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2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More › 2579 - Payment of Obligations.

§ 2579. Payment  of obligations.  1. If a city shall issue obligations
  for any of the purposes enumerated in paragraph c of subdivision one  of
  section  twenty-five  hundred seventy-six of this chapter, the principal
  and interest of such obligations shall be paid out of moneys  raised  by
  tax  therefor in the same manner as other school moneys are raised, when
  such obligations and the interest thereon shall become due and payable.
2. If a city having a population of four hundred thousand or more  but
  less  than one million shall issue obligations to defray, in whole or in
  part, the expense of the  construction,  improvement  and  equipment  of
  school  buildings  or  the  purchase or acquisition of school sites, the
  proceeds of the sale of such bonds shall be paid into  the  treasury  of
  the  city  and  placed  to the credit of the board of education. As such
  obligations become due the  municipal  authorities  of  the  city  shall
  include  in  the tax levy, and assess upon the property of the city, the
  amount necessary to pay such bonds and interest thereon.
3. In a city having a population of one million or more, such city may
  in its discretion annually cause to be raised such sums of money as  may
  be  required  for  the purposes enumerated in paragraph c of subdivision
  one of section twenty-five hundred seventy-six of this article,  in  the
  manner provided by law for the raising of money for such purposes.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More › 2581 - Certain Corporate Schools Entitled to Participate in Funds of Board of Education of City of New York.

§ 2581. Certain  corporate schools entitled to participate in funds of
  board of education of city of New York.  The corporate schools  entitled
  to participate in the funds of the board of education of the city of New
  York are as follows:  The schools established and maintained by the Five
  Points  House  of  Industry,  the  industrial  schools  established  and
  maintained under the charge of the Children's Aid Society in the city of
  New York, the schools of the American Female Guardian Society, the Roman
  Catholic Orphan Asylum, the Brooklyn Home for Children, the Orphan  Home
  and   the  Convent  of  Mercy,  and  the  Child  Care  Center  (formerly
  Tuberculosis Preventorium for children).  The New York Institute for the
  Blind shall receive a ratable proportion of the  fund  for  every  blind
  pupil in such institution without regard to age.
Such  schools shall be subject to the general supervision of the board
  of education of the city of New York, but shall be under  the  immediate
  direction of their respective trustees, managers and directors.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More › 2582 - Trustees of Corporate Schools Entitled to Participate in Funds of the Board of Education of the City of New York May Convey to City of New York and Be

§ 2582. Trustees of corporate schools entitled to participate in funds
  of  the board of education of the city of New York may convey to city of
  New York and be merged.  The trustees, managers and directors of any  of
  the corporate schools of the city of New York entitled to participate in
  the  apportionment  of  the funds of the board of education of such city
  may, at any time, convey their school houses and sites to  the  city  of
  New  York and transfer any of their schools to the board of education of
  such city on terms and in a manner to be agreed upon and  prescribed  by
  such board of education, so as either to merge such corporate schools in
  the  public  schools  or adopt them as public schools and the same shall
  then be public schools.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More › 2584 - Bonds of Employees.

§ 2584. Bonds  of employees.   The board of estimate and apportionment
  of a city, or in a city having no board of estimate  and  apportionment,
  the  body  or  officer  performing  the  duties  performed by a board of
  estimate and apportionment, which  may  now  legally  require  bonds  of
  employees may continue to require bonds of such employees in such amount
  as  such  board  of  estimate and apportionment or other body or officer
  shall determine.  In all other cities bonds  may  be  required  of  such
  employees  by  the board of education.  The premiums on such bonds shall
  be paid by the city.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More › 2585 - Continuation in Office of Boards, Bureaus, Teachers, Principals and Other Employees, Et Cetera.

