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NY Educ L § 310 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7 - Commissioner of Education 310 - Appeals or Petitions to Commissioner of Education and Other Proceedings.

§ 310. Appeals  or  petitions  to  commissioner of education and other   proceedings.   Any party conceiving  himself  aggrieved  may  appeal  by   petition  to  the commissioner of education who is hereby authorized and   required to examine  and  decide  the  same;  and  the  commissioner  of   education  may  also  institute such proceedings as are authorized under   this article. The petition may be made in consequence of any action:1. By any school district meeting.2. By any district superintendent and other officers,  in  forming  or   altering,  or  refusing  to  form  or  alter, any school district, or in   refusing to apportion any school moneys to any such district or part  of   a district.3.  By  a  county treasurer or other distributing agent in refusing to   pay any such moneys to any such district.4. By the trustees of any district in paying or refusing  to  pay  any   teacher,  or  in  refusing  to  admit  any scholar gratuitously into any   school or on any other matter upon which they may or do officially act.5. By any trustees of any school library concerning such  library,  or   the books therein, or the use of such books.6.  By  any  district  meeting in relation to the library or any other   matter pertaining to the affairs of the district.6-a. By a principal, teacher, owner or other person in charge  of  any   school in denying a child admission to, or continued attendance at, such   school  for  lack  of proof of required immunizations in accordance with   section twenty-one hundred sixty-four of the public health law.7. By any other official  act  or  decision  of  any  officer,  school   authorities, or meetings concerning any other matter under this chapter,   or any other act pertaining to common schools.
NY Educ L § 311 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7 - Commissioner of Education 311 - Powers of Commissioner Upon Appeals or Petitions, Et Cetera.

§ 311. Powers  of  commissioner  upon appeals or petitions, et cetera.   The  commissioner,  in  reference  to   such   appeals,   petitions   or   proceedings, shall have power:1. To regulate the practice therein.2.  To  determine  whether  an  appeal  shall  stay  proceedings,  and   prescribe conditions upon which it shall or shall not so operate.3. To decline to entertain or to dismiss  an  appeal,  when  it  shall   appear  that  the appellant has no interest in the matter appealed from,   and that the matter is not a matter of  public  concern,  and  that  the   person  injuriously  affected  by  the  act or decision appealed from is   incompetent to appeal.4. To make all orders, by directing the levying of taxes or otherwise,   which may, in his judgment, be proper or necessary to give effect to his   decision.
NY Educ L § 312 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7 - Commissioner of Education 312 - Filed Papers and Copies Thereof.

§ 312. Filed  papers and copies thereof.  The commissioner shall file,   arrange in the order of time, and keep in his office, so that  they  may   be  at  all  times  accessible,  all  the proceedings on every appeal or   petition to him under this article, including his  decision  and  orders   founded  thereon;  and  copies  of  all  such  papers  and  proceedings,   authenticated by him under his seal of office, shall be evidence equally   with the originals.
NY Educ L § 313-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7 - Commissioner of Education 313-A - Prohibition Against the Use of Certain Material in Questionnaires and Applications for Admission to Educational Institutions.

§ 313-a. Prohibition   against   the   use   of  certain  material  in   questionnaires   and   applications   for   admission   to   educational   institutions.   No   application   for   admission  to  any  educational   institution in the  state  of  New  York  shall  contain  any  questions   requiring  the  involuntary  disclosure  of  the  marital  status of the   parents of those applying for admission.
NY Educ L § 315 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7 - Commissioner of Education 315 - School District Names.

§ 315. School  district names. Each school district, other than a city   school  district,  shall,  in   accordance   with   the   commissioner's   regulations,  adopt a simplified name as the legal name of the district.   Such name shall be submitted to the commissioner for prior approval  and   when such name shall be adopted it shall be filed with the commissioner.   The  name  of a central school district established or reorganized by an   order of the commissioner pursuant to section eighteen  hundred  one  of   this  chapter may be changed by the board of education of such district,   with the prior approval of the commissioner, upon a written  request  by   the  board  of  education  filed  with  the  commissioner not later than   fourteen days prior to the date of the establishment  or  reorganization   of   the  district  and  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  of  the   commissioner.  The  education  department  shall  issue,   on   request,   certificates  certifying  the  name of the district and the names of the   towns and counties in which the territory of the district is located, or   in the case of school districts other than city school districts,  which   are wholly or partly located within a city, the names of the city, towns   and counties in which the territory of the district is located.
NY Educ L § 317 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7 - Commissioner of Education 317 - General Education Development Exam.

