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2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 90 - Gifted Education › 4451 - Powers of the Department With Respect to Gifted Pupils.

§ 4451. Powers  of  the  department  with  respect  to  gifted pupils.
  Subject to the availability of funds, the state education department  is
  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  assist  districts in meeting the
  educational needs of gifted pupils through the following:
1. provide information to school districts concerning  development  of
  programs,  curriculum resources, instructional procedures and strategies
  to identify and encourage gifted pupils;
2. provide technical assistance and inservice education  for  teachers
  and administrators;
3.  maintain  a  record  of  programs  available, and make this record
  available for public inspection;
4. develop, maintain, and distribute a handbook for parents of  gifted
  pupils.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 90 - Gifted Education › 4453 - Advisory Council on the Education of Gifted Pupils.

§ 4453. Advisory  council  on  the  education  of  gifted pupils.   1.
  Subject to the availability of funds,  the  commissioner  may  establish
  within  the  department  an  advisory council on the education of gifted
  pupils.  Such council shall assist and advise the commissioner  and  his
  designees  with  respect  to  policies  and  procedures  relating to the
  education of gifted pupils and programs associated therewith.
2. Such advisory council appointed by the commissioner  shall  consist
  of  at  least ten members, who are directly concerned with gifted pupils
  or who have specialized in  the  education  of  such  pupils,  provided,
  however, that such advisory council shall include at least one parent of
  such  a pupil. The members shall be residents of this state and shall be
  selected on the basis of their  competence,  concern,  and  professional
  activity in the education of gifted pupils.
3.  The  advisory  council  shall  meet  at least twice each year at a
  location to be determined by the commissioner.    The  advisory  council
  shall report at least annually to the commissioner.
4.  Five years or sooner after the effective date of this section, the
  commissioner shall review the necessity of such  advisory  council,  and
  shall make a determination whether to continue or disband such council.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 91 - School Camps › 4501 - Establishment of Camps by School Districts and Appropriations Authorized.

§ 4501. Establishment  of camps by school districts and appropriations
  authorized.    1.  A  school  district,  acting  through  its  board  of
  education,  is hereby authorized to establish camps on lands acquired by
  such school district by purchase, gift, grant, devise, rent or lease  or
  on  lands  the  use  of which has otherwise been acquired by such school
  district for camp purposes. Also,  two  or  more  school  districts  may
  jointly acquire lands for camp purposes in the same manner and establish
  and operate such school camps thereon as joint projects within the limit
  of  funds  provided  therefor  by the respective school districts and in
  accordance with regulations approved by the commissioner  of  education.
  Such  camps  shall  be  used  to  furnish  education, physical training,
  recreation and maintenance for all children of school  age,  whether  in
  attendance  at  a  public  or  non-public school, and shall be under the
  jurisdiction of the board of education of  such  school  district.  Such
  board  may,  however,  fix  a  reasonable  fee to cover cost of food and
  instructional  materials.  Such  board  shall  provide  opportunity  for
  children  to receive instruction in such subjects as such board may deem
  proper. Such board shall prescribe the activities to be carried  on  and
  shall  set  up rules and regulations for admission to such camps and the
  conduct and discipline thereof. No child, whether  in  attendance  at  a
  public or non-public school, shall be denied admission to such a camp or
  physical training, recreation and maintenance at such a camp, because of
  inability  to  pay  any  required  costs  or fees; but no child shall be
  entitled  to  free  education,   physical   training,   recreation   and
  maintenance  in any such camp for a period in excess of two weeks during
  any one year, unless the board of education prescribe  and  direct  that
  physically  handicapped  or  other  children  be maintained for a longer
  period. The board of education of such  school  district  shall  make  a
  report  at  the  annual  meeting  of  such  school  district, of matters
  relating to carrying out the provisions of this section.
2. Any such school district is hereby authorized to appropriate in the
  manner prescribed by law relating to such school district such  sums  as
  may  be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
  section. Money shall be paid out of the treasury of such school district
  in the manner provided by law.
3. The provisions of this section shall not  apply  to  the  board  of
  education of the city of New York.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 91 - School Camps › 4502 - Establishment of Camps by City School Districts and Appropriations Authorized.

