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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 100 - Elementary and Secondary Education School Program › Section 100.6 - High school exiting credentials

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(a) Skills and achievement commencement
				  credential. Beginning with the 2013-14 school year and thereafter, the board of
				  education or trustees of a school district shall, and the principal of a
				  nonpublic school may, issue a skills and achievement commencement credential to
				  a student who has taken the State assessment for students with severe
				  disabilities, as defined in section
				  100.1(t)(2)(iv) 
				  of this Part, in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) Prior to awarding the skills and
				  achievement commencement credential, the governing body of the school district
				  or nonpublic school shall ensure that:
(i)
				  the student has been recommended by the committee on special education to take
				  the alternate assessment in lieu of a required State assessment;
(ii) such student meets the definition of a
				  student with a severe disability as defined in section
				  100.1(t)(2)(iv) 
				  of this Part; and
(iii) the student
				  has been afforded appropriate opportunities to participate in community
				  experiences and development of employment and other instructional activities to
				  prepare the student for post-secondary living, learning and
				  employment.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 100 - Elementary and Secondary Education School Program › Section 100.7 - State high school equivalency diploma

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(a) Requirements.
(1) Each candidate shall have lived within
				  the State of New York for at least one month prior to the examination and:
(i) shall be 19 years of age or over, or 18
				  years of age or older in the case of a student receiving a high school
				  equivalency diploma based on successful completion of the National External
				  Degree Program; or
(ii) shall be at
				  least 17 years of age, and:
(a) has not
				  attended a regular, full-time high school program of instruction within the
				  preceding 12 months; or
(b) is a
				  member of a high school who has graduated; or
(c) has been accepted into the U.S. armed
				  forces; or
(d) has been accepted
				  into college or post-secondary institution; or
(e) is a resident of a narcotic addiction
				  control center, a rehabilitation facility, county jail, prison, detention
				  center or hospital, or is an adjudicated youth under the direction of a court
				  or a parole, probation or other law enforcement agency and the head of such
				  institution, the court, or the parole officer or probation officer having
				  oversight over such individual, as applicable, certifies that the high school
				  equivalency diploma constitutes an essential element of the rehabilitational
				  program; or
(f) is enrolled in an
				  alternative high school equivalency preparation program in accordance with
				  subdivision (h) of this section; or
(g) is home schooled pursuant to section
				  100.10  of this Part; or
(h) is foreign born and never attended K-12
				  schools in the United States;
(iii) shall be at least 16 years of age and
				  has reached maximum compulsory school attendance age; and
(a) has been accepted into the U.S. armed
				  forces; or
(b) has been accepted
				  into college or post-secondary institution; or
(c) is enrolled in an alternative high school
				  equivalency preparation program in accordance with subdivision (h) of this
				  section; or
(d) is home schooled
				  pursuant to section
				  100.10  of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 100 - Elementary and Secondary Education School Program › Section 100.8 - Local high school equivalency diploma

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Boards of education specified by the commissioner may award
					 a local high school equivalency diploma based upon experimental programs
					 approved by the commissioner until August 31, 2016, after which date such
					 boards may no longer award a local high school equivalency
					 diploma.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 100 - Elementary and Secondary Education School Program › Section 100.10 - Home instruction

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(a)
				  Purpose of section. The purpose of this section is to establish procedures to
				  assist school authorities in fulfilling their responsibility under Education
				  Law, sections
				  3204(2) and
				  3210(2)(d), and in meeting
				  their responsibility of determining the competency of the instructor and
				  substantial equivalence of instruction being provided at home to students of
				  compulsory school attendance age, and to assist parents who exercise their
				  right to provide required instruction at home to such students in fulfilling
				  their responsibilities under Education Law, section
				  3212(2).
(b) Notice of intention to instruct at home.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in
				  paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subdivision, parents or other persons in
				  parental relation to a student of compulsory school attendance age shall
				  annually provide written notice to the superintendent of schools of their
				  school district of residence of their intention to educate their child at home
				  by July 1st of each school year. The school year begins July 1st and ends June
				  30th for all purposes within this section. In the case of the City School
				  District of the City of New York, the school district of residence for students
				  who, if enrolled in the public schools, would attend elementary school,
				  intermediate school or junior high school in a community school district, shall
				  be deemed to be the community school district in which the parents
				  reside.
(2) Parents who determine
				  to commence home instruction after the start of the school year, or who
				  establish residence in the school district after the start of the school year,
				  shall provide written notice of their intention to educate their child at home
				  within 14 days following the commencement of home instruction within the school
				  district.
(3) For the 1988-89
				  school year only, the written notice of intention to instruct at home required
				  in paragraph (1) of this subdivision shall be due on August 1, 1988.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 100 - Elementary and Secondary Education School Program › Section 100.12 - Instructional computer technology plans