§ 2585. Continuation   in   office   of   boards,  bureaus,  teachers,
  principals and other employees, et  cetera.    1.  Except  as  otherwise
  provided  herein the boards, bureaus, teachers, principals, supervisors,
  superintendents,  heads  of  departments,  assistants   to   principals,
  examiners, supervisors of lectures, directors and all other officers and
  employees of the school systems or of boards of education of the several
  cities  of the state, lawfully appointed or assigned before June eighth,
  nineteen hundred seventeen, shall  continue  to  hold  their  respective
  positions for the term for which they were appointed or until removed as
  provided in subdivision five of section twenty-five hundred twenty-three
  of this article.
2. If a board of education abolishes an office or position and creates
  another  office  or  position  for  the performance of duties similar to
  those performed in the office or position abolished, the person  filling
  such  office  or  position  at  the  time  of  its  abolishment shall be
  appointed to the office or position thus created  without  reduction  in
  salary  or increment, provided the record of such person has been one of
  faithful, competent service in the office or position he has filled.
3. Whenever a board of  education  abolishes  a  position  under  this
  chapter,  the  services of the teacher having the least seniority in the
  system  within  the  tenure  of  the   position   abolished   shall   be
  discontinued.
4. If an office or position is abolished or if it is consolidated with
  another  position  without  creating  a new position, the person filling
  such position at the time of its abolishment or consolidation  shall  be
  placed upon a preferred eligible list of candidates for appointment to a
  vacancy  that  then  exists or that may thereafter occur in an office or
  position similar to the one which such person filled  without  reduction
  in  salary or increment, provided the record of such person has been one
  of faithful, competent service in the office or position he has  filled.
  The  persons  on such preferred list shall be reinstated or appointed to
  such corresponding or similar positions in the order of their length  of
  service in the system.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More › 2586 - Anniversary Day as a Holiday for Pupils in the Public Schools of the Borough of Brooklyn and in the Borough of Queens, City of New York.

§ 2586. Anniversary  day as a holiday for pupils in the public schools
  of the borough of Brooklyn and in the borough of  Queens,  city  of  New
  York.    The  first Thursday in June in each year, except in those years
  when the first Thursday in June occurs in the same  week  with  Memorial
  day, and in such years the second Thursday in June, known as anniversary
  day,  and  celebrated  in  commemoration  of  the organization of Sunday
  schools, is hereby made and declared to be a holiday for pupils  in  all
  the  public  schools  in  the  borough of Brooklyn and in the borough of
  Queens, city of New York, and pupils shall not be required to attend the
  public schools in such boroughs on such day.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52 - City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants or More › 2586-A - Diwali as a Holiday in the Public Schools of the City of New York.

§ 2586-a. Diwali as a holiday in the public schools of the city of New
  York.  The  fifteenth  day of the eighth month of the Indian calendar in
  each year, known as Diwali, is hereby made and declared to be a  holiday
  in all the public schools in the city school district in the city of New
  York and such public schools shall not be in session on such day.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52-A - New York City Community School District System › 2590-A - Definitions.

§ 2590-a. Definitions.  As  used  in this article, the following terms
  shall mean:
1. City district. The term "city district" shall mean the city  school
  district of the city of New York.
2.  Community  district.  The  term  "community district" shall mean a
  community school district created or  to  be  created  within  the  city
  district under the provisions of this article.
3. City board. The term "city board" shall mean the board of education
  of the city district.
* 4.   Community  district  education  council.  The  term  "community
  council" shall mean  the  community  district  education  council  of  a
  community  district  established pursuant to section twenty-five hundred
  ninety-c of this article.
* NB Effective until June 30, 2026
* 4. Community board. The term "community board" shall mean the  board
  of education of a community district.
* NB Effective June 30, 2026
5.  Chancellor. The term "chancellor" shall mean the chancellor of the
  city district.
6. Community superintendent. The term "community superintendent" shall
  mean the superintendent of schools of a community district.
7. Parent. The term "parent" shall mean a person in parental  relation
  to  a child, as that phrase is defined in subdivision ten of section two
  of this chapter.
* 8. Registered voter. The  term  "registered  voter"  shall  mean  an
  elector of the city of New York under the election law.
* NB Effective June 30, 2026
* 9.  Educational  facilities. The term "educational facilities" shall
  mean land and the improvements thereon for use in  connection  with  any
  educational  activity  to be undertaken or provided by the city board or
  any community council or any facility attendant thereto or any  facility
  necessary, useful or desirable in connection with such activity.
* NB Effective until June 30, 2026
* 9.  Educational  facilities. The term "educational facilities" shall
  mean land and the improvements thereon for use in  connection  with  any
  educational  activity  to be undertaken or provided by the city board or
  any community school board or any  facility  attendant  thereto  or  any
  facility   necessary,  useful  or  desirable  in  connection  with  such
  activity.
* NB Effective June 30, 2026
10. Project. The  term  "project"  shall  mean,  with  respect  to  an
  educational facilities capital plan, (a) the performance, at a specified
  educational  facility,  of  one  or more program elements, as defined in
  paragraph a, b, c or d of subdivision two of section twenty-five hundred
  ninety-p of this article; or (b) the performance of the program elements
  defined in paragraphs  f  and  g  of  such  subdivision  or  any  system
  replacement identified in paragraph e of such subdivision.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52-A - New York City Community School District System › 2590-K - Contracts With City University of New York for Administration of High Schools.