§ 4502. Establishment   of   camps   by   city  school  districts  and
  appropriations authorized.  1. A city school  district,  acting  through
  its  board of education, is hereby authorized to establish camps on land
  provided therefor in parks adjacent to such city school  district  under
  the jurisdiction and control of the state office of parks and recreation
  or  department  of  environmental conservation, or elsewhere. Such camps
  shall be used to furnish  instruction,  recreation  and  maintenance  to
  children of school age. The board of education shall provide opportunity
  for  children  to  receive  instruction  in such subjects as it may deem
  proper. Such board shall prescribe the activities to be carried  on  and
  shall  set  up rules and regulations for admission to such camps and the
  conduct and discipline thereof. Such camps  shall  be  operated  between
  July  first and August thirty-first of each year and at such other times
  as such board of education may prescribe. No child shall be entitled  to
  free instruction and maintenance in any such camp for a period in excess
  of  two  weeks  during  any  one  year,  unless  the  board of education
  prescribe and direct that physically handicapped or  other  children  be
  maintained for a longer period.
2.  The  board  of education of a city school district may establish a
  camp for children to be located in state parks  on  Long  Island,  which
  have  been  or  shall  be  selected  by  the  state  office of parks and
  recreation on account of accessibility and availability, as a model camp
  for the establishment of future camps.
3. The board  of  education  of  a  city  school  district  is  hereby
  authorized  to appropriate such sums as may be necessary for the purpose
  of carrying out the provisions of this article.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 93 - Career, Practical Arts, Continuing Adult Education and Vocational and Educational Guidance › 4601 - Advisory Councils.

§ 4601. Advisory  councils.   1. The board of education of each school
  district  and  of  each  board  of  cooperative   educational   services
  maintaining  an  approved  career  education  program  shall  appoint an
  advisory council  for  career  education  consisting  of  at  least  ten
  members.  The membership shall include, but not be limited to, persons:
a.  Familiar  with the vocational needs and problems of management and
  labor in the region.
b. Familiar with programs of career education at the postsecondary and
  adult levels.
c. Familiar with the manpower needs and requirements of the region  to
  be served.
d.  Familiar  with the special educational needs of the physically and
  mentally handicapped.
e. Representative of community interests, including  persons  familiar
  with the special needs of the population to be served.
f. A student who is participating in a career education program at the
  school  district  or  board of cooperative educational services district
  being served by the advisory council.
2. It shall be the duty of such advisory council for career  education
  to  advise  the  board of education or board of cooperative education on
  the development of and policy matters arising in the  administration  of
  career  education,  including  the  preparation of long-range and annual
  program plans submitted to the commissioner  of  education,  and  assist
  with  an  annual  evaluation  of career education programs, services and
  activities provided by the  school  district  or  board  of  cooperative
  education.
3.  Advisory councils may appoint consultant committees representative
  of specific occupational fields to assist in the work of the council and
  the board of education or board of cooperative education with respect to
  the planning, development and  requirements  for  establishment  of  new
  programs or evaluation and revision of existing programs.
4.  The  board  of  education  of  any school district or the board of
  cooperative educational services may employ such professional, technical
  and clerical personnel as  may  be  necessary  to  enable  the  advisory
  council to carry out its functions specified in this section.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 93 - Career, Practical Arts, Continuing Adult Education and Vocational and Educational Guidance › 4603 - Practical Arts.

§ 4603. Practical  arts.    1.  The  board of education of each school
  district may establish and maintain non-vocational practical arts tryout
  or exploratory courses in industrial arts, home economics, business  and
  agriculture.
2.  Such  practical  arts  courses  and  exploratory  courses shall be
  classified as general education.  The schools which offer  such  courses
  shall not designate them as trade, technical or occupational courses.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 93 - Career, Practical Arts, Continuing Adult Education and Vocational and Educational Guidance › 4604 - Continuing Education Adult Schools.

§ 4604. Continuing education adult schools.  1. The board of education
  of  each  school  district  may  establish  and maintain day and evening
  schools for adults, the controlling purpose of which shall be to provide
  a general program of continuing education in all  its  aspects  for  the
  improvement  of the civic, vocational and general intelligence of adults
  and to enable them to make a  wise  use  of  their  leisure  time.  Such
  continuing education adult schools may be of the following kinds:
a.  Citizenship  schools providing instruction in English, civics, the
  common branches and other subjects which  may  increase  the  civic  and
  general   intelligence  of  foreign  born,  illiterate  and  non-English
  speaking persons.
b. General continuing education adult schools providing instruction in
  approved high  school  subjects,  general  cultural  subjects,  approved
  occupational subjects, music, dramatic arts, fine, applied and practical
  arts subjects.
c.  Recreation  and  leisure  time  schools  providing  instruction in
  physical education, health education, sports, games, arts and crafts and
  leisure time activities generally.
2. The common council, council or board of estimate and  apportionment
  of  a city, the board of supervisors or other governing elective body of
  a county, the board of trustees of an incorporated village and the  town
  board of a town may make appropriations to aid and promote the extension
  of  education  among  illiterate and non-English speaking persons within
  the jurisdiction of such respective bodies.
3. The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and
  regulations to provide for the notification  of  participants  in  adult
  continuing  education schools of the emergency procedures to be followed
  in the event of fire.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 93 - Career, Practical Arts, Continuing Adult Education and Vocational and Educational Guidance › 4605 - Vocational and Educational Guidance.

