§ 4301. New York State School for the Blind. The New York State Institution for the Blind established by chapter five hundred eighty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred sixty-five and the acts supplemental thereto and renamed the “New York State School for the Blind” by chapter five hundred sixty-three of the laws of eighteen […]
§ 4302. Object of institution. The primary object of the school shall be, to furnish to the blind children of the state the best known facilities for acquiring a thorough education, and to train them in some useful profession or manual art, by means of which they may be enabled to contribute to their own […]
§ 4303. Appointment and terms of board of visitors. The governor shall appoint each year, by and with the consent of the senate, one member of the board of visitors who shall serve for a term of seven years. Two of the board must be residents of the county of Genesee and a majority must […]
§ 4304. Vacancies on board of visitors. In case of the declination of any member of such board of visitors to act under his appointment, or of the occurrence of any other vacancy in the board not caused by expiration of term, the governor shall forthwith appoint some suitable person to fill such vacancy, and […]
§ 4305. Members of board; compensation; disabilities. The members of the board of visitors shall serve without pay, but they shall be paid their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their official duties. No member of such board shall be pecuniarily interested in any contract for buildings pertaining to the school or in […]
§ 4306. Powers of board of visitors. The board of visitors shall visit and inspect such school, recommend the appointment and approve the removal of a superintendent of such school and have such other powers and duties as may be required or authorized by the board of regents.
§ 4307. Superintendent, personnel of the faculty, and salaries. 1. There shall continue to be a superintendent of such school, who shall be the chief executive officer of the school, under the jurisdiction and control of the education department. He shall be appointed by the board of regents, upon the recommendation of the board of […]
§ 4308. Admission. 1. All blind or blind and deaf or blind and cerebral palsied children of suitable age and capacity for instruction, who are legal residents of the state, shall be eligible for appointment to the New York State School for the Blind, without charge, and for such a period of time in each […]
§ 4309. Applicants from without the state. Blind persons from without the state may be received into the school upon the payment of an adequate sum, fixed by the education department, for their boarding and instruction; provided that such applicants shall in no case exclude those from the state of New York.
§ 4310. Applications for admission. Applications for admission into the school shall be made to the education department in such manner as it may direct, but the department shall require each such application to be accompanied by a certificate from the county judge or county clerk of the county, or the supervisor or town clerk […]
§ 4313. School district and social services district financial responsibility. 1. Financial responsibilities. School districts and social services districts shall be responsible for the cost of tuition and maintenance, respectively, for children in attendance at the New York state school for the blind during the September first through June thirtieth session. Such costs shall be […]
§ 4314. Protection of pupils. The department shall: (a) Promulgate regulations concerning standards for the protection of children in residential care from reportable incidents in accordance with this section and article eleven of the social services law, including procedures for: (i) consistent with appropriate collective agreements and applicable provisions of the civil service law, the […]
§ 4315. Drafts upon state treasury. All moneys appropriated for such school or derived from other sources in the course of the administration thereof shall be expended upon vouchers approved by the commissioner of education, when and in the manner authorized by the board of regents.
§ 4316. Construction, alteration, improvement and repair of buildings of school. All of the provisions of section one hundred twenty-seven of the state finance law shall apply, so far as applicable, to the construction, alteration, improvements and repair of buildings for the school. For such purpose, the education department shall be the department having jurisdiction […]
§ 4317. Purchase of equipment. The education department shall purchase all furniture, apparatus and other supplies necessary to the equipment and maintenance of the school in the most efficient manner.
§ 4318. Publications, bequests and donations. The school shall be entitled to receive copies of all books and other publications which are distributed gratuitously by the state to township or county libraries, common schools, academies, colleges and societies. It may also receive in the name of the state, bequests or donations of money or any […]
