NY Educ L § 806 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 17 - Instruction in Certain Subjects 806 - Courses of Instruction in Highway Safety and Traffic Regulation; School Safety Patrols.

§ 806. Courses   of   instruction   in   highway  safety  and  traffic   regulation; school safety patrols.  1. The regents of The University  of   the  State of New York shall prescribe courses of instruction in highway   safety and traffic regulation which shall include bicycle safety, to  be   maintained  and  followed in all the schools of the state. The boards of   education and trustees of the several cities and school districts of the   state shall require instruction to be given  in  such  courses,  by  the   teachers  employed  in  the  schools  therein. All pupils attending such   schools shall attend upon such instruction.Similar courses of instruction shall be prescribed and  maintained  in   private  schools  in  the  state,  and  all pupils in such schools shall   attend upon such courses. If such courses are  not  so  established  and   maintained  in  a  private  school,  attendance upon instruction in such   school shall not be deemed substantially equivalent to instruction given   to pupils of like grade in the public schools in the city or district in   which such pupils reside.2. The regents shall determine the subjects to  be  included  in  such   courses   of  instruction  in  highway  safety  and  traffic  regulation   including bicycle safety, and the period of instruction in each  of  the   grades  in  such  subjects.    They  shall  adopt  rules  providing  for   attendance upon such instruction and  for  such  other  matters  as  are   required  for  carrying  into  effect  the  teaching  of  the courses of   instruction prescribed by this section.  The commissioner  of  education   shall be responsible for the enforcement of such section and shall cause   to  be  inspected  and  supervise  the  instruction  to be given in such   subjects. The commissioner may,  in  his  discretion,  cause  all  or  a   portion  of  the  public school money to be apportioned to a district or   city to be withheld for  failure  of  the  school  authorities  of  such   district  or  city  to provide instruction in such courses and to compel   attendance upon such  instruction,  as  herein  prescribed,  and  for  a   noncompliance with the rules of the regents adopted as herein provided.3.  Any  board  of  education or school district board is empowered to   organize in the school over which it has control a school safety  patrol   and,  with  the  written  consent  of  the parents, to appoint pupils as   members thereof for the purpose of influencing and encouraging the  safe   use  of highways and highway crossings and bicycles by the pupils of the   school. Nothing herein contained shall  be  construed  to  authorize  or   permit  the use of any safety patrol member for the purpose of directing   vehicular traffic nor shall any safety patrol  member  be  stationed  in   that  portion  of the highway intended for the use of vehicular traffic.   Such patrol shall function only under the direction and control  of  the   principal or teacher in charge of such school. No liability shall attach   either  to the school district or any individual, trustee, board member,   superintendent, principal, teacher or other school authority  by  virtue   of  the organization, maintenance or operation of a school safety patrol   organized, maintained and operated under authority of this section.