§ 317. General   education  development  exam.    Notwithstanding  any   provision of law, no fee shall  be  established  for  admission  to  the   general education development exam.
NY Educ L § 340 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7-A - Standardized Testing 340 - Definitions.

§ 340. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Standardized test" or   "test"  means  any  test that is given in New York at the expense of the   test subject and designed for use and used in the process  of  selection   for  post-secondary  or professional school admissions. Such tests shall   include, but are not limited to,  the  Preliminary  Scholastic  Aptitude   Test,   Scholastic   Aptitude  Test,  ACT  Assessment,  Graduate  Record   Examination, Medical College Admission Test, Law School Admission  Test,   Dental  Admission  Testing  Program, Graduate Management Admission Test,   Miller Analogies Test and the Test for Standard  Written  English.  This   article  shall  not  apply to any state, federal, or local civil service   test, any test used solely for placement, credit-by-examination or other   nonadmission purpose or  any  test  developed  and  administered  by  an   individual  school  or  institution  solely  for its own purposes or any   test, or portion of a test, designed to evaluate manual skills or  other   physical abilities.2.  "Commissioner" means the commissioner of education of the state of   New York.3. "Test subject" means an individual to whom a test is administered.4. "Test agency" means  any  organization,  association,  corporation,   partnership,   or  individual  or  person  that  develops,  sponsors  or   administers a test.5. "Part"  means  each  portion  of  a  test  for  which  a  score  is   calculated.6. "Test form" means the test booklet or instrument used for each part   of each test.7.  "Pretest  question"  means any question or group of questions on a   test not used to calculate the reported scores of a  test  subject,  nor   used to equate scores for that test.8.  "Test  year"  means  the  twelve-month period commencing September   first during which the test agency administers a particular test.9. "Computerized test"  means  any  test  form  administered  to  test   subjects by means of a computer.
NY Educ L § 341 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7-A - Standardized Testing 341 - Background Reports.

§ 341. Background  reports.    1. Whenever any test agency prepares or   causes to have prepared research which is used in any study,  evaluation   or  statistical  report  pertaining  to a test operational after January   first, nineteen hundred eighty, such study, evaluation or  report  shall   be  filed  with  the  commissioner.  This  section  shall  apply  to any   unpublished study, evaluation or statistical report cited  in  memoranda   of   support   or  opposition  to  legislation  or  proposed  rules  and   regulations relating to standardized testing   written or  published  by   the  test  agency  or  its  employees in behalf of the test agency on or   after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-three.2. If any reports  or  other  documents  submitted  pursuant  to  this   section  contain information identifiable with any  test subject or test   user institution, such information shall be deleted prior to filing with   the commissioner.3. All reports or other documents submitted pursuant to  this  section   shall be public records.
NY Educ L § 342-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7-A - Standardized Testing 342-A - Special Administrations.

§ 342-a. Special    administrations.        1.   When   regular   test   administrations are given on days of religious observance which  prevent   attendance  by  test  subjects  at  such regular administrations special   administrations shall be offered with  the  same  frequency  as  regular   administrations  as  soon  after or before as is possible, at comparable   times, places and cost.2. Provided, however, a test agency shall not be required to  offer  a   greater  number  of special administrations than were offered during the   base year commencing August first, nineteen  hundred  seventy-eight  and   ending  July  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-nine  unless the   number of regular administrations is increased in any subsequent testing   year, in which case the provisions of subdivision one shall apply.3. No test subject shall by reason of religious belief be denied by  a   test  agency,  the  opportunity  to take a test which shall be disclosed   pursuant to subdivisions one and two of section three hundred  forty-two   of this article during any twelve month period.
NY Educ L § 344 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7-A - Standardized Testing 344 - Disclosure of Test Scores.

