New York Education Law Article 7 - COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

• 301 - Commissioner of Education Continued.
  The office of commissioner of education is hereby continued. Subject to the general direction and control of the regents of the university, he shall continue...
• 302 - How Chosen.
  The commissioner of education shall be elected by a majority vote of the regents. Residence without the state of New York shall not disqualify him...
• 303 - Term of Office.
  The commissioner of education shall serve during the pleasure of the board of regents.
• 304 - Expenses.
  The commissioner shall be paid his necessary traveling and other expenses. However, notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or agreement to the contrary, the commissioner shall...
• 305 - General Powers and Duties.
  The commissioner of education is hereby charged with the following powers and duties: 1. He is the chief executive officer of the state system of...
• 306 - Removal of School Officers; Withholding Public Money.
  1. Whenever it shall be proved to his satisfaction that any trustee, member of a board of education, clerk, collector, treasurer, district superintendent, superintendent of...
• 307 - Acquisition of Real Property.
  1. The commissioner of education, when an appropriation therefor has been made by the legislature, may acquire any real property which he may deem necessary...
• 308 - Other Powers.
  The commissioner of education shall also have power and it shall be his duty to cause to be instituted such proceedings or processes as may...
• 309 - Schools of Union Free School Districts and Cities.
  The schools of every union free school district and of every city in all their departments shall be subject to the visitation of the commissioner...
• 309-a - Twenty-First Century Schools Program.
  1. Twenty-first century schools plans. The commissioner is authorized to designate as "twenty-first century schools," schools which are implementing approved plans to achieve substantial improvement...
• 310 - Appeals or Petitions to Commissioner of Education and Other Proceedings.
  Any party conceiving himself aggrieved may appeal by petition to the commissioner of education who is hereby authorized and required to examine and decide the...
• 311 - Powers of Commissioner Upon Appeals or Petitions, et Cetera.
  The commissioner, in reference to such appeals, petitions or proceedings, shall have power: 1. To regulate the practice therein. 2. To determine whether an appeal...
• 312 - Filed Papers and Copies Thereof.
  The commissioner shall file, arrange in the order of time, and keep in his office, so that they may be at all times accessible, all...
• 313 - Unfair Educational Practices.
  (1) Declaration of policy. (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that the American ideal of equality of opportunity requires...
• 313-a - Prohibition Against the Use of Certain Material in Questionnaires and Applications for Admission to Educational Institutions.
  No application for admission to any educational institution in the state of New York shall contain any questions requiring the involuntary disclosure of the marital...
• 314 - State Plan for School District Reorganization
  1. The commissioner of education is hereby authorized to continue the investigations, study and review carried on by the joint legislative committee on the state...
• 315 - School District Names.
  Each school district, other than a city school district, shall, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations, adopt a simplified name as the legal name of...
• 316 - Teacher Resource and Computer Training Centers.
  1. As used in this section, unless another meaning clearly appears from the context: a. "Teacher resource and computer training center" means any site operated...
• 317 - General Education Development Exam.
  Notwithstanding any provision of law, no fee shall be established for admission to the general education development exam.
• 318 - Distribution of Surplus Computers.
  1. General definitions. As used in this section: (a) "Computer" means a computer central processing unit (CPU) and, where attached to a CPU, such computer...

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