§ 2590-k. Contracts   with   city   university   of   New   York   for
  administration of high  schools.    1.  The  city  board  and  the  city
  university of New York are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into
  a contract or contracts whereby such university will administer not more
  than five high schools under the jurisdiction of the city board selected
  from   among   those  schools  which  exhibit  the  greatest  degree  of
  disadvantage as measured by such factors as the proportion  of  students
  earning general diplomas, the percentage of students reading below grade
  level,  the  attrition  rate,  the  proportion  of  students residing in
  officially designated poverty areas, and similar measures.
2. Such contract may provide for the delegation by the city  board  of
  any  of  its  functions,  powers, and duties or of a community board, or
  those of the chancellor or a  community  superintendent,  in  connection
  with  the  operation of such high schools, to the city university of New
  York, except the power to appoint or terminate  the  employment  of  any
  employee.    The  terms  and  conditions of employment shall continue to
  remain under the jurisdiction of the city board.
3. The provisions of section sixty-two hundred nine  of  this  chapter
  with  respect  to  the  apportionment  of  public school moneys shall be
  applicable to  the  high  schools  included  in  any  such  contract  or
  contracts.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52-A - New York City Community School District System › 2590-O*2 - Neutrality of School Employees in Community Board Elections.

* § 2590-o.   Neutrality   of  school  employees  in  community  board
  elections. 1. In their  official  capacities  during  school  hours  all
  school,  community district and city district employees shall maintain a
  posture of complete neutrality with respect to elections  of  candidates
  for  community  board.  No  school,  community district or city district
  facilities or supplies shall be used on behalf of any candidate.
2. The city board shall have the  authority  and  responsibility  with
  regard  to  the  investigation  and  trial  of  employees  against  whom
  violations of this  section  are  charged.  Wilful  violations  of  this
  section shall constitute cause for removal from office or termination of
  employment.
3.  The  city board shall adopt regulations to achieve the purposes of
  this section.
* NB There are 2 § 2590-o's
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52-A - New York City Community School District System › 2590-S - Prompt Payment of Salaries.

§  2590-s.  Prompt payment of salaries. In a city with a population of
  one million or more, all employees of the board of  education  shall  be
  paid  the  amount  of  compensation  due  them  pursuant  to  collective
  bargaining agreements, except as is otherwise provided in section  three
  thousand  eleven  of  this chapter. If such payments are not made on the
  dates so required, interest shall be recovered  beginning  thirty  days,
  following  the  later  of  the  effective  date  of  this section or the
  required payment date through the day that payment is in fact  tendered.
  In the case of a salary differential, the date compensation is due shall
  be  defined  as thirty days following the date an employee's application
  is filed by the employee with the board of education of the city of  New
  York.  Interest shall be computed at the rate set forth in paragraph one
  of subsection (e) of section one thousand ninety-six of the tax law  and
  shall  be  added to any compensation amounts referred to in this section
  that have not been paid when owed.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52-A - New York City Community School District System › 2590-T - New York City Comptroller Audits.

* §  2590-t.  New York city comptroller audits. The comptroller of the
  city of New York shall have the authority  to  conduct  operational  and
  programmatic  audits,  in  addition  to  financial  audits,  of the city
  district to the same extent that such comptroller has such authority for
  agencies of the city of New York.
* NB Repealed June 30, 2026
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52-A - New York City Community School District System › 2590-U - New York City Independent Budget Office Reports.