§ 344. Disclosure of test scores.  The score of any test subject shall   not  be  released  or  disclosed  by  the  test  agency  to  any person,   organization,  corporation,   association,   college,   university,   or   governmental agency or subdivision unless specifically authorized by the   test  subject.   A test agency may, however, release all scores received   by a test subject on a test to anyone designated by the test subject  to   receive the current score.This  section shall not be construed to prohibit release of scores and   other information in the possession of a test  agency  for  purposes  of   research leading to studies and reports concerning the tests themselves.   Such  studies  and reports must contain no information identifiable with   any individual test subject or user  institution  unless  authorized  by   that individual or institution.
NY Educ L § 344-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7-A - Standardized Testing 344-A - Pretest Questions.

§ 344-a. Pretest  questions.    The test agency shall cooperate with a   study conducted under the auspices of the National Research  Council  of   the  effects of pretesting on test subjects' performance. The results of   such study shall be made available to the chair of the higher  education   committee  in the senate and the chair of the higher education committee   in the assembly.
NY Educ L § 344-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7-A - Standardized Testing 344-C - Additional Test Subject Rights.

§ 344-c. Additional  test  subject  rights.    A test subject who must   retake a test because of an error by the test agency, may not be charged   for taking the retest.
NY Educ L § 345 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7-A - Standardized Testing 345 - Regulations.

§ 345. Regulations.   The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to   implement the provisions of this article.
NY Educ L § 346 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7-A - Standardized Testing 346 - Test Subject Review of Computerized Test.

§ 346. Test subject review of computerized test. Beginning in the test   year  two thousand, a test agency which administered a computerized test   in test year nineteen hundred ninety-four shall offer test subjects  who   take  a  computerized  test a process whereby test subjects are afforded   the opportunity to review questions and answers from their  computerized   tests. On or before July first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, such test   agency   shall  submit  to  the  commissioner  a  report  detailing  the   implementation of such process. Such report shall  set  forth  in  clear   language  the nature of such opportunity, which shall also be sufficient   to meet the demands of such process. The commissioner shall  review  and   comment  upon the report no later than September first, nineteen hundred   ninety-eight.
NY Educ L § 347 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7-A - Standardized Testing 347 - Violations.

§ 347. Violations.  Any test agency which violates any section of this   article shall be liable for  a  civil  penalty  of  not  more  than  one   thousand dollars for each violation.
NY Educ L § 348 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 7-A - Standardized Testing 348 - Severability.

§ 348. Severability.    If  any  provision  of  this  article shall be   declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions shall  remain   in effect notwithstanding.
NY Educ L § 351 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8 - State University and State Financial Assistance for Higher Education 351 - State University Mission.

§ 351. State  university  mission. The mission of the state university   system shall be to  provide  to  the  people  of  New  York  educational   services  of  the  highest  quality,  with the broadest possible access,   fully representative of all segments of the  population  in  a  complete   range  of  academic,  professional and vocational postsecondary programs   including such additional activities in pursuit of these  objectives  as   are  necessary  or  customary.  These  services  and activities shall be   offered through a geographically  distributed  comprehensive  system  of   diverse campuses which shall have differentiated and designated missions   designed to provide a comprehensive program of higher education, to meet   the  needs  of  both  traditional  and  non-traditional  students and to   address local, regional and state needs and goals.  In  fulfilling  this   mission,  the  state  university  shall  exercise  care  to  develop and   maintain a balance of its human and physical resources that:a.  recognizes  the  fundamental  role  of  its  responsibilities   in   undergraduate  education  and  provides  a  full  range  of graduate and   professional education that  reflects  the  opportunity  for  individual   choice and the needs of society;b.   establishes   tuition   which   most   effectively  promotes  the   university's access goals;c. encourages and facilitates  basic  and  applied  research  for  the   purpose  of  the  creation  and  dissemination  of  knowledge  vital for   continued human, scientific, technological and economic advancement;d. strengthens its educational and research  programs  in  the  health   sciences through the provision of high quality general comprehensive and   specialty  health  care,  broadly  accessible at reasonable cost, in its   hospitals, clinics and related programs and through networks  and  joint   and  cooperative  relationships  with  other  health  care providers and   institutions, including those on a regional basis;e. shares the expertise of the state  university  with  the  business,   agricultural,  governmental,  labor  and  nonprofit sectors of the state   through a program of public service for the  purpose  of  enhancing  the   well-being  of the people of the state of New York and in protecting our   environmental and marine resources;e-1. encourage, support and participate through facility planning  and   projects, personnel policies and programs with local governments, school   districts,  businesses  and  civic sectors of host communities regarding   the health of local economies and quality of life;f.   promotes   appropriate   program   articulation    between    its   state-operated  institutions  and  its  community  colleges  as  well as   encourages regional networks and cooperative  relationships  with  other   educational   and  cultural  institutions  for  the  purpose  of  better   fulfilling its mission of education, research and service.
NY Educ L § 352 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8 - State University and State Financial Assistance for Higher Education 352 - State University of New York Established.