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(a) To be eligible for aid for instructional
				  computer hardware and technology equipment expenses pursuant to Education Law,
				  section
				  753, school district shall develop and
				  maintain a plan, in a format prescribed by the commissioner, for the use of the
				  instructional computer technology equipment.
(b) Each plan shall include:
(1) a description of the number and type of
				  instructional computer technologies to be used and how they will be applied to
				  the overall K-12 instructional program;
(2) provision for the maintenance and repair
				  of equipment, consistent with the five-year capital assets preservation plan as
				  provided for in Education Law, section
				  3602(6) and section
				  155.1(a)(4) 
				  of this Title;
(3) provision for
				  staff development to demonstrate how classroom teachers will use instructional
				  computer technology across the K-12 curriculum; and
(4) an assurance of the superintendent of
				  schools, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, that the school district has
				  provided for the loan of instructional computer hardware to students legally
				  attending nonpublic schools pursuant to Education Law, section
				  754.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 100 - Elementary and Secondary Education School Program › Section 100.13 - Contract for excellence

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(a)
Definitions.
As used in this section:
(1)
Total foundation aid
means such aid as defined in Education Law, section 3602(4).
(2)
Supplemental educational
				  improvement plan grant
means such grants as defined in Education Law,
				  section 3641(8).
(3)
Annual
				  contract amount
means the sum of the amounts apportioned to the school
				  district in the current year as total foundation aid and as supplemental
				  educational improvement plan grants for the 2007-2008 school year and
				  thereafter, in excess of the percentage of the school district's foundation aid
				  base, as prescribed and adjusted in Education Law, section
				  211-d(2)(a).
(4)
Base
				  year
shall be as defined in Education Law, section
				  3602(1)(b).
(5)
Experimental programs
are programs, not included in the
				  allowable programs and activities under subparagraphs (c)(2)(i) through (v) of
				  this section, that are designed to demonstrate the efficacy of other strategies
				  to improve student achievement, and for which the commissioner may authorize a
				  school district to spend up to 15 percent of the annual contract
				  amount.
(6)
Highly
				  qualified teacher
means a teacher who meets the requirements set forth
				  in section 120.6 of this Title.
(7)
Response to intervention
				  program
means a program as defined in section
				  100.2(ii)  of this
				  Part.
(8)
Students with low
				  academic achievement
means students who:
(i) are not performing at least at a level 3
				  score on the following accountability measures:
(a) elementary/middle level English language
				  arts; and
(b) elementary/middle
				  level math; and/or
(ii)
				  did not graduate within four years of first entry into the ninth grade, as
				  determined for the latest available school year.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 100 - Elementary and Secondary Education School Program › Section 100.15 - Summer institutes for mathematics and science teachers in middle grades five through eight

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(a)
Purpose.
The purpose of this section is to establish
				  requirements for a competitive grant program to public and independent colleges
				  and universities offering teacher education programs, in partnership with
				  school districts, to conduct summer institutes for teachers of mathematics and
				  science pursuant to Education Law, section 3641-b.
(b) Subject to the availability of funds
				  appropriated for such purpose, the commissioner shall annually issue a request
				  for proposals to public and independent colleges and universities offering
				  teacher education programs, registered pursuant to section
				  52.21 
				  of this Title, that partner with school districts to conduct summer institutes
				  for teachers of mathematics and science in grades five through eight in middle
				  schools, junior high schools, intermediate schools or junior/senior high
				  schools.
(1) Such proposals shall be in a
				  format, and submitted pursuant to a timeline, as prescribed by the commissioner
				  and shall include a description of how the program will advance the content
				  knowledge and pedagogy of participating teachers in the areas of mathematics
				  and science, including, but not limited to, how the program is:
(i) aligned to State learning standards for
				  mathematics and science; and
(ii)
				  aligned and integrated with programs offered to excelsior scholars pursuant to
				  the requirements of section
				  100.14 
				  of this Part, to the extent practicable, as well as with other State and
				  Federal programs with similar purposes.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 100 - Elementary and Secondary Education School Program › Section 100.16 - Reasonable and necessary expenses of members of school quality review teams and joint intervention teams, and distinguished educators, appointed pursuant to education law, sections 211-b and 211-c