* §  2590-u.  New  York city independent budget office reports. 1. The
independent budget office of the city of New York shall be authorized to
provide analysis  and  issue  public  reports  regarding  financial  and
educational matters of the city district, to enhance official and public
understanding of such matters including but not limited to:
(a) student graduation and dropout data;
(b) student enrollment projections;
(c) school utilization, class sizes and pupil-to-teacher ratios;
(d) student assessment data;
(e)  the  delivery  of  services  to  students who are in bilingual or
English as a second language programs;
(f) the delivery of services to students with disabilities;
(g) the utilization of federal funds including funds pursuant to title
I of the Elementary and Secondary  Education  Act  of  nineteen  hundred
sixty-five, as amended, directed at parental involvement; and
(h) matters relating to city district finances.
2.  In addition to the appropriation available pursuant to section two
hundred fifty-nine of the New York city charter, the city  of  New  York
shall  appropriate  during each fiscal year an amount to the independent
budget office of the city of New York not less than two and one-half per
centum of the appropriations available to pay for the  expenses  of  the
office  of  management  and  budget  of the city of New York during each
fiscal year, to carry out the duties  and  functions  assigned  in  this
subdivision.
3.  The  director  of the independent budget office of the city of New
York shall be authorized to secure such information, data, estimates and
statistics from the city board  and  the  chancellor  as  such  director
determines  to  be  necessary  for  the performance of the functions and
duties of such office, and the  city  board  and  the  chancellor  shall
provide  such  information,  to  the  extent  that it is available, in a
timely fashion. The director of the independent  budget  office  of  the
city  of  New  York  shall  not  be entitled to obtain records which are
protected by the privileges for attorney-client communications, attorney
work product, and material prepared for litigation.
4. The director of the independent budget office of the  city  of  New
York  shall  ensure  that  such  office  uses up-to-date appropriate and
professionally accepted methodologies in producing annual  data  reports
related  to  the  city  district  and  that  such methodologies used are
identified in such reports.
* NB Repealed June 30, 2026
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52-A - New York City Community School District System › 2590-V - Notice to Students Regarding Certain Test Scores.

§ 2590-v. Notice to students regarding certain test scores. The office
  of the chancellor shall include a notice in the official score report of
  all  students  who  received  a score of "advanced" on the seventh grade
  state  assessment  in  either  English  Language  Arts  or  Mathematics,
  informing  the  student  of  opportunities to apply for admission to the
  specialized high schools authorized in paragraph (b) of subdivision  one
  of  section  twenty-five hundred ninety-h of this article; provided that
  the chancellor shall annually  notify  all  seventh  grade  students  of
  opportunities to apply for admission to such schools.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 53 - School Elections in City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants › 2601 - Application of Article.

§ 2601. Application  of article. This article shall apply to each city
  school district of a city which has less than  one  hundred  twenty-five
  thousand  inhabitants, according to the latest federal census, except as
  otherwise provided in section twenty-six hundred one-a of  this  chapter
  and  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  subdivision  nine-a of section
  twenty-five hundred two of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 53 - School Elections in City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants › 2602 - Annual and Special School District Meetings.

§  2602.  Annual  and  special  school district meetings. 1. Except as
  otherwise provided in this chapter, including  the  provisions  of  this
  article,  an annual school election shall be held on the same day as the
  annual budget vote pursuant to the provisions of  article  forty-one  of
  this chapter in each city school district.
2. Except as otherwise provided in section twenty-six hundred one-a of
  this  article,  special  school  district meetings may be called in each
  city school district by the board of  education  thereof  in  accordance
  with  sections two thousand four and two thousand seven of this chapter,
  whenever such board shall deem it necessary and proper.
3. Notwithstanding any provisions of article forty-one of this chapter
  to the contrary, the polls of such annual and special district  meetings
  shall  be  open  during  such  consecutive  hours,  not  less than nine,
  beginning not earlier than six o'clock in the forenoon, and two of which
  hours shall be after six  o'clock  in  the  evening,  as  the  board  of
  education shall by resolution determine.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 53 - School Elections in City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants › 2603 - Qualifications of Voters.

§ 2603. Qualifications  of voters.  A person shall be entitled to vote
  at a school election in a city school district who is:
1. A citizen of the United States.
2. Eighteen years of age.
3. a.  A resident of the state and of the  city  school  district  for
  thirty days next preceding the election.
b. Where territory is added to a city school district by consolidation
  or  alteration  of  boundaries  pursuant  to  article thirty-one of this
  chapter, residence in the territory so  added  shall  be  and  shall  be
  deemed  to  be residence in the city school district for the purposes of
  this section.
c. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of  this  subdivision,  no
  Indian  who  shall have resided on the Allegany Indian reservation for a
  period of thirty days preceding the election at which he offers to vote,
  shall be deemed ineligible to vote at any  such  election  in  the  city
  school  district  of  the  city of Salamanca because of his residence on
  part of such reservation located outside of such city school district.
4. No person shall have the right to  register  for  or  vote  at  any
  school meeting or election who would not be qualified to register for or
  vote  at  an election in accordance with the provisions of section 5-106
  of the election law.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 53 - School Elections in City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants › 2604 - Division of City School District Into School Election Districts; Elections Held in Schoolhouses.