§ 352. State  university  of  New York established. 1. There is hereby   created in the state education department and within the  university  of   the  state  of  New  York  as  established  under the board of regents a   corporation to be known as the state university of New York which  shall   be  responsible  for  the  planning,  supervision  and administration of   facilities and programs in accordance with  the  plan  proposed  by  the   state university trustees as approved by the regents pursuant to section   two  hundred  thirty-seven  of  this chapter. The state university shall   provide for higher education supported in whole or in  part  with  state   moneys  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section three hundred   fifty-eight hereof, and shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be   entrusted  to  it  by  the provisions of this article and any other law.   Subject to the terms of any agreement to  which  it  is  a  party,  such   corporation  shall have the care, custody, control and management of the   lands,  grounds,  buildings,  facilities  and  equipment  used  for  the   purposes of the state-operated institutions of the state university, and   it shall have power to protect, preserve and improve the same.2. Whenever such corporation acquires, absorbs, merges or consolidates   with or becomes the successor to any higher educational institution, all   the  right, title and interest in real property held by such predecessor   institution shall vest in and be held and enjoyed by the people  of  the   state  of  New  York and state university of New York shall thereupon be   deemed to be vested with and become the successor to  all  right,  title   and  interest  in  any  personal  property,  or  any beneficial interest   therein, or any other rights and powers possessed by  such  institution,   whether  derived  by  gift,  grant,  devise  or  bequest,  in  trust  or   otherwise.3. The state university shall consist of the four  university  centers   at  Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo and Stony Brook, the designated colleges   of arts and sciences at Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo,   New Paltz, Old  Westbury,  Oneonta,  Oswego,  Plattsburgh,  Potsdam  and   Purchase,  empire state college, the agricultural and technical colleges   at Alfred,  Canton,  Cobleskill,  Delhi,  Farmingdale  and  Morrisville,   downstate  medical  center,  upstate  medical  center,  the  college  of   optometry, the college of environmental science and  forestry,  maritime   college,  the  college  of  technology  at  Utica/Rome, the statutory or   contract colleges at Cornell university and Alfred university, and  such   additional universities, colleges and other institutions, facilities and   research centers as have been or hereafter may be acquired, established,   operated  or  contracted  to  be  operated  for  the  state by the state   university trustees.
NY Educ L § 355-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8 - State University and State Financial Assistance for Higher Education 355-C - College Opportunity to Prepare for Employment.

§ 355-c. College  opportunity to prepare for employment.  1. The state   university is authorized to enter into an agreement with the  department   of  social  services for the establishment of the college opportunity to   prepare for employment (COPE) program for the development of  a  program   of  allowable  activities  and services for eligible participants in the   federal job opportunity and basic skills (JOBS) program.2. The state  university  shall  identify  such  funds  as  necessary,   including  any  private  funds  provided  for  the purpose of supporting   employment and training  services,  to  be  used  on  a  matching  basis   consistent with federal requirements.3.  Services  may  include,  but  are  not  limited  to,  high  school   equivalency, basic education, job skills  training,  English-as-a-second   language,   job   readiness   training,  job  placement  services,  case   management, career counseling and  assessment,  employability  planning,   supportive  services  such  as  child  care,  and  a youth demonstration   activity providing an integrated program  of  high  school  equivalency,   occupational training, work experience, and job placement.4.  The  state university shall submit an annual evaluation and report   on the college opportunity to prepare  for  employment  program  to  the   governor,  the  speaker  of the assembly, the temporary president of the   senate, the chairman   of the assembly ways  and  means  committee,  the   chairman  of  the  senate  finance  committee,  and  the  chair  of  the   legislative commission on skills development  and  career  education  no   later  than  October thirty-first following the program year ending June   thirtieth. The evaluation and report shall  include,  at  a  minimum,  a   description  of  services provided, participant characteristics, data on   measures of educational  and  job  skills  gains,  job  development  and   placement, and retention.