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(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) Consulting fees shall mean reasonable and
				  necessary wage compensation paid to individuals in accordance with paragraph
				  (c)(1) of this section for the hours worked in the performance of their
				  official duties as members of school quality review teams and joint
				  intervention teams, and as distinguished educators.
(2) Replacement costs shall mean those costs
				  including, but not limited to, salary and benefits of an individual employed by
				  a school district or charter school to replace a teacher and/or administrator
				  who takes a leave of absence to serve as a distinguished educator pursuant to
				  Education Law, section
				  211-c(8).
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 100 - Elementary and Secondary Education School Program › Section 100.17 - Distinguished educator program

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(a)
Eligibility.
The following individuals shall be eligible for designation
					 by the Board of Regents as distinguished educators pursuant to Education Law
					 section 211-c:
(1) building
				  principals, superintendents of schools, and teachers, including retirees and
				  current employees of school districts, under whose leadership schools have
				  demonstrated consistent growth in academic performance, and who meet the
				  applicable criteria in subdivision (b) of this section; and
(2) other individuals who have demonstrated
				  educational expertise, including superior performance in the classroom, and who
				  meet the applicable criteria in subdivision (b) of this section; provided,
				  however, that individuals employed by for-profit entities shall not be eligible
				  for such designation.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 100 - Elementary and Secondary Education School Program › Section 100.20 - Graduation and Diploma Requirements for Students Covered Under the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
				  law or regulation to the contrary, in order to remove barriers to educational
				  success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and
				  deployment of their parents, school districts and charter schools that receive
				  public funding and serve students of active duty military families who a re
				  formally enrolled in kindergarten through twelfth grade shall comply with the
				  provisions of Education Law §§ 3300-3307 and this section relating to
				  educational records, enrollment, placement decisions, excused absences,
				  residency determinations and graduation requirements.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) Military children shall mean those
				  children for which the "interstate compact on educational opportunity for
				  military children" applies as set forth in Education Law §
											3303;
(2) Receiving state shall mean New York
				  State, the State to which a child of a military family is sent, brought, or
				  caused to be sent or brought; and
(3) Sending state shall mean the state from
				  which a child of a military family is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or
				  brought.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 100 - Elementary and Secondary Education School Program › Section 100.22 - Instruction provided to students in a home, hospital, or institutional setting other than a school (homebound instruction)

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(a) Purpose.
				  The purpose of this section is to establish minimum instructional requirements
				  that must be provided to students who are anticipated to be unable to attend
				  school in person for at least ten days during a three-month period due to
				  illness or injury which requires the student to remain at home or in a hospital
				  or other institution for the treatment of children, other than a
				  school.
(b) Definitions. As used in
				  this section:
(1) Remote instruction shall
				  have the same meaning as defined in section
				  100.1(u)  of this
				  Part.
(2) Tutor means an employee
				  of the school district of residence or an individual with whom the school
				  district of residence contracts to provide home, hospital, or institutional
				  instruction pursuant to this section. Such tutor must hold a New York State
				  teaching certificate pursuant to Part 80 of this Title. A tutor may include a
				  teacher employed by a board of cooperative educational services (BOCES) that
				  contracts with the school district of residence to provide such instruction
				  pursuant to Education Law § 1950.
(3) Instruction delivery plan means a written
				  plan to continue the student's academic progress and to maintain a record of
				  delivery of instructional services and student progress, in accordance with
				  paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of this section.
(4) School district of residence means the
				  public school district within the State of New York where students legally
				  reside with their parents or guardians.
(5) Treating health care provider means a
				  person who is treating a student and is licensed or otherwise authorized to
				  provide diagnosis pursuant to a profession enumerated in Title VIII of the
				  Education Law.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 102 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS › Section 102.1 - Examination schedule

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Examinations shall be given in subjects and at times and
					 places designated by the commissioner.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 102 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS › Section 102.2 - Required use