§ 2604. Division   of   city  school  district  into  school  election
  districts; elections held in schoolhouses.   The board of  education  of
  each  city  school  district  shall  adopt a resolution on or before the
  first day of April, preceding the  first  annual  school  election  held
  hereunder,  dividing  the  city  school  district  into  school election
  districts.   The city school  district  shall  be  so  divided  that  if
  circumstances will permit, school election districts will be coterminous
  with  one  or more general election districts, and that, if practicable,
  there shall be a schoolhouse in each election district.    The  election
  districts  thus  formed  shall  continue  in existence until modified by
  resolution of the board of education.  Such resolution shall  accurately
  describe  the  boundaries  of such election districts by streets, alleys
  and highways, when practicable.  School elections shall be held in  such
  school  election  districts  so  far  as  may  be possible in the public
  schoolhouses therein.  If there is no public  schoolhouse  in  a  school
  election  district, the board of education shall by resolution designate
  the  place  where  the  election  in  such  district  shall   be   held.
  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing provisions of this section, the board of
  education of any city school  district  of  a  city  of  less  than  ten
  thousand  inhabitants  may,  by  resolution,  designate  the entire city
  school district as a single school district.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 53 - School Elections in City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants › 2607 - Inspectors of Election; Organization.

§ 2607. Inspectors  of  election; organization. Not less than ten days
  prior to each special or annual election, the board of  education  shall
  appoint  for  each  election  district  three  qualified voters residing
  therein to act as inspectors of election in such  election  district  at
  such  election.  The  clerk of the board of education shall give written
  notice of appointment to the persons so appointed. If a person appointed
  an inspector of election refuses to accept such appointment or fails  to
  serve,  the  board  may appoint a qualified voter of the school election
  district to fill the vacancy. Additional  inspectors  of  elections  for
  each  district  may be appointed for one or more of such school election
  districts when, in the opinion of the board, special circumstances exist
  requiring the services of such additional  inspectors.  Such  inspectors
  shall,  before opening the polls in the election district for which they
  are appointed, organize by electing one of their number  as  chairperson
  and  one  as  poll  clerk.  The  chairperson may also appoint one of the
  inspectors as an assistant poll clerk. Each inspector shall receive  for
  his  or  her  services  a  compensation  to  be  fixed  by  the board of
  education, not to exceed the basic compensation paid  to  inspectors  of
  election  at  the preceding general elections, as fixed by the governing
  body of the city in which such  school  district  is  wholly  or  partly
  located,  to be paid out of the school funds in the same manner as other
  claims against the city school district. Notwithstanding  the  foregoing
  provisions  of  this  section,  a  person  seventeen years of age who is
  enrolled in a school district and fulfilling the requirements of section
  thirty-two hundred seven-a of this  chapter  shall  be  eligible  to  be
  appointed  as,  and  to  perform the duties of, an election inspector or
  poll clerk as provided in this article.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 53 - School Elections in City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants › 2611 - Use of Voting Machines.

§ 2611. Use  of  voting  machines.    The board of education of a city
  school district may authorize the use of voting  machines  at  a  school
  election.   When such voting machines are used the provisions of section
  two thousand thirty-five of this chapter shall apply to and  govern  the
  use of such machines in such school election.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 53 - School Elections in City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants › 2613 - Absentee, Early Mail, and Military Ballots.

§ 2613. Absentee,  early  mail,  and  military  ballots.  The board of
  education of each city school district to  which  this  article  applies
  shall  provide for absentee ballots in accordance with the provisions of
  section two thousand eighteen-a of this title,  early  mail  ballots  in
  accordance  with  the  provisions  of section two thousand eighteen-e of
  this title, and military ballots in accordance with section two thousand
  eighteen-d of this title.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 53 - School Elections in City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants › 2614 - Transmission of Publicly Available Data to the New York Voting and Elections Database.

* § 2614. Transmission  of  publicly  available  data  to the New York
  voting and  elections  database.  Upon  the  certification  of  election
  results  and  the  completion  of  the  voter  history  file  after each
  election, each school district that holds  elections  pursuant  to  this
  article  shall  transmit  copies  of  records required to be transmitted
  pursuant to section 3-112 of the election  law  in  a  manner  and  time
  provided for in such section.
* NB Effective April 1, 2026
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 55 - Regulation by Boards of Education of Conduct on School District Property › 2801-B - New York State School Safety Improvement Teams.

