§ 584 Validity of contract. Such contract shall not be valid or binding upon either party thereto until a copy thereof is filed with the Commissioner of Education and approved by such Commissioner.

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§ 585 Apportionment to contracting district. Whenever the period of time which a district contracts for the education of its children or such period together with the time school is actually taught in said district shall amount to one hundred and sixty days and the contract shall include all the children of school age in such district, such district shall be entitled to receive one district quota.

2 Whenever a district maintains a home school and contracts for the education of at least twelve of its children in another district or city, it shall be entitled to one teacher's quota in addition to its district quota.

3 No school district operating under the contract system shall receive a greater apportionment than the total expense incurred in payment of tuition and transportation of pupils as shown by the report of the trustee to the school commissioner.

4 Whenever a district contracts with another district or a city and such district or city maintains a high school or an academic department, and whenever the expense of the tuition and transportation for the elementary children of said district shall exceed two hundred and fifty dollars, the tuition of the academic pupils attending such high school or academic pupils from such contracting district may be paid by the State as provided by section 493 of this chapter. [Subdivision 4 added by L. 1915, ch. 194.] § 586 Report of pupils from other districts. The children attending a school under any such contract shall be reported to the Commissioner of Education by the trustees or board of education of the district or city wherein such children attend school as though they were residents of such city or school district.

ARTICLE 22

[Article amended by L. 1919, ch. 531]

General Industrial Schools, Unit Trade and Technical Schools, Part-time or Continuation Schools, Practical Arts or Homemaking Schools and Schools of Agriculture, Mechanic Arts and Homemaking

Section 600 General industrial schools, unit trade and technical schools, schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, evening1 vocational schools, practical arts or homemaking schools and may be established in cities

601 Part-time or continuation schools shall be established in cities and school districts

602 Establishment of general industrial schools and unit trade and technical schools, and schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, practical arts or homemaking schools, evening vocational schools; directors of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking

603 Appointment of an advisory board

604 Authority of the board of education over such schools

605 State aid for general industrial schools, unit trade and technical

schools, practical arts or homemaking schools, part-time or continuation schools, schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking and evening vocational schools

606 Application of such moneys

607 Annual estimate by board of education and appropriations by municipal and school districts

608 Courses in schools of agriculture for training of teachers

§ 600 General industrial schools, trade schools and schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, may be established in cities. The board of education of any city may establish, acquire, conduct and maintain as a part of the public school system of such city the following:

1 General industrial schools in communities of less than twentyfive thousand inhabitants open to pupils who have completed the elementary school course or who have attained the age of fourteen years; and

2 Unit trade and technical schools open to pupils who have attained the age of fourteen years or who have completed the elementary school course or who have met such other require ments as the Commissioner of Education may have prescribed; and

1 So in original.

3 Schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, open to pupils who have completed the elementary school course or who have attained the age of fourteen, or who have met such other requirements as the local school authorities may have prescribed; and

4 Practical arts or homemaking schools open to pupils who have completed the elementary school course, or who have attained the age of fourteen years, or who have met such other requirements as the Commissioner of Education may have prescribed. Special requirements may be prescribed for courses conducted in communities of less than twenty-five thousand inhabitants.

5 Evening vocational schools in which instruction shall be given in the trades and in industrial, agricultural and homemaking subjects, and which shall be open to pupils over sixteen years of age, who are regularly and lawfully employed during the day and which provide instruction in subjects related to the practical work carried on in such employment; but such evening vocational schools providing instruction in homemaking shall be open to all women over sixteen years of age who are employed in any capacity during the day.

The word "school," as used in this article, shall include any department or course of instruction established and maintained in a public school for any of the purposes specified in this section. [Amended by L. 1919, ch. 531, in effect August 1, 1919.]

§ 601 Part-time or continuation schools shall be established in cities and school districts having a population of five thousand or more inhabitants. a The board of education of each city and of each such school district in which there are twenty or more minors above the age of fourteen years and below the age of eighteen years, who are not in regular attendance upon instruction, shall establish and maintain part-time or continuation schools or classes in which such minors shall receive instruction. Such schools or classes inay be established in public school buildings, in other buildings especially adapted for their operation, in manufacturing or mercantile establishments and in factories. Such schools or classes, wherever they are established or maintained, shall be under the control and management of the board of education and shall be a part of the public school system of the city or district which maintains them. Courses of study in private or parochial parttime or continuation schools or classes which meet the require ments of the statutes and the regulations prescribed thereunder

may be approved by the Commissioner of Education and, when thus approved, attendance thereon shall be accepted for that required under this article.

b Such part-time or continuation schools or classes shall be maintained each year during the full period of time which the public schools of a city or district are in session. The sessions of such part-time or continuation schools or classes shall be on the regular school days and for as many hours between the hours of eight o'clock forenoon and five o'clock afternoon as shall be necessary to provide the required instruction for such minors who reside in said city or district.

c The courses of study in such part-time or continuation schools or classes shall be approved by the Commissioner of Education and shall include among other subjects instruction in American history, the rights and obligations of citizenship, industrial history, economics, the essential features of the laws relating to the industries taught, and shall also include such other subjects as will enlarge the vocational intelligence of such minors.

d The board of education of each city and of each such school district shall make necessary arrangements to begin to operate and maintain such part-time or continuation schools or classes, on the opening of the public schools in September, 1920, and shall annually thereafter in September open and maintain additional schools and classes so that by the opening of the public schools in September, 1925, a sufficient number of such schools shall have been established as to afford the required instruction under this article to those minors who are required to attend such schools or classes.

e Each minor under the age of eighteen years, who is not in regular attendance upon a public, private or parochial school or who is regularly and lawfully employed in some occupation or service, unless such minor has completed a four-year secondary course of instruction approved by the Regents of the University, shall attend a part-time or continuation school or class in the city or district in which such minor resides or may be employed. Such attendance shall be for not less than four hours per week and not more than eight hours per week for each week which such school or class is in session except that the school authorities may, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Education, permit any such minor to increase the number of hours per week of required attendance and decrease the number of weeks of required attendance. Such minor who is temporarily out of regular em

ployment or service shall attend such school not less than twenty hours per week. The attendance upon a part-time or continuation school or class shall be between the hours of eight o'clock forenoon and five o'clock afternoon,

f The Commissioner of Education shall make a survey of each city or district to ascertain the industrial, commercial, economic and social needs of such city or district and the benefits and opportunities to be afforded through the establishment of such parttime or continuation schools or classes to the community and to those who are required to attend such schools or classes. The Industrial Commission and the Commissioner of Agriculture shall cooperate with the Commissioner of Education in making such

survey.

g The Regents of the University shall establish regulations to govern and regulate the administration of such part-time or continuation schools or classes and the attendance of minors thereon. To meet local necessities the board of education of each city or school district may establish regulations but such regulations shall not conflict with the regulations adopted by the Regents.

h The parent, guardian or other person having the custody or control of a minor who is required under the provisions of this article to attend a part-time or continuation school or class shall cause such minor to attend such school or class. A parent, guardian or other person who refuses or fails to comply with this provision of the law shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ten days, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. Any minor under sixteen years of age who fails to attend upon instruction as defined by this article shall be subject to the provisions of section 635 of the Education Law, and a minor over sixteen years of age who fails to attend upon instruction as required by this act may be punished for any such violation by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

¿ Any person, firm or corporation employing a minor between the ages of fourteen years and eighteen years shall permit the attendance of such minor upon a part-time school or class whenever such part-time school or class shall have been established in the city or district where the minor resides or may be employed, and upon the termination of employment of any such minor the employer shall return within three days the employment certificate