§ 4605. Vocational   and  educational  guidance.    1.  The  board  of
  education of each school district or board  of  cooperative  educational
  services  may  employ  qualified  persons  for  the purpose of providing
  vocational and educational guidance for minors.    Such  vocational  and
  educational  guidance  service  and the qualifications of the counselors
  employed for such work shall be approved by the commissioner.
2. The board  of  education  of  each  school  district  or  board  of
  cooperative  educational services may establish, conduct and maintain as
  a part of the public school system a guidance bureau which shall perform
  such of the following duties as may be determined by such board:
a. Providing information and counsel for pupils regarding  educational
  and occupational opportunities.
b.   Providing   employment  and  follow-up  services  for  minors  in
  cooperation with existing public agencies.
c. Conducting research studies of pupils and the local educational and
  occupational opportunities in cooperation with existing public agencies.
d. Assisting in the organization of  courses  of  study  dealing  with
  educational and occupational opportunities for use in the schools and in
  teaching and supervising such courses.
e.  Organizing  and  conducting a counseling service in the schools to
  assist pupils in the  formation  of  their  educational  and  vocational
  plans.
f. Cooperating with other staff members to advance the educational and
  occupational progress of pupils.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 95 - Farm Schools in Counties › 4701 - Establishment of Farm Schools.

§ 4701. Establishment  of  farm schools.   The board of supervisors or
  other governing elective body of any county outside of the city  of  New
  York  may  adopt  a resolution by a majority vote of the members of such
  board or body establishing a farm  school  for  the  purpose  of  giving
  instruction in the trades and in industrial, agricultural and homemaking
  subjects  to children of the county not more than eighteen nor less than
  eight years of age who may be admitted thereto as provided by law.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 95 - Farm Schools in Counties › 4702 - Acquisition of Lands and Erection of Buildings.

§ 4702. Acquisition  of  lands  and  erection of buildings.   Upon the
  adoption of the resolution as provided in  section  forty-seven  hundred
  one  the  board  of  supervisors  or other governing elective body shall
  purchase land in some conveniently accessible place in the county to  be
  used  for  the  purpose  of such school.   They may acquire such land by
  gift, purchase or condemnation.  The land when so acquired shall be held
  in the name of the county for the benefit of  such  school.    Upon  the
  acquisition  of  such  land such board or body shall erect the necessary
  buildings and suitably equip them for use.  Such board or body may  also
  provide  for the improvement of existing buildings and make such repairs
  and alterations on the buildings upon the land used for the  purpose  of
  the  school  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  maintenance and operation
  thereof.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 95 - Farm Schools in Counties › 4703 - Board of Managers.

§ 4703. Board of managers.  The board of managers of such school shall
  consist  of  not less than five members and shall be composed of all the
  city, village and district superintendents of schools of the  county  in
  which  it  is  located,  in  addition  to  such  other members as may be
  necessary to make a total membership of such  board  of  not  less  than
  five.    Such  additional members of the board shall be appointed by the
  board of supervisors or other governing elective body from the  resident
  taxpayers  of  the  county,  who  shall  serve  for  terms of four years
  commencing on the first day of  January  succeeding  their  appointment.
  Such  terms shall be so arranged that the terms of no two of the members
  so appointed shall expire in the same year, and  for  this  purpose  the
  terms  of the members first appointed hereunder shall be as follows:  In
  case one member shall be appointed, the term shall  be  four  years,  in
  case  two  members  shall  be appointed, the terms shall be four and two
  years, respectively, in case three members shall be appointed, the terms
  shall be four, three and two years, and in case four  members  shall  be
  appointed,   the   terms  shall  be  four,  three,  two  and  one  year,
  respectively, which terms shall commence on the  first  day  of  January
  succeeding  their  appointment,  and their successors shall be appointed
  for full terms of four years as above provided.   Appointments  to  fill
  vacancies  shall be for the unexpired portion of the terms.  The members
  of the board shall serve without compensation.  They shall receive their
  necessary expenses incurred in the performance of  their  duties.    The
  amount of such expenses shall be charged against the county and shall be
  paid  in  the  same  manner  as  other county charges.   The board shall
  organize by the election of one of its members as chairman  and  another
  as secretary.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 95 - Farm Schools in Counties › 4704 - Powers and Duties of Board.