§ 2801-b. New York state school safety improvement teams. The governor
  shall  establish  New  York state school safety improvement teams, which
  may be  composed  of  representatives  from  the  division  of  homeland
  security  and  emergency  services,  the  division  of state police, the
  division of criminal justice services, and the department. Such New York
  State School Safety Improvement Teams shall  review  and  assess  school
  safety plans submitted, on a voluntary basis, by school districts having
  a  population of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants,
  boards of  cooperative  educational  services,  nonpublic  schools,  and
  county   vocational   education  and  extension  boards,  and  may  make
  recommendations to improve such school safety plans.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 56 - Charter Schools › 2850 - Short Title; Purpose.

§  2850.  Short title; purpose. 1. This article shall be known and may
be cited as the "New  York  charter  schools  act  of  nineteen  hundred
ninety-eight".
2.  The  purpose  of  this article is to authorize a system of charter
schools to provide opportunities for teachers,  parents,  and  community
members  to establish and maintain schools that operate independently of
existing schools  and  school  districts  in  order  to  accomplish  the
following objectives:
(a) Improve student learning and achievement;
(b)  Increase  learning  opportunities  for all students, with special
emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who  are  at-risk
of academic failure;
(c) Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods;
(d)   Create  new  professional  opportunities  for  teachers,  school
administrators and other school personnel;
(e) Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of
educational opportunities that are available within  the  public  school
system; and
(f)  Provide  schools  with  a  method  to  change  from rule-based to
performance-based  accountability  systems  by   holding   the   schools
established  under  this  article  accountable  for  meeting  measurable
student achievement results.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils › Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff › 3001 - Qualifications of Teachers.

§  3001.  Qualifications  of  teachers. No person shall be employed or
  authorized to teach in the public schools of the state who is:
1. Under the age of eighteen years.
2. Not in possession of  a  teacher's  certificate  issued  under  the
  authority  of  this  chapter  or a diploma issued on the completion of a
  course in state college for teachers or state teachers college  of  this
  state.
The  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall not prohibit a certified
  teacher from permitting a practice  or  cadet  teacher  enrolled  in  an
  approved  teacher  education  program  from teaching a class without the
  presence  of  the  certified  teacher  in  the  classroom  provided  the
  classroom  certified  teacher  is  available  at  all  times and retains
  supervision of the practice or cadet teacher. The  number  of  certified
  teachers  shall  not  be  diminished  by reason of the presence of cadet
  teachers.
3. Not a citizen. The provisions of this subdivision shall not  apply,
  however,  to  a  noncitizen  teacher now or hereafter employed, provided
  such teacher  shall  make  due  application  to  become  a  citizen  and
  thereafter within the time prescribed by law shall become a citizen. The
  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall  not  apply,  after July first,
  nineteen hundred sixty-seven, to a noncitizen teacher employed  pursuant
  to  regulations adopted by the commissioner of education permitting such
  employment. The citizenship requirements of this subdivision  shall  not
  apply   to   a  noncitizen  teacher  now  or  hereafter  employed  whose
  immigration status is that of a lawful permanent resident of the  United
  States  and who would otherwise be eligible to serve as a teacher, or to
  apply for or receive permanent certification as a teacher, but  for  the
  foregoing requirements of this subdivision.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils › Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff › 3001-A - Temporary Teaching Permit, Person Not a Citizen.

§ 3001-a. Temporary  teaching permit, person not a citizen.  A person,
  not a citizen, who files with the department satisfactory proof that  he
  has  filed  with  the  attorney  general  of  the  United States a first
  preference petition pursuant to section two hundred three (a) (1) of the
  immigration and nationality act and that said petition has been approved
  by such  attorney  general  upon  certification  by  the  department  of
  justice,  immigration  and  naturalization service, that he is unable to
  adjust his status to that of a lawful permanent resident of  the  United
  States  solely  because  of  an  over-subscribed  quota  to  which he is
  chargeable   may   receive   from   the   commissioner   of   education,
  notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision three of section three
  thousand  one  of  this  chapter,  a  temporary  permit  validating  his
  employment  in  a  teaching capacity in the public schools of the state.
  Such temporary permit shall be valid for one year from the date of issue
  and may, upon proper application to the commissioner,  be  once  renewed
  for a further period of one year.  Such application shall be in the form
  required  by  the  commissioner.    Such applicant shall not be employed
  until  he  shall  have  taken  and  subscribed  the  following  oath  or
  affirmation:
"I  do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution
  of the United States of America and the constitution of the State of New
  York, and that I will faithfully discharge, according to the best of  my
  ability,  the  duties of the position of.......................(title of
  position and name or  designation  of  school,  college,  university  or
  institution  to  be  here  inserted),  to which I am now assigned."  The
  affidavit and oath required by this section shall be administered by the
  superintendent of schools having jurisdiction over the  school  district
  in  which  such  person  is  to  be  employed  or  his  duly  authorized
  representative and shall be filed with the  commissioner  of  education.
  Copies thereof shall be filed with the superintendent of schools.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils › Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff › 3004-C - Denial of Application for Certification.

