New York Laws
Part 1 - Vocational Education and Extension Boards
1102 - Powers and Duties of Vocational Education and Extension Boards.

§ 1102. Powers and duties of vocational education and extension
boards. A vocational education and extension board shall, subject to
the provisions of part one of this article, have the following powers
and duties:

1. It may make or cause to be made a survey to determine the career
education and extension needs of the county.

2. It may 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.

3. It shall have full power and authority to employ supervisors and
teachers and all other persons necessary to carry on career education
and extension work and to determine the salaries to be paid. Members of
the teaching and supervisory staff shall be appointed by a majority vote
of the vocational education and extension board upon recommendation of
the director for a probationary period not to exceed three years except
that no recommendation shall require for the appointment of a director
of career education. Services of members of the teaching and
supervisory staff so employed may be discontinued at any time during the
probationary period, upon the recommendation of the director, by
majority action of such board. On or before the expiration of the
probationary period such board, upon recommendation of the director, may
appoint on tenure those persons who have been found competent, efficient
and satisfactory. Such persons shall hold their respective positions
during good behavior and competent and efficient service and shall not
be removed except for any of the following causes, after a hearing, as
provided by section three thousand twenty-a of this chapter: (a)
insubordination, immoral character or conduct unbecoming a teacher; (b)
inefficiency, incompetency, physical or mental disability or neglect of
duty.

4. It shall 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. It
shall also make such other reports as may be required by the
commissioner of education or by the board of supervisors or other
governing elective body.

5. It may appoint any advisory committees deemed necessary.

6. It shall cooperate with existing public agencies in conducting
career education and extension work in the county.

7. It shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties
as may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of part one of
this article.

8. It may request the board of supervisors to contribute the use of or
lease land, buildings and other facilities to it, and to contribute to
the cost of operating and maintaining the program of the county
vocational education and extension board, and a board of supervisors
shall have power to make appropriations toward such cost and to
contribute the use of or lease land, buildings, and other facilities to
it.

9. It shall appoint one of its members as president, one of its
members or another qualified school district voter in the county as
clerk and another qualified school district voter in the county as
treasurer. All moneys accruing or appropriated to the board shall be
paid to the treasurer of the board. The clerk and treasurer may be paid
such compensation as may be fixed by the board. The treasurer shall
furnish a surety bond of a surety company authorized to do business in
the state of New York. The form and amount of such bond shall be
approved by the board and the cost thereof shall be a charge against the
funds of said board.

10. It shall designate a bank or banks for the deposit of money. Such
designation shall be made of a bank within the county unless no bank
exists in the county. It shall notify the treasurer of all bank
designations and require him to deposit all money in such designated
banks. Accruing funds, balances, resources and assets shall become the
property of any succeeding agency or, in the event of termination of the
program of shared services, such accruing funds, balances, resources and
assets shall be prorated among the districts having been served during
the last year of operation and the county in proportion to the amount
which each paid to the vocational education and extension board.

11. All accounting procedures shall be in accordance with regulations
that apply to union free school districts.

12. It shall have the authority to make contracts with the school
authorities of school districts within the county, or without the county
where such contract will result in no additional expense being incurred
by such county, for services to be rendered by it to such school
districts, and such school authorities shall have the authority to enter
into such contracts. Payments shall be made by the school districts at
least as often as quarterly. Any amount so paid to