1111. Powers and duties of county commission for special education. The county commission for special education shall have power:
1. To make or cause to be made a survey to determine the special educational needs of the district.
2. To establish schools or classes for physically handicapped children and to provide other necessary educational services, including transportation and home teaching.
3. To establish and maintain vocational schools and classes for the purpose of providing instruction in agricultural, industrial, commercial, technical and home making subjects.
4. To provide vocational and educational guidance service.
5. To establish such other special educational services as may meet the approval of the commissioner of education.
6. To employ a director of special education, who shall be the executive officer and secretary of the commission, and upon the recommendation of such director to employ directors, supervisors and teachers and all other persons necessary to carry on such special education projects as it may establish, and to determine the salaries to be paid.
7. To purchase, lease, rent, improve or sell land, and build, repair, improve, lease, rent, buy and sell buildings.
8. To acquire real property by condemnation for the purposes of such special education district. Such condemnation proceedings shall be instituted and conducted by such commission in the name of the district, under the provisions of the statutes relating to the condemnation of real property.
9. To purchase all necessary furniture, implements, books, materials, equipment and supplies.
10. To make contracts with cities, villages, school districts or other agencies for carrying out the purposes of part two of this article.
11. To appoint advisory committees.
12. To make and establish, and from time to time alter and amend, rules and regulations for the transaction of its business and for the administration of the work under its charge.
13. It shall be the duty of the commission to make an itemized estimate of the money needed for the ensuing year for the purposes of part two of this article and file the same with the clerk of the board of supervisors or other governing elective body at least sixty days before the annual meeting of such board.
14. It shall be the duty of the commission to make an annual report in writing to the regents of The University of the State of New York and to the board of supervisors or other governing elective body on or before the first day of October in each year. It shall also be its duty to make such other reports as may be required by the commissioner of education and by such board or body.
15. It shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of part two of this article.
16. It shall not incur liabilities against county funds in excess of the amounts appropriated by the board of supervisors or other governing elective body.
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