§   3004-c.   Denial   of  application  for  certification.  When  the
  commissioner determines that  a  certification  should  be  denied,  the
  applicant  shall  be afforded notice and the right to be heard and offer
  proof in  opposition  to  such  determination  in  accordance  with  the
  regulations of the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils › Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff › 3005 - Leave of Absence to Teachers for Teaching in Foreign Countries, Other States and Territories and Other School Districts.

§ 3005. Leave   of   absence  to  teachers  for  teaching  in  foreign
  countries, other states and territories and other school districts.  The
  trustee, trustees or board of  education  of  any  school  district  may
  permit  any teacher having had at least five years service in the school
  or schools of said district to apply for and receive a leave of  absence
  for  a  period  not to exceed two years for teaching in the schools of a
  foreign country, other states  of  the  United  States  or  any  of  its
  territories  or  in any other school district within this state provided
  such foreign country, other state or territory or other school  district
  shall  have  agreed to furnish a teacher of corresponding rank or school
  level to fulfill the duties of the said teacher  on  leave  of  absence.
  During  the  period  of  said  leave  of  absence the said teacher shall
  receive from the school district the same  compensation  that  he  would
  have  received  had  he  been  present  and  teaching in a school of the
  district.   Such leave of absence  shall  not  in  any  way  affect  the
  retirement rights of said teacher as a member of a retirement system and
  the  period  of  the aforesaid leave of absence shall be credited to the
  total years of service of said member in the same  manner  and  for  all
  purposes  as  if  he  had not been granted said leave of absence and had
  been present within the district engaged  in  actual  teaching  service.
  Notwithstanding  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  when  the
  qualifications of the teacher from the foreign country, other  state  or
  territory   or   other   school  district  have  been  approved  by  the
  commissioner of education,  he  shall  be  legally  entitled  to  render
  instructional  service  in  any public school in this state and a permit
  for a period not to exceed two years for such service shall be issued by
  the commissioner of education without the payment of fee.    Any  school
  district  employing  a  teacher  under  this  section may supplement the
  salary received from the foreign country, other state  or  territory  or
  other school district by said teacher.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils › Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff › 3005-A - Leave of Absence for Teaching Purposes.

§ 3005-a. Leave  of  absence  for teaching purposes.  In a city of one
  million or more, a board of education may permit any  teacher  to  apply
  for  and receive a leave of absence for a period not to exceed two years
  for teaching in a college or university, certificated and accredited  by
  the commissioner of education, provided such college or university shall
  have  agreed  to furnish an educator of professorial rank to fulfill the
  duties of the said teacher on leave  of  absence  or  any  other  duties
  assigned  by  the  superintendent  of schools. During the period of said
  leave of absence for teaching in  a  college  or  university,  the  said
  teacher  shall  receive  from  the school district in said city the same
  compensation that he  would  have  received  had  he  been  present  and
  teaching in a school of the district and the college educator if he is a
  member  of  a publicly operated college or system shall likewise receive
  the same compensation as he would have received had he remained  in  the
  college or university. Such leave of absence shall not in any way affect
  the  retirement  rights  of  the  said  teacher or college educator as a
  member of a retirement system and the period of the aforesaid  leave  of
  absence  shall  be  credited  to  the total years of service of the said
  member in the same manner and for all purposes as if he had continued in
  his position. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter, nor
  any other local law or provision, the chancellor of the city board shall
  have authority to issue to such college or university educator a special
  certificate of competency which shall be  valid  for  a  period  not  to
  exceed  two  years  and  not  renewable  and under which such college or
  university educator  shall  be  permitted  to  fulfill  the  duties  and
  assignments as herein provided.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils › Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff › 3005-B - Leave of Absence for Personal Illness.

