618 Agreement with parents and guardians to pay expense of maintenance; compulsory support 619 Maintenance by county 619-a Reports to board of supervisors; inspection 619-b Powers of Commissioner of Education and State Department of Education § 610 Establishment of farm schools. The board of supervisors of any county outside of the city of New York may adopt a resolution by a majority vote of the members of the board establishing a farm school for the purpose of giving instruction in the trades and in industrial, agricultural and homemaking subjects to children of the county not more than eighteen nor less than eight years of age who may be admitted thereto as provided by law. [Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.] § 611 Acquisition of lands and erection of buildings. Upon the adoption of the resolution as provided in the foregoing section the board of supervisors shall purchase land in some conveniently accessible place in the county to be used for the purpose of such school. They may acquire such land by gift, purchase or condemnation. The land when so acquired shall be held in the name of the county for the benefit of such school. Upon the acquisition of such land the board of supervisors shall erect the necessary buildings and suitably equip them for use. Such board may also provide for the improvement of existing buildings and make such repairs and alterations on the buildings upon the land used for the purpose of the school as may be necessary for the maintenance and operation thereof. [Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.] § 612 Board of managers. The board of managers of such school shall consist of not less than five members and shall be composed of all the city, village and district superintendents of schools of the county in which it is located, in addition to such other members as may be necessary to make a total membership of such board of not less than five. Such additional members of the board shall be appointed by the board of supervisors from the resident taxpayers of the county, who shall serve for terms of four years commencing on the first day of January succeeding their appointment. Such terms shall be so arranged that the terms of no two of the members so appointed shall expire in the same year, and for this purpose the terms of the members first appointed hereunder shall be as follows: In case one member shall be appointed, the term shall be four years, in case two members shall be appointed, the terms shall be four and two years, respectively, in case three members shall be appointed, the terms shall be four, three and two years, and in case four members shall be appointed, the terms shall be four, three, two and one year, respectively, which terms shall commence on the first day of January succeeding their appointment, and their successors shall be appointed for full terms of four years as above provided. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired portion of the terms. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. They shall receive their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The amount of such expenses shall be charged against the county and shall be paid in the same manner as other county charges. The board shall organize by the election of one of its members as chairman and another as secretary. [Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.] § 613 Powers and duties of board. The board of managers of such school shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the school; employ a superintendent and such teachers and assistants as may be required for the operation and maintenance of the school when authorized so to do by the board of supervisors of the county; fix the compensation of such superintendent, teachers and assistants within the amount made available therefor by the said board of supervisors; prescribe rules and regulations for the management of the school and for the purpose of carrying into effect the object thereof; provide for the detention, maintenance and instruction of all children who are admitted to the school. [Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.] § 614 Powers of superintendent; discipline of school. The superintendent of the school shall, subject to the regulations of the board of managers: 1 Have the general management of the school and the land, buildings and equipment thereof, and devote his entire time to its affairs; 2 Be responsible for the welfare of pupils of the school and see that the regulations and directions of the board of managers are carried into effect; 3 Supervise and direct the methods of instruction and the performance of duties by the teachers, assistants and employees of such school; 4 Prescribe rules for the government and discipline of the pupils of the school and cause such rules to be enforced; 5 Protect and care for the property of the school; 6 Give special attention to the proper instruction, detention, restraint, discipline, comfort and physical and moral welfare of the pupils of the school, and perform such other duties as may be required of him by the board of managers, with a view of carrying out of the purposes of this article. [Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.] $ 615 Course of instruction. The board of managers shall prescribe the courses of instruction to be followed in such school, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Education. Such instruction shall include instruction in agriculture, mechanic arts, trades and homemaking. The provisions of this chapter and of the regulations of the Education Department relating to vocational instruction in the public schools shall apply to such school so far as they do not conflict with the provisions of this article and may be made applicable thereto. [Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.] § 616 State aid. There shall be annually apportioned to such school from the moneys appropriated by the State Legislature for the support of the public schools of the State the sum of one thousand dollars and an additional sum of two