§ 4704. Powers  and  duties  of board.   The board of managers of such
  school shall be responsible for the operation  and  maintenance  of  the
  school;  employ a superintendent and such teachers and assistants as may
  be required for  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  the  school  when
  authorized  so  to  do  by  the  board of supervisors or other governing
  elective  body  of  the   county;   fix   the   compensation   of   such
  superintendent, teachers and assistants within the amount made available
  therefor  by the said board or body; prescribe rules and regulations for
  the management of the school and for the purpose of carrying into effect
  the  object  thereof;  provide  for  the  detention,   maintenance   and
  instruction of all children who are admitted to the school.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 95 - Farm Schools in Counties › 4705 - Powers of Superintendent; Discipline of School.

§ 4705. Powers   of   superintendent;   discipline  of  school.    The
  superintendent of the school shall, subject to the  regulations  of  the
  board of managers:
1.  Have  the general management of the school and the land, buildings
  and equipment thereof, and devote his entire time to its affairs;
2. Be responsible for the welfare of pupils of the school and see that
  the regulations and directions of the board of managers are carried into
  effect;
3. Supervise and direct the methods of instruction and the performance
  of duties by the teachers, assistants and employees of such school;
4. Prescribe rules for the government and discipline of the pupils  of
  the school and cause such rules to be enforced;
5. Protect and care for the property of the school;
6.  Give  special  attention  to  the  proper  instruction, detention,
  restraint, discipline, comfort and physical and  moral  welfare  of  the
  pupils  of  the school, and perform such other duties as may be required
  of him by the board of  managers,  with  a  view  of  carrying  out  the
  purposes of this article.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 95 - Farm Schools in Counties › 4706 - Course of Instruction.

§ 4706. Course  of instruction.  The board of managers shall prescribe
  the courses of instruction to be followed in such school, subject to the
  approval of the commissioner  of  education.    Such  instruction  shall
  include   instruction   in   agriculture,   mechanic  arts,  trades  and
  homemaking.  The provisions of this chapter and of  the  regulations  of
  the  education  department  relating  to  vocational  instruction in the
  public schools shall apply to such school so far as they do not conflict
  with the provisions of this article and may be made applicable thereto.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 95 - Farm Schools in Counties › 4707 - Children Admitted to Such School.

§ 4707. Children  admitted  to  such  school.  Children  not more than
  eighteen nor less than eight years of age may be admitted to or received
  in such school, either (1)  upon  the  application  of  the  parents  or
  guardians  having  the  legal  custody  or  control  of  such  children,
  accompanied by the written consent of such parents or guardians, or  (2)
  upon  commitment  thereto  as  truants or (3) upon commitment thereto as
  juvenile  delinquents  as  provided  by  law,  provided  that   children
  convicted  of  crime shall not be committed to such school. Children who
  have no homes or who are without proper  parental  control  or  who  are
  under  improper guardianship may be sent to and received in such school,
  in the same manner and under the same authority  as  in  case  of  other
  children who are improperly provided for at home.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 95 - Farm Schools in Counties › 4708 - State Aid.

§ 4708. State aid.  There shall be annually apportioned to such school
  from the moneys appropriated by the state legislature for the support of
  the  public  schools of the state the sum of one thousand dollars and an
  additional sum of two hundred dollars for each teacher employed  therein
  for  a  period of thirty-six weeks during each school year, whose entire
  time is given to the instruction of pupils in  such  school.    No  such
  apportionment  shall  be  made  unless there are at least fifteen pupils
  enrolled and actually in attendance at such school during such period of
  thirty-six weeks, and unless such school maintains an organization and a
  course  of  study  and  is  conducted  in  a  manner  approved  by   the
  commissioner of education.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 95 - Farm Schools in Counties › 4709 - Agreements With Parents and Guardians to Pay Expense of Maintenance; Compulsory Support.