§ 3005-b. Leave   of   absence  for  personal  illness.    The  school
  authorities  of  each  school  district  outside  of  a  city  having  a
  population in excess of one million shall allow each teacher employed by
  the  district sick leave without loss of salary for at least ten working
  days in any year on account of personal sickness or physical disability;
  and provided, further, that if any employee does not use the full amount
  of sick leave allowed in any school year, the amount not used  shall  be
  accumulated  from year to year and used, if needed, up to a total of not
  less than one hundred fifty working days.   Any accumulation  of  unused
  sick  leave  heretofore  granted  by  such  school  authorities shall be
  counted toward the accumulated leave herein provided.  Nothing contained
  in this section shall be construed  to  authorize  a  reduction  in  the
  amount  of  accumulated  leave granted to a teacher prior to July first,
  nineteen hundred sixty-five.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils › Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff › 3007 - Endorsement of Foreign Certificates and Diplomas.

§ 3007. Endorsement   of   foreign   certificates  and  diplomas.  The
  commissioner of education may in his discretion endorse:
1. A diploma issued by a normal school or teachers college of  another
  state.
2.  A  certificate  issued  by  the chief educational officer or state
  board of another state.
Such endorsement confers on the holder of such diploma or  certificate
  the  privileges conferred by law on the holder of the diploma of a state
  teachers college or state college  for  teachers  or  state  certificate
  issued  in  this  state. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
  commissioner shall require that any  person  seeking  endorsement  of  a
  foreign  certificate  or  diploma,  on  or after January first, nineteen
  hundred ninety-one, shall have completed  two  hours  of  coursework  or
  training  regarding  the identification and reporting of child abuse and
  maltreatment. The coursework or  training  shall  be  obtained  from  an
  institution  or  provider  which  has been approved by the department to
  provide such course work or training. The coursework or  training  shall
  include  information regarding the physical and behavioral indicators of
  child abuse and maltreatment and the  statutory  reporting  requirements
  set out in sections four hundred thirteen through four hundred twenty of
  the  social  services  law, including but not limited to, when and how a
  report must be made, what other actions  the  reporter  is  mandated  or
  authorized  to  take,  the legal protections afforded reporters, and the
  consequences for failing to report. Each  applicant  shall  provide  the
  department  with  documentation showing that he or she has completed the
  required training.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils › Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff › 3008 - Certification of Teachers by Local Authorities.

§ 3008. Certification  of  teachers  by local authorities.  A district
  superintendent, a city superintendent of schools or such other authority
  of a city school district as may be designated by  law  may  issue  such
  certificate as may be authorized by law or by the regents general rules.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils › Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff › 3009 - Unqualified Teachers Shall Not Be Paid From School Moneys.

§ 3009.   Unqualified  teachers  shall not be paid from school moneys.
  1.  No part of the school moneys apportioned  to  a  district  shall  be
  applied  to  the  payment  of  the salary of an unqualified teacher, nor
  shall his salary, or any part thereof, be collected by  a  district  tax
  except as provided in this chapter.
2.  a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
  school authorities of any school district shall have the power, in their
  discretion, to employ persons as teacher  aides  who  shall  assist  the
  regular  teacher or teachers of the district in the performance of their
  teaching functions by  performing  those  nonteaching  duties  otherwise
  performed by such regular teacher or teachers.
b.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the contrary, the
  school authorities of any school district shall have the power, in their
  discretion, to employ persons as teaching assistants.  Such persons,  if
  so  employed,  shall  be  authorized  to  act  only  under  the  general
  supervision of a licensed or certified teacher.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils › Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff › 3010 - Penalty for Payment of Unqualified Teacher.

§ 3010. Penalty  for  payment  of unqualified teacher.  Any trustee or
  member of a board of education who applies, or directs, or  consents  to
  the  application of, any district money to the payment of an unqualified
  teacher's salary, thereby commits a misdemeanor; and  any  fine  imposed
  upon  him therefor shall be for the benefit of the common schools of the
  district.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils › Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff › 3012-A - Elementary Tenure Area.

§ 3012-a. Elementary tenure area.  Notwithstanding any other provision
  of  law to the contrary, and except in cities having a population of one
  million or more, elementary tenure area shall mean kindergarten  through
  grade six for teachers employed in such grade levels after the effective
  date  of  this section.  All teachers holding tenure as of the effective
  date of this section in the  kindergarten  tenure  area  or  grades  one
  through six tenure area shall be deemed to hold tenure in the elementary
  tenure area as defined by this section.