hundred dollars for each teacher employed therein for a period of thirty-six weeks during each school year, whose entire time is given to the instruction of pupils in such school. No such apportionment shall be made unless there are at least fifteen pupils enrolled and actually in attendance at such school during such period of thirty-six weeks, and unless such school maintains an organization and a course of study and is conducted in a manner approved by the Commissioner of Education. [Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.] § 617 Children admitted to such school. Children not more than eighteen nor less than eight years of age may be admitted to or received in such school, either (1) upon the application of the parents or guardians having the legal custody or control of such children, accompanied by the written consent of such parents or guardians, or (2) upon commitment thereto as truants or incorrigible pupils as provided in section 635 of this chapter, or (3) upon commitment thereto as juvenile delinquents as provided by law, provided that children convicted of crime shall not be committed to such school. Children who have no homes or who are without proper parental control or who are under improper guardianship may be sent to and received in such school, in the same manner and under the same authority as in case of other children who are improperly provided for at home. [Added by L. 1915, ch. 907.] § 618 Agreements with parents and guardians to pay expense of maintenance; compulsory support. The board of managers may make an agreement with the parents or guardian of a child in such school for the payment of an amount therein specified for the instruction and maintenance of such pupil. An application for the admission of a child with the consent of the parents or guardian shall not be granted unless suitable provision be made for the clothing of such child. The amount agreed to be paid for instruction, maintenance and clothing shall be secured to the satisfaction of the board of managers. Such board shall ascertain by investigation the financial the financial ability of parents, guardians, and other persons legally liable for the support of pupils admitted to such school upon commitment, and may demand of such parents, guardians or persons the payment of an amount reasonably sufficient to pay all or a portion of the cost of the instruction, maintenance and clothing of such pupils. The board may proceed against such parents, guardians or persons, by proper suit or proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of the amount agreed or required to be paid, as herein provided. The amount so recovered, after the payment of the necessary costs and expenses of such suit or proceeding, shall be paid into the treasury of the county, and shall be applied to the payment of the cost of the instruction, maintenance and clothing of such pupils. [Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.] § 619 Maintenance by county. The board of supervisors shall provide for the maintenance of such school, the repair and improvement of the lands and buildings used or occupied thereby, and the equipment thereof with necessary machinery, tools, apparatus and supplies. The cost thereof, and the expenses incurred for such purposes, shall be charges against the county and shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other charges against the county. The maintenance herein provided for shall include the support, instruction, care, board and clothing of pupils and such other expenses as are necessarily incurred in the operation of the school. [Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.] § 619-a Reports to board of supervisors; inspection. The board of managers of such school shall report in writing to the board of supervisors of the county when called upon to do so, and shall transmit to the clerk of the board, annually, on or before the thirtieth day of June. Such annual report shall state such facts in respect to the school as the board of managers may deem advisable and as the board of supervisors may require. The board of supervisors may, by a committee or any of its members or appointees, inspect such school, and for such purpose may enter upon the land and into the buildings of such school at all reasonable times. [Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.] § 619-b Powers of Commissioner of Education and State Department of Education. A school established as provided herein shall be deemed a part of the public school system of the State, and shall be subject to the supervision and control of the Commissioner of Education and the State Department of Education in the same manner as other public schools, and shall not be subject to any of the laws of the State relating to charitable or penal institutions. [Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.] ARTICLE 23 Section 620 Instruction required 621 Required attendance upon instruction 622 When a boy is required to attend evening school 624 Duties of persons in paternal relation to children 625 Penalty for failure to perform paternal1 duty 626 Unlawful employment of children and minors 627 Employer must file employment certificate and return certificate to employment certificating officer 628 Punishment for unlawful employment of children and for children being unlawfully engaged in the sale or distribution of newspapers, periodicals or magazines 629 Teachers must keep record of attendance 630 School record certificate 631 Issuance of employment certificates, vacation employment certificates, newsboy permit badges 632 Attendance officers 633 Arrest of truants 634 Interference with attendance officer 635 Truant schools 636 Enforcement of law and withholding the state moneys by Commissioner of Education 637 Attendance of illiterate minors 638 Certificates of principals or teachers § 620 Instruction required. The instruction required under this article shall be: 1 At a public elementary school in which at least the nine common school branches of reading, spelling, writing, arithmetic, 1 So in original |