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Elementary and secondary schools shall administer such
					 examinations as are designated by the commissioner as necessary for proper
					 supervision or evaluation of educational programs.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 102 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS › Section 102.3 - Responsibility for examinations

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Building principals are responsible for administering
					 department examinations and maintaining the integrity of examination content
					 and programs, in accordance with directions and procedures established by the
					 commissioner.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 102 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS › Section 102.5 - Student declaration

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At the close of each Regents examination, each candidate
					 shall subscribe his name to the following declaration on the answer
					 paper:
"I do hereby affirm, at the close of this examination, that
					 I had no unlawful knowledge of the questions or answers prior to the
					 examination, and that I have neither given nor received assistance in answering
					 any of the questions during the examination."
No answer paper lacking this declaration, however
					 satisfactory in other respects, will be accepted.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 104 - PUPIL RECORDS › Section 104.1 - Pupil attendance recordkeeping

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(a)
				  Purpose. The purpose of this section is to:
(1) ensure the maintenance of an adequate
				  record verifying the attendance of all children at instruction in accordance
				  with Education Law section 3205;
(2) establish a practical mechanism for every
				  public and nonpublic elementary, middle and secondary school in the State of
				  New York to account to the parents of all children enrolled in such schools for
				  the whereabouts of such children throughout each school day; and
(3) ensure sufficient pupil attendance at all
				  scheduled periods of actual instruction or supervised study activities to
				  permit such pupils to succeed at meeting the State learning
				  standards.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 104 - PUPIL RECORDS › Section 104.2 - Academic records of pupils who attend upon instruction elsewhere than at public schools

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(a) A
				  nonpublic school that provides elementary school instruction, secondary school
				  instruction, or both, shall maintain individual pupil academic
				  records.
(b) A nonpublic school
				  which discontinues operation shall notify the chief school administrator of the
				  district in which the school had operated of such discontinuance. The chief
				  school administrator of the district in which the nonpublic school is located
				  shall inform the commissioner in writing within 30 days after the chief school
				  administrator learns of the discontinuance of the school.
(c) A nonpublic school which discontinues its
				  operation may transfer the pupil's academic records to another school or agency
				  upon written notification to the commissioner and the chief school
				  administrator in the district where the school is located. Such notification
				  shall set forth the name and address of the school or agency to which the
				  records will be transferred and the effective date of such transfer.
(d) In the event that the pupil academic
				  records are not transferred to another school or agency, the nonpublic school
				  which has discontined its operation shall transfer such records to the school
				  district in which such school is located, and the chief school administrator of
				  such district shall be responsible for permanently maintaining such
				  records.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 104 - PUPIL RECORDS › Section 104.3 - Prohibition on inclusion of individual student scores on State administered standardized English language arts or mathematics assessments for grades three through eight

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(a) No school
				  district or board of cooperative educational services may place or include on a
				  student's official transcript or maintain in a student's permanent record any
				  individual student score on a State administered standardized English language
				  arts or mathematics assessment for grades three through eight, provided that
				  nothing herein shall be construed to interfere with required State or federal
				  reporting or to excuse a school district from maintaining or transferring
				  records of such test scores separately from a student's permanent record,
				  including for purposed of required State or federal reporting; and
(b) any test results on a State administered
				  standardized English language arts or mathematics assessment for grades three
				  through eight sent to parents or persons in parental relation to a student
				  shall include a clear and conspicuous notice that such results will not be
				  included on the student's official transcript or in the student's permanent
				  record and are being provided to the student and parents for diagnostic
				  purposes.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 105 - Appointment Of Public Members Of Boards Of Education Of Special Act School Districts › Section 105.1 - Definitions

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Except as otherwise provided herein, as used in this Part,
					 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) Board of education means the board of
				  education of a special act school.
(b) Child care agency means an authorized
				  agency, as defined in subdivision 1 of section 4001  of
				  the Education Law that operates a child care institution affiliated with a
				  special act school district.
(c)
				  Public member means a member of a board of education appointed by the
				  commissioner pursuant to this Part.
(d) Special act school district means a
				  special act school district as defined in subdivision 8 of section 4001  of
				  the Education Law.
(e) Supervisory
				  district means the supervisory district of a board of cooperative educational
				  services established pursuant to section 2201  of the Education Law.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 105 - Appointment Of Public Members Of Boards Of Education Of Special Act School Districts › Section 105.2 - Eligibility for appointment as public member