§ 4709. Agreements  with  parents  and  guardians  to  pay  expense of
  maintenance; compulsory support.   The board of  managers  may  make  an
  agreement with the parents or guardian of a child in such school for the
  payment   of  an  amount  therein  specified  for  the  instruction  and
  maintenance of such pupil.  An application for the admission of a  child
  with  the consent of the parents or guardian shall not be granted unless
  suitable provision be made for the clothing of such child.   The  amount
  agreed  to  be  paid  for instruction, maintenance and clothing shall be
  secured to the satisfaction of the board of managers.  Such board  shall
  ascertain  by investigation the financial ability of parents, guardians,
  and other persons legally liable for the support of pupils  admitted  to
  such  school  upon commitment, and may demand of such parents, guardians
  or persons the payment of an amount reasonably sufficient to pay all  or
  a  portion  of  the cost of the instruction, maintenance and clothing of
  such pupils.  The board may proceed against such parents,  guardians  or
  persons,   by  proper  suit  or  proceeding  in  a  court  of  competent
  jurisdiction for the recovery of the amount agreed  or  required  to  be
  paid, as herein provided.  The amount so recovered, after the payment of
  the  necessary  costs  and expenses of such suit or proceeding, shall be
  paid into the treasury of the  county,  and  shall  be  applied  to  the
  payment of the cost of the instruction, maintenance and clothing of such
  pupils.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 95 - Farm Schools in Counties › 4710 - Maintenance by County.

§ 4710. Maintenance  by  county.    The  board of supervisors or other
  governing elective body  shall  provide  for  the  maintenance  of  such
  school,  the  repair  and improvement of the lands and buildings used or
  occupied thereby, and the equipment thereof  with  necessary  machinery,
  tools,  apparatus  and  supplies.    The  cost thereof, and the expenses
  incurred for such purposes, shall be  charges  against  the  county  and
  shall  be  audited  and paid in the same manner as other charges against
  the county.   The maintenance herein  provided  for  shall  include  the
  support,  instruction, care, board and clothing of pupils and such other
  expenses as are necessarily incurred in the operation of the school.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 95 - Farm Schools in Counties › 4711 - Reports to Board of Supervisors; Inspection.

§ 4711. Reports  to  board  of supervisors; inspection.   The board of
  managers of such  school  shall  report  in  writing  to  the  board  of
  supervisors  or  other governing elective body of the county when called
  upon to do so, and shall transmit such report to the clerk of such board
  or body, annually, on or before the thirtieth day of June.  Such  annual
  report  shall  state such facts in respect to the school as the board of
  managers may deem advisable and as the board  of  supervisors  or  other
  governing  elective  body  may  require.    Such board or body may, by a
  committee or any of its members or appointees, inspect such school,  and
  for  such purpose may enter upon the land and into the buildings of such
  school at all reasonable times.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 95 - Farm Schools in Counties › 4712 - Powers of Commissioner of Education and Education Department.

§ 4712. Powers  of commissioner of education and education department.
  A school established as provided herein shall be deemed a  part  of  the
  public  school  system  of  the  state,  and  shall  be  subject  to the
  supervision and  control  of  the  commissioner  of  education  and  the
  education  department  in  the  same manner as other public schools, and
  shall not be subject to any  of  the  laws  of  the  state  relating  to
  charitable or penal institutions.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4801 - Establishment of Home Schools.

§ 4801. Establishment of home schools.  The common council of any city
  having  a  population of over seventy thousand but less than two hundred
  fifty thousand inhabitants may adopt a resolution  by  a  majority  vote
  establishing  a home school for the purpose of giving instruction in the
  trades, industrial, agricultural and homemaking subjects in addition  to
  instruction  in public school subjects to children of the city and other
  children not more than eighteen years nor less than eight years  of  age
  who  may be admitted thereto as hereinafter provided.  Such school shall
  be  known  as  the  Home   School   of.................(Name   of   city
  establishing school).
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4802 - Acquisition of Lands and Erection of Buildings.

§ 4802. Acquisition  of  lands  and  erection of buildings.   Upon the
  adoption of the resolution as provided in  section  forty-eight  hundred
  one,  the  city,  through its properly constituted officers having power
  and jurisdiction therein, shall lease or purchase land in a  convenient,
  accessible  place  in  the  county in which such city is located and not
  less than six miles from the center of the  city  to  be  used  for  the
  purpose  of such school.  Such land may be acquired by gift, purchase or
  condemnation.  The land when so acquired shall be held in  the  name  of
  the  city for the benefit of such school.  Upon acquisition of such land
  the city shall erect the necessary buildings and suitably equip them for
  use.   Such city may  also  provide  for  the  improvement  of  existing
  buildings  and make such repairs and alterations upon the buildings upon
  the land used for the purposes of the school as may be necessary for the
  maintenance and operation thereof.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4803 - Board of Managers.

