accordance with the drawings, plans, specifications and contractual provisions therefor.
NY Educ L § 463 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund 463 - Agreement With the State.

§ 463. Agreement  with the state.  The state does hereby pledge to and   agree with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this  article,   that  the  state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the   fund to fulfill the terms  of  any  agreements  made  with  the  holders   thereof,  or  in  any way impair the rights and remedies of such holders   until such notes or bonds, together  with  the  interest  thereon,  with   interest  on  any  unpaid  installments  of  interest, and all costs and   expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf  of   such  holders,  are fully met and discharged.  The fund is authorized to   include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the   holders of such notes or bonds.
NY Educ L § 464 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund 464 - State and City's Right to Require Redemption of Bonds.

§ 464. State   and  city's  right  to  require  redemption  of  bonds.   Notwithstanding and in addition to any provisions for the redemption  of   bonds  which  may  be  contained in any contract with the holders of the   bonds, either the state or the city of New  York  may,  upon  furnishing   sufficient  funds  therefor,  require  the  fund  to  redeem,  prior  to   maturity, as a whole, any issue of bonds on any  interest  payment  date   not  less than twenty years after the date of the bonds of such issue at   one hundred five per centum of their face value and accrued interest  or   at  such  lower redemption price as may be provided in the bonds in case   of the redemption thereof as a whole on the redemption date.  Notice  of   such  redemption shall be published in at least two newspapers published   and circulating in the city of  New  York  at  least  twice,  the  first   publication to be at least thirty days before the date of redemption.
NY Educ L § 465 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund 465 - Remedies of Noteholders and Bondholders.

§ 465. Remedies  of noteholders and bondholders.  1. In the event that the fund shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of notes or bonds after the same  shall  become  due,  whether  at maturity  or  upon  call for redemption, and such default shall continue for a period of thirty days, or in the event that the fund shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this article, or  shall  default in  any  agreement made with the holders of any issue of notes or bonds, the holders of twenty-five per centum in aggregate principal  amount  of the  notes  or  bonds  of  such issue then outstanding, by instrument or instruments filed in the office of the city clerk of  the  city  of  New York  and  approved  or  acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of  such  notes or bonds for the purposes herein provided.   2.  Such  trustee  may,  and  upon  written  request of the holders of twenty-five per centum in principal amount of such notes or  bonds  then outstanding shall, in his or its own name:  (a)  by  suit,  action  or  proceeding  in  accordance  with the civil practice law and  rules,  enforce  all  rights  of  the  noteholders  or bondholders  and  require  the  fund  to  carry out agreements with such noteholders or bondholders and to perform its duties under this article;  (b) bring suit upon such notes or bonds;  (c) by action or suit, require the fund to account as if it  were  the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such notes or bonds;  (d) by action or suit, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of such notes or bonds;  (e)  declare  all  such  notes  or  bonds  due and payable, and if all defaults shall be made good, then, with the consent of  the  holders  of twenty-five  per  centum  of the principal amount of such notes or bonds then outstanding, annul such declaration and its consequences.   3. Such trustee shall in addition to the foregoing  have  and  possess all  of  the  powers  necessary  or  appropriate for the exercise of any functions specifically set forth  herein  or  incident  to  the  general representation  of  bondholders  or  noteholders  in the enforcement and protection of their rights.   4. The supreme court shall have jurisdiction of any  suit,  action  or proceeding  by the trustee on behalf of such noteholders or bondholders. The venue of any such suit, action or proceeding shall be  laid  in  the county of New York.   5.  Before  declaring the principal of notes or bonds due and payable, the trustee shall first give thirty days' notice in writing to the mayor of the city of New York, to the fund, to the board of education  of  the city of New York and to the attorney general of the state.
NY Educ L § 466 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund 466 - Notes and Bonds as Legal Investments.

§ 466. Notes  and  bonds as legal investments.  The notes and bonds of   the fund are hereby made securities in which  all  public  officers  and   bodies  of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions,   all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying  on   an  insurance  business,  all  banks,  bankers, trust companies, savings   banks and savings associations, including savings and loan associations,   building and loan associations, investment companies and  other  persons   carrying   on   a   banking  business,  all  administrators,  guardians,   executors,  trustees  and  other  fiduciaries,  and  all  other  persons   whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds   or  other  obligations  of  the  state,  may properly and legally invest   funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them.
NY Educ L § 467 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund 467 - Actions by and Against Fund.

§ 467. Actions  by  and against fund. 1. The state supreme court shall   have exclusive jurisdiction of any action, suit  or  special  proceeding   brought  by  or  against or involving the fund. The venue of any action,   suit or special proceeding brought against the fund shall be laid in the   city and county of New York.2. In every action against the fund for damages, for injuries to  real   or  personal  property,  or for the destruction thereof, or for personal   injuries or death, the complaint shall contain  an  allegation  that  at   least  thirty  days  have elapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon   which such action is founded were presented to a trustee or  officer  of   the  fund  and  that  the  fund  has  neglected  or  refused  to make an   adjustment or payment thereof for thirty days after such presentment.3. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against the  fund   for  damages  for  injuries  to  real  or  personal property, or for the   destruction thereof, or for personal  injuries,  alleged  to  have  been   sustained,  shall  not  be  commenced more than one year and ninety days   after the cause of action therefor shall  have  accrued,  nor  unless  a   notice of claim shall have been served on the fund within the time limit   established  by,  and  in  compliance  with  all requirements of section   fifty-e of the general municipal law. An action  against  the  fund  for   wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim   and  time  limitation  provisions of title eleven of article nine of the   public authorities law.