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(a) Any person shall be eligible to apply for
				  appointment by the commissioner as a public member who:
(1) is eligible to vote in a general
				  election;
(2) is a resident of a
				  component school district of the supervisory district in which the special act
				  school district is located, of a contiguous supervisory district or of a school
				  district that is not a component school district of any supervisory district
				  but is contiguous to a component school district of the supervisory district in
				  which the special act school district is located;
(3) submits a letter of intent to the
				  department, in the manner and by the date prescribed by the commissioner, that
				  specifies the boards of education to which he or she is seeking appointment,
				  with a resume and an application in a form and containing such information as
				  the commissioner may prescribe; and
(4) is not disqualified from serving as a
				  public member under subdivision (b) of this section.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 105 - Appointment Of Public Members Of Boards Of Education Of Special Act School Districts › Section 105.3 - Appointment of public members

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(a)
				  The commissioner shall appoint two public members to the board of education of
				  each special act school district pursuant to the provisions of this Part.
				  Appointments shall be made from candidates recommended by a regional interview
				  team appointed by the commissioner. A district superintendent of schools shall
				  coordinate the activities of the team. Such regional interview team may
				  include, but need not be limited to, a duly licensed certified public
				  accountant or public accountant and individuals recommended by organizations
				  representing superintendents of schools, boards of education, teachers, and
				  individuals with disabilities and/or parents of individuals with
				  disabilities.
(b) The full term of
				  office of a public member shall be four years, commencing and ending on such
				  dates as determined by the commissioner, provided that the term of public
				  members may be changed in accordance with subdivision 3 of section 2105 
				  of the Education Law upon at least 60 days advance notice to the
				  commissioner.
(c) In the event a
				  public member vacates his or her office during its term pursuant to section 2112 
				  of the Education Law, the commissioner may appoint an eligible person in the
				  manner prescribed in this section for the remaining balance of the term of
				  office, or for a full term commencing and ending on such dates as determined by
				  the commissioner.
(d) Upon
				  appointment, the public members shall have all the rights, privileges, powers,
				  duties and responsibilities of members of the board of education of a union
				  free school district under the Education Law and other laws pertaining to such
				  school districts.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 107 - Safety Education › Section 107.1 - Safety education

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Instruction in safety education, including highway and
					 traffic safety, and bicycle safety, shall be given to all pupils in both
					 elementary and secondary grades; such instruction shall be made a definite part
					 of the school program either as a special subject or in connection with
					 instruction in other subjects; and comprehensive plans for safety education
					 shall be organized by local school authorities including highway and traffic
					 safety, bicycle safety, home safety, recreational safety, industrial and
					 occupational safety and school safety, to insure the development of safety
					 habits in all varied activities of everyday life.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 107 - Safety Education › Section 107.2 - Certification of supervised hours in driver education courses pursuant to education law, section 806-a(2)

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The driver education teacher in a driver and traffic safety
					 education course approved by the commissioner shall, upon the request of his or
					 her student who is the holder of a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit,
					 certify on a form prescribed by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles the number
					 of hours such student has spent operating a motor vehicle while under the
					 immediate supervision of such driver education teacher.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 108 - Flag Regulations › Section 108.1 - Definitions

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An assembly room, within the meaning of this statute, means
					 a room where the pupils are brought together for the purpose of assemblage on
					 special occasions. Neither a classroom nor a study hall is necessarily an
					 assembly room. In schools having an auditorium, such auditorium is the assembly
					 room contemplated by the statute. In schools having but few classrooms, the
					 room used for general assembly purposes should contain the flag. In
					 schoolhouses having but one room, that room is the assembly room within the
					 meaning of the statute.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 108 - Flag Regulations › Section 108.2 - Material and size

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The flag for use in school assembly rooms should be of
					 silk; and of such proportion and size as to command attention and
					 respect.
(a) For one-teacher school
				  classroom or other small room, used for assembly purposes, the following sizes
				  are recommended:
(1) 3 feet by 5 feet on
				  8-foot standard; or
(2) 2 feet, 6
				  inches by 4 feet on 7- or 7 1/2-foot standard.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 108 - Flag Regulations › Section 108.3 - Manner and place of display