§ 4803. Board of managers.  The board of managers of such school shall
  consist  of  not  less than five members to be appointed by the mayor of
  such city and of which board the superintendent of schools in  any  such
  city  shall  be  one member ex-officio.  Members of the board other than
  the said superintendent shall be appointed from  resident  taxpayers  of
  the  city  who  shall  serve for terms of four years commencing upon the
  first day of January succeeding the appointment.  Such terms shall be so
  arranged that the terms of no two of  the  members  so  appointed  shall
  expire in the same year, and for this purpose the terms of members first
  appointed  hereunder  shall  be as follows:  In case one member shall be
  appointed the term  shall  be  four  years;  in  case  two  members  are
  appointed  the  term  shall  be four and two years respectively; in case
  three members are appointed the term shall be four, three and two years;
  in case four members shall be appointed the terms shall be four,  three,
  two  and  one year respectively.  Such terms shall commence on the first
  day of January succeeding the appointment and their successors shall  be
  appointed for a full term of four years as above provided.  Appointments
  to  fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired portion of the terms.  The
  members of the board shall  serve  without  compensation.    They  shall
  receive  their  necessary  expenses incurred in the performance of their
  duties.  The amount of such expenses shall be charged against  the  city
  and  paid  in  the  same  manner as other city charges.  The board shall
  organize by the election of one of its members as chairman  and  another
  as secretary.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4804 - Powers and Duties of Managers.

§ 4804. Powers  and  duties of managers.   1. The board of managers of
  such school shall be responsible for the operation  and  maintenance  of
  the  school; employ a superintendent and such teachers and assistants as
  may be required for the operation and maintenance  of  the  school;  fix
  compensation  of such superintendent, teachers and assistants within the
  amount  made  available  therefor  by  the   board   of   estimate   and
  apportionment  or  other similar body or officer of such city; prescribe
  rules and regulations for the management  of  the  school  and  for  the
  purpose  of  carrying  into  effect  the object thereof; provide for the
  detention, maintenance and instruction of all children who are  admitted
  to  the school.   Such board shall on or before the first day of January
  each year furnish to the mayor estimates in writing  of  the  amount  of
  expenditures  for the next fiscal year.  All expenses and appropriations
  for  such  school  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  sections
  seventy-three, seventy-four, seventy-five, seventy-six and seventy-seven
  of  second class cities law, and of any and all other provisions of said
  law applicable thereto.
2. The board of managers shall have full power to discharge or  parole
  at  any  time  any child admitted to such school.  A child under sixteen
  years of age committed to the school by a court  and  paroled  for  good
  conduct  may be arrested and detained in the school for violation of the
  terms of his parole.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4805 - Course of Instruction.

§ 4805. Course  of instruction.  The board of managers shall prescribe
  the course of instruction to be followed in such school, subject to  the
  approval  of  the  commissioner  of  education.  Such  instruction shall
  include instruction in agriculture, mechanic arts, trades and homemaking
  and in the duties, responsibilities and privileges of citizenship.   The
  provisions  of  this  article  and  of  the regulations of the education
  department relating to vocational  instruction  in  the  public  schools
  shall  apply  to  such  school  so  far as they do not conflict with the
  provisions of this article and may be made applicable thereto.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4806 - Powers of Superintendent and Discipline of School.

§ 4806. Powers  of  superintendent  and  discipline  of  school.   The
  superintendent of the school shall, subject to the  regulations  of  the
  board of managers:
1.  Have  the  general  management  of the school, land, buildings and
  equipment thereof, and devote his entire time to its affairs.
2. Supervise and direct the methods of instruction and the performance
  of duties by the teachers, assistants and employees of such school.
3. Be responsible for the welfare of the pupils  of  the  school,  see
  that the regulations and directions of the board of managers are carried
  into effect.
4.  Prescribe rules for the government and discipline of the pupils of
  the school and cause such rules to  be  enforced.  Discipline  shall  be
  maintained  by the honor system so far as practicable. Close or solitary
  confinement  shall  not  be  used  excepting  when  necessary  for   the
  maintenance of proper discipline.
5. Protect and care for the property of the school.
6.  Give  special  attention  to  the  proper  instruction, detention,
  restraint, discipline, comfort, physical and moral welfare of the pupils
  of the school and perform such other duties as may be required of him by
  the board of managers with a view of carrying out the provisions of this
  article.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4807 - Children Admitted to Such School.

