New York Education Law Article 83 - INDIAN SCHOOLS

• 4101 - Duties of Commissioner Regarding Indian Children.
  1. The commissioner of education shall establish schools in such places and maintain such courses of instruction therein for the education of the Indian children...
• 4102 - Rights of Indians and of State Shall Be Guarded.
  Any contract which may be entered into with Indians for the use or occupancy of any land for school grounds, sites or buildings, shall provide...
• 4103 - Indian Children Not Entitled to Free Tuition in Public Schools.
  Indian children residing on a reservation are not entitled to free tuition in districts outside the reservation but may be received into the schools of...
• 4104 - Employment of Teachers, Salaries, et Cetera.
  1. The commissioner of education shall employ all necessary teachers, attendance officers and other assistants and employees, and fix their salaries within the amount of...
• 4105 - Required Attendance Upon Instruction.
  1. Every Indian child between six and sixteen years of age, in proper physical and mental condition to attend school, shall regularly attend upon instruction...
• 4106 - Duties of Persons in Parental Relation to Indian Children.
  Any person in parental relation to an Indian child between six and sixteen years of age in proper physical and mental condition to attend school,...
• 4107 - Penalty for Failure to Send Children to School.
  A violation of section forty-one hundred six shall be a misdemeanor, punishable for the first offense by a fine not exceeding five dollars or by...
• 4108 - Persons Employing Indian Children Unlawfully to Be Fined.
  A person, firm, association or corporation shall not employ any Indian child residing on any Indian reservation between six and fourteen years of age, in...
• 4109 - Teachers' Record of Attendance.
  An accurate record of attendance of all Indian children between six and sixteen years of age shall be kept by the teacher of every Indian...
• 4110 - Attendance Officers.
  1. The principal teacher of the Indian schools on each reservation shall supervise the enforcement of this article within said reservation and shall appoint, subject...
• 4111 - Arrest of Truants.
  Any attendance officer may arrest without warrant anywhere within the state any Indian child between six and sixteen years of age, found away from his...
• 4112 - Commissioner of Education to Contract for Keeping of Truants.
  The commissioner of education may contract with any city or district having a school for delinquents, for the confinement, maintenance and instruction therein of any...
• 4113 - Census.
  The commissioner of education shall cause to be taken a complete annual census of the Indian children between birth and eighteen years of age on...
• 4114 - Payment of Services Herein Required.
  Each of the attendance officers herein provided for shall receive such sum per day as shall be fixed by the commissioner of education for each...
• 4115 - Apportionment.
  1. If the education of Indian children of a reservation is being provided pursuant to the provisions of subdivision two of section forty-one hundred one...
• 4116 - Co-Operation of Indians Shall Be Sought.
  In the discharge of the duties imposed by this article, the said commissioner shall endeavor to secure the co-operation of all the several bands of...
• 4117 - Payment of Cost of Education of Physically Handicapped Indian Children.
  Any claims for providing home-teaching, transportation, scholarships in non-residence schools, tuition and maintenance for physically handicapped children which are, ultimately or in the first instance,...
• 4118 - Attendance At Post-Secondary Institutions by Native American Students.
  1. The education department shall select students for attendance at post-secondary institutions from the several Indian tribes located within this state. In making such selection,...
• 4119 - School District May Contract to Educate Indian Children.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the trustee, trustees or board of education of any school district shall have power to contract with the commissioner...

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