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In school assembly rooms the flag should be displayed from
					 a staff standing at the audience's right as they face the stage. If the flag is
					 placed on the platform, it should stand at the right of the speaker as he faces
					 the audience and at the audience's left as they face the
					 stage.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 108 - Flag Regulations › Section 108.4 - Care of the flag

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Children should be taught to take proper care of the flag.
					 Once a week it should be brushed with a soft brush. At the weekend and prior to
					 any vacation period, it should be brushed, folded around the pole and properly
					 covered.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 108 - Flag Regulations › Section 108.5 - Pledge to the flag

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(a) It is
				  recommended that schools use the following pledge to the flag:
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of
					 America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God,
					 indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
(b) In giving the pledge to the flag, the
				  procedure is to render the pledge by standing with the right hand over the
				  heart.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 108 - Flag Regulations › Section 108.6 - Flag day, june 14th, shall be observed in all schools

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Such observance may be in the nature of a special program,
					 a review of the history of the flag, the initiation, development or culmination
					 of a project or unit of work pertaining to the flag, the study of a poem, essay
					 or other literature concerning the flag or a discussion of some phase or
					 problem of American life symbolized by the flag.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 108 - Flag Regulations › Section 108.7 - Other instruction

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(a)
				  Instruction concerning the flag as a symbol of American life should not be
				  limited to the observance of Flag Day. Before leaving the elementary school,
				  each child should come to think of himself as a "maker of the flag" and each
				  pupil who passes through the secondary school should be guided in sober thought
				  as to the meaning of "liberty and justice for all."
(b) In addition to the provisions of
				  subdivision (a) of this section, schools must provide specific instruction
				  regarding respect for the flag of the United States of America, its display and
				  use, to include as a minimum, instruction regarding the provisions of sections
				  170 through 177 of title 36 of the United States Code.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 109 - Holiday And Religious Observance › Section 109.1 - Observance of special holidays

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The Education Law (section 802, subdivision 2) requires the
					 observance in public schools of Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday,
					 Memorial Day and Flag Day. To these should be added Veterans' Day, Columbus Day
					 and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Each school should observe these holidays in
					 its own way. While the original purpose of both Memorial Day and Veterans' Day
					 was to honor those who have given their lives for their country, special
					 exercises or study for these days may properly be directed, in the one case, to
					 creating a better and deeper understanding of the American Union; and in the
					 other to keeping alive the ideal of world peace.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 109 - Holiday And Religious Observance › Section 109.2 - Absence from school for religious observance and education

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(a) Absence of a pupil from school during
				  school hours for religious observance and education to be had outside the
				  school building and grounds will be excused upon the request in writing signed
				  by the parent or guardian of the pupil.
(b) The courses in religious observance and
				  education must be maintained and operated by or under the control of duly
				  constituted religious bodies.
(c)
				  Pupils must be registered for the courses and a copy of the registration filed
				  with the local public school authorities.
(d) Reports of attendance of pupils upon such
				  courses shall be filed with the principal at the end of each
				  semester.
(e) Such absence for a
				  released time program, grades K-12, shall be for not more than one hour each
				  week at the close of either the morning or afternoon session, or both, at a
				  time to be fixed by the local school authorities; provided that the time
				  designated for each separate unit, the primary grades (K-3), intermediate
				  grades (4-6), junior high school grades (7-9), and senior high school grades
				  (10-12), shall be the same for all pupils in that unit in each separate school.
				  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a board of education, in its discretion, may
				  permit pupils in the various units which are departmentalized to be released
				  for not more than one hour a week in groups that may include less than whole
				  units at such times and upon such conditions as such board of education may
				  deem proper; in no event may any pupil be released for more than one hour a
				  week. In the event that more than one school for religious observance and
				  education is maintained in any district, the hours for absence in each
				  particular public elementary or secondary school unit in such district shall be
				  the same for all such religious schools.
(f) A board of education may establish an
				  optional program for high school students in grades 9-12 to permit a student
				  with written approval of parent or guardian to enroll in a course in religion
				  in a registered nonpublic high school. Enrollment in a course of this nature
				  shall be subject to the prior approval by the public high school principal with
				  respect to course schedule, pupil attendance and reporting of pupil
				  achievement. Absence to attend such a course may be excused for the number of
				  periods per week that the course is scheduled in the nonpublic school, provided
				  that the excused absences are at the beginning or close of a public school
				  session and are mutually agreed upon by the school officials.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 110 - Summer School › Section 110.1 - Requirements for approval of a summer elementary school