§ 4807. Children  admitted  to  such  school.  Children  not more than
  eighteen nor less than eight years of age may be admitted to or received
  in such school as follows:
1. Upon the application of the parents or guardians having  the  legal
  custody  and control of such children accompanied by the written consent
  of such parents or guardians.
2. Truants or children coming within any of the descriptions mentioned
  in section thirty-two hundred fourteen of this chapter  upon  commitment
  thereto   either  by  the  school  authorities  or  by  a  court  having
  jurisdiction thereof.
3. Children  coming  within  any  of  the  descriptions  mentioned  in
  sections  four  hundred  eighty-five  and four hundred eighty-six of the
  penal law upon commitment thereto by a court.
4. Children under twelve years found guilty of juvenile delinquency.
5. Children over twelve and under sixteen years of age found guilty of
  juvenile delinquency for the first time and for an offense  of  a  grade
  not higher than misdemeanor.
Children  resident in the city establishing such school duly committed
  thereto shall be received therein. The board of managers  may  in  their
  discretion  and  upon  such  terms as to payment of expenses as they see
  fit, admit children resident  in  the  county  in  which  said  city  is
  situated  or resident in any adjoining county not having a city to which
  this article applies.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4808 - Jurisdiction of Courts.

§ 4808. Jurisdiction   of  courts.    Courts  having  jurisdiction  of
  children shall have power to commit  children  to  the  school  who  are
  receivable  therein  as  set forth in section forty-eight hundred seven.
  Commitments by such courts shall be in accordance with the provisions of
  the penal law and code of criminal procedure applicable  thereto.    The
  commitment  shall  not  be  for  any  fixed  period of detention.   Such
  detention shall be conducted with a view to the improvement and  to  the
  restoration,  as  soon  as practicable, of the child so committed to its
  home, if after due investigation such home is found to be  satisfactory.
  The provisions of section four hundred eighty-six of the penal law as to
  commitments  to  institutions  shall  apply  fully to commitments to the
  school.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4809 - Transfer of Pupils.

§ 4809. Transfer  of  pupils.  The  board  of managers shall have full
  power to transfer to other institutions any child if a  court  grants  a
  petition for transfer pursuant to section seven hundred seventy-three of
  the family court act.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4810 - Quarantine.

§ 4810. Quarantine.    A pupil committed to the school either by court
  or school authorities upon being received shall  be  kept  separate  and
  apart  for  a  period  of  not less than seven days.  During this time a
  complete physical and mental examination of such child shall be made  by
  qualified  physicians.  Such physicians shall make reports in writing to
  the superintendent stating fully the results of such examinations;  such
  reports  shall  be  kept  on  file  by  the superintendent in proper and
  systematic order.
During the period of such quarantine the superintendent  and  teachers
  shall  give  special  attention  to  the  pupil with a view of obtaining
  knowledge of the child and gaining his confidence.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4811 - State Aid.

§ 4811. State aid.  There shall be annually apportioned to such school
  from the moneys appropriated by the state legislature for the support of
  the  public  schools of the state the sum of one thousand dollars and an
  additional sum of two hundred dollars for each teacher employed  therein
  for  a  period of thirty-six weeks during each school year, whose entire
  time is given to the instruction of pupils in  such  school.    No  such
  apportionment  shall  be  made  unless there are at least fifteen pupils
  enrolled and actually in attendance at such school during such period of
  thirty-six weeks, and unless such school maintains an organization and a
  course  of  study,  and  is  conducted  in  a  manner  approved  by  the
  commissioner of education.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4812 - Agreements With Parents and Guardians to Pay Expense of Maintenance; Compulsory Support.

§ 4812. Agreements  with  parents  and  guardians  to  pay  expense of
  maintenance; compulsory support.   The board of  managers  may  make  an
  agreement with the parents or guardian of a child in such school for the
  payment   of  an  amount  therein  specified  for  the  instruction  and
  maintenance of such pupil.  An application for the admission of a  child
  with  the consent of the parents or guardian shall not be granted unless
  suitable provision be made for the clothing of such child.   The  amount
  agreed  to  be  paid  for instruction, maintenance and clothing shall be
  secured to the satisfaction of the board of managers.  Such board  shall
  ascertain  by  investigation the financial ability of parents, guardians
  and other persons legally liable for the support of pupils  admitted  to
  such  school  upon commitment, and may demand of such parents, guardians
  or persons the payment of an amount reasonably sufficient to pay all  or
  a  portion of the cost of instruction, maintenance, and clothing of such
  pupils.   The board may  proceed  against  such  parents,  guardians  or
  persons,   by  proper  suit  or  proceeding  in  a  court  of  competent
  jurisdiction for the recovery  of the amount agreed or  required  to  be
  paid, as herein provided.  The amount so recovered, after the payment of
  the  proper costs and expenses of such suit or proceeding, shall be paid
  into the treasury of the city, and shall be applied to  the  payment  of
  the  cost  of the instruction, maintenance, and clothing of such pupils.
  Such action at law shall be brought in the  name  of  the  city  by  the
  corporation counsel thereof.
This  provision  shall  in  no  way affect the power of the committing
  court to order payment as provided in  subdivision  b  of  section  nine
  hundred twenty-one of the code of criminal procedure.
Children  committed  either by court or school authorities of the city
  shall be a charge upon such city.  Children so committed from outside of
  the city shall be a  charge  upon  the  city,  incorporated  village  or
  township from which committed.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4813 - Maintenance by City.

