NY Educ L § 213 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 213 - Extension of Educational Facilities.

§ 213.   Extension  of  educational  facilities.    1. The regents may   extend to the people at large increased  educational  opportunities  and   facilities,  stimulate  interest  therein,  recommend methods, designate   suitable  teachers  and  lecturers,  conduct  examinations   and   grant   credentials, and otherwise organize, aid and conduct such work.  And the   regents, and with their approval the commissioner of education, may buy,   sell, exchange and receive by will, or other gift, or on deposit, books,   pictures,  statuary or other sculptured work, lantern slides, apparatus,   maps, globes, films, sound films,  kinescopes,  photographic  recordings   and  any article or collections pertaining to or useful in and to any of   the departments, divisions, schools, institutions, associations or other   agencies,  or  work,   under   their   supervision,   or   control,   or   encouragement,  and  may  lend  or  deposit  any  such articles in their   custody or control,  when  or  where  in  their  judgement  compensating   educational usefulness will result therefrom; and may also, from time to   time,  enter  into  contracts  desirable  for  carrying  into effect the   foregoing provisions.2.  In carrying out the provisions of subdivision one of this section,   the regents may:   a.   Contract with institutions  in  the  university,   school  districts,  boards  of cooperative educational services or other   non-profit  educational  agencies  for   the   acquisition   from   such   institutions,  school  districts,  boards  or  agencies  of sound films,   kinescopes, audio recordings and  video  recordings,  scripts,  research   reports  or related educational television materials, for the use of the   department, or for the production of educational television programs:b.   Lease, to school districts,  boards  of  cooperative  educational   services  or  television  corporations  created  pursuant to section two   hundred thirty-six of this chapter, educational  television  facilities,   including transmitters, micro-wave relay facilities, production centers,   closed-circuit systems and any equipment necessary therefor, constructed   or  acquired,  and  owned by the state, leased by the state, or contract   with such districts,  boards  of  cooperative  educational  services  or   corporations for the operation of such facilities:c.  Lease and operate a television station in the city of New York.3.   For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of subdivision two   of  this  section,  the  regents  may  make  rules  or   authorize   the   commissioner  to  make  regulations providing standards for research and   experimentation, operation and programming of educational television  by   the  state  and  the school districts, boards of cooperative educational   services, institutions, corporations and agencies, respectively.4.  In carrying out the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this   section and in order to encourage and stimulate the further  development   and  use  of educational television in the state of New York and for the   purposes of providing educational services and facilities for pupils  in   the  public  schools  of  the state of New York, the board of regents is   hereby authorized to make additional apportionments to school  districts   or  boards  of  cooperative  educational services in accordance with the   provisions of this subdivision to encourage and assist such districts or   boards to install and operate a broadcast or  closed-circuit  television   system,  or  television  receiving  equipment  for  the  improvement  of   classroom instruction.a.  Any school district or board of cooperative  educational  services   planning to establish such a program shall submit to the commissioner of   education on or before the first day of May of the school year preceding   the  school  year  during  which  the  program  is  to  be  conducted an   application, together with  such  information  as  the  commissioner  of   education  shall  require,  including  at  least a complete statement of   purposes of  the  program,  the  detailed  procedures  of  operation,  a    detailed estimate of the cost of such program and a complete description   of  the  installation  and  equipment  to  be installed and the detailed   procedures of evaluations to be used in determining the  improvement  of   classroom instruction.b.    The  commissioner  of  education  shall establish procedures for   evaluations of such programs.  One such program for each school district   or board of cooperative educational services  may  be  approved  by  the   commissioner   of   education,  and  any  program  so  approved  by  the   commissioner of education shall be placed on a list in  accordance  with   the  educational merit and value of the program, and the date of receipt   of the application, where several programs are evaluated as having equal   merit and value.c.  Apportionment shall then be made in accordance  with  the  formula   contained  in  paragraph  d  of  this  subdivision, in the order of such   programs on the list established in accordance with paragraph b of  this   subdivision within the amount of the appropriation therefor.d.    Any  district  or  board which proposes to install and operate a   broadcast or closed-circuit television system  or  television  receiving   equipment  for  the  improvement of classroom instruction, in accordance   with a program approved as provided  in  this  subdivision  and  to  the   extent  that  funds are available pursuant to this subdivision, shall be   entitled to an apportionment during the five-year period  following  the   approval of the program as follows:Fifty  per  cent  of the approved cost relative to the acquisition and   installation of the equipment, and during the first year fifty per  cent   of  the  approved  operational  expenses in connection with the approved   operation of the program; during the second year forty per cent  of  the   approved  operational expenses in connection with the approved operation   of the program; during the third year thirty per cent  of  the  approved   operational  expenses  in  connection with the approved operation of the   program; during  the  fourth  year  twenty  per  cent  of  the  approved   operational  expenses  in  connection with the approved operation of the   program; and during  the  fifth  year  ten  per  cent  of  the  approved   operational  expenses  in  connection with the approved operation of the   program.5.  A school district or a board of cooperative  educational  services   is  hereby  authorized  and empowered to do and perform any and all acts   necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the provisions of this   section.6.  The regents are authorized to make grants of money, materials  and   equipment  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  the  erection  and  use  of   educational television facilities by educational television corporations   established pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred thirty-six   of this chapter.  Such grants may be made upon such terms and conditions   as the regents may prescribe.