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To be approved, a summer elementary school shall:
(a) except in the case of a program approved
				  pursuant to section
				  110.5 
				  of this Part, comprise the summer session of a public elementary school and use
				  the building(s) and equipment of such school or other suitable facility as
				  approved by the Commissioner of Education;
(b) provide a program during the months of
				  July and August of at least 20 hours of instruction;
(c) employ teachers who are certified to
				  teach in the elementary schools of this State, and use paraprofessionals as
				  needed; and
(d) provide daily
				  instructional sessions of at least one hour but not more than five
				  hours.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 110 - Summer School › Section 110.2 - Requirements for approval of a summer secondary school

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To be approved, a summer secondary school shall:
(a) except in the case of a program approved
				  pursuant to section
				  110.5 
				  of this Part, comprise the summer session of a registered secondary school and
				  use the building(s) and equipment of such school or other suitable facility as
				  approved by the Commissioner of Education;
(b) provide a secondary school program during
				  the months of July and August of at least 20 hours of instruction, exclusive of
				  days used for registration, final examinations or Regents
				  examinations;
(c) employ teachers
				  who are certified to teach in the secondary schools of this State and assign
				  such teachers to teach only the courses in which they are certified, and use
				  paraprofessionals as needed; and
(d) provide daily instructional sessions of
				  at least one hour but not more than 5 1/2 hours.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 110 - Summer School › Section 110.3 - Attendance and average daily membership in elementary summer schools and secondary summer schools

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For purposes of the computation of State aid for summer
					 school programs other than programs eligible for aid pursuant to Education Law,
					 section
					 1950(5):
(a) State aid for approved day or evening
				  public elementary and secondary summer schools shall be computed on the basis
				  of 90 hours of maximum attendance for each pupil included in additional aidable
				  pupil units pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision (2) of section 3602  of the Education Law. State aid for
				  approved day or evening public elementary and secondary summer schools shall be
				  computed on the basis of 90 hours of maximum possible attendance for each pupil
				  included in total aidable foundation pupil units pursuant to paragraph (g) of
				  subdivision (2) of section 3602  of the Education Law.
(b) Each pupil attending a program of
				  instruction for at least 90 hours in an approved day or evening elementary or
				  secondary summer school shall be counted for one unit of summer school average
				  daily attendance. Each pupil enrolled in a program of instruction for at least
				  90 hours in an approved day or evening elementary or secondary summer school
				  shall be counted for one unit of summer school average daily
				  membership.
(c) Each pupil
				  attending a program of instruction for less than 90 hours in an approved day or
				  evening elementary or secondary summer school shall be counted for a fraction
				  of one full unit of summer school average daily attendance equal to the
				  quotient of the actual hours of instruction attended divided by 90, expressed
				  as a decimal to two places without rounding. Each pupil enrolled in a program
				  of instruction for less than 90 hours in an approved day or evening elementary
				  or secondary summer school shall be counted for a fraction of one full unit of
				  summer school average daily membership equal to the quotient of the actual
				  hours of enrollment divided by 90, expressed as a decimal to two places without
				  rounding.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education › Part 110 - Summer School › Section 110.4 - Regents examinations administered in summer secondary schools

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(a) A pupil who is
				  enrolled in an approved New York State summer high school who attends a minimum
				  of 42 hours of actual instruction in a subject area is eligible for admission
				  to August Regents examinations in such subject area. The principal of a high
				  school offering August Regents examinations may admit to a Regents examination
				  other students enrolled in the summer high school or enrolled in the same high
				  school during the regular school year, provided such students have demonstrated
				  adequate proficiency in the subject involved. The principal of a high school
				  offering August Regents examinations may also admit students who are not
				  enrolled in such school, provided the principal of the student's home high
				  school requests in writing that the student be permitted to take an examination
				  for which the student has demonstrated adequate proficiency.
(b) A summer school session that provides 45
				  hours of instruction or the equivalent shall be considered the equivalent of
				  one semester of work for each subject. Standings earned in Regents examinations
				  in August may be applied toward a Regents diploma.