§ 4813. Maintenance  by city.  The board of estimate and apportionment
  or other similar body or officer shall provide for  the  maintenance  of
  such  school, the repair and improvement of the lands and buildings used
  or occupied thereby, and the equipment thereof with necessary machinery,
  tools, apparatus and supplies.   The  cost  thereof,  and  the  expenses
  incurred  for such purposes, shall be charged against the city and shall
  be audited and paid in the same manner  as  other  charges  against  the
  city.    The  maintenance herein provided for shall include the support,
  instruction, care, board and clothing of pupils and such other  expenses
  as are necessarily incurred in the operation of the school.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4814 - Report of Superintendent.

§ 4814. Report  of  superintendent.   The superintendent of the school
  shall report annually to the mayor in accordance with the provisions  of
  section  twenty-three of the second-class cities law.  Such report shall
  be countersigned by a majority of the board  of  managers.    The  mayor
  shall  have  power  to inspect the school at any time, and may appoint a
  committee of citizens who shall have power to inspect  such  school  and
  for such purpose may enter upon the lands and into the buildings of such
  school at all reasonable times.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 97 - Home Schools in Certain Cities › 4815 - Powers of Commissioner of Education and Education Department.

§ 4815. Powers  of commissioner of education and education department.
  A school established as provided herein shall be deemed a  part  of  the
  public  school  system  of  the  state,  and  shall  be  subject  to the
  supervision and  control  of  the  commissioner  of  education  and  the
  education  department  in  the  same manner as other public schools, and
  shall not be subject to any  of  the  laws  of  the  state  relating  to
  charitable or penal institutions.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 99 - New York Nautical School › 4901 - New York Nautical School May Be Established and Maintained.

§ 4901. New  York  nautical  school may be established and maintained.
  The board of education of the city of New York, in its  discretion,  may
  provide  and  maintain  a nautical school in such city for the education
  and training of pupils in the science and practice  of  navigation;  may
  furnish  accommodations  for  such school and make all needful rules and
  regulations therefor, and for the number and compensation of instructors
  and others employed therein; may prescribe the government and discipline
  thereof and the terms and conditions upon which pupils shall be received
  and instructed therein and  discharged  therefrom  and  provide  in  all
  things  for  the  good  management of such nautical school.   Such board
  shall have power to purchase the books, apparatus, stationery and  other
  things  necessary  or expedient to enable such school to be properly and
  successfully conducted; and may cause such school or the pupils, or part
  of the pupils thereof, to go on board vessels in the harbor of New  York
  and  take  cruises in or from such harbor for the purpose of obtaining a
  practical knowledge in navigation and of the duties of mariners.    Such
  board  is hereby authorized to apply to the United States government for
  the requisite use  of  vessels  and  supplies  for  the  purposes  above
  mentioned.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 99 - New York Nautical School › 4902 - Management.

§ 4902. Management.    The  board of education of the city of New York
  shall appoint annually at least three of its number who, subject to  the
  control,  supervision  and approbation of the board, shall constitute an
  executive committee for the care,  government  and  management  of  such
  nautical  school,  under  rules and regulations so prescribed, and whose
  duty it shall be,  among  other  things,  to  recommend  the  rules  and
  regulations which they deem necessary and proper for such school.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 99 - New York Nautical School › 4903 - Chamber of Commerce to Appoint Committee to Serve as Council.

§ 4903. Chamber  of commerce to appoint committee to serve as council.
  The chamber of commerce of New York is authorized  to  provide  for  and
  appoint a committee of its members to serve as a council of the nautical
  school,  whose  duty  it  shall  be,  as  far  as  may be, to advise and
  cooperate with the board of education of the city of  New  York  in  the
  establishment  and  management  of  such school and from time to time to
  visit and examine the same, and to communicate in respect  thereof  with
  the  board of education or such executive committee thereof, and to make
  reports  to  the  chamber  of  commerce  which  may  transmit   to   the
  commissioner  of  education such reports, or any thereof, or an abstract
  of the same, with such recommendations as may be deemed advisable.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 99 - New York Nautical School › 4904 - Expenses.

§ 4904. Expenses.    After  the establishment and organization of such
  school the expenses thereof, and of carrying out the provisions of  this
  article, shall be defrayed from the moneys raised by law for the support
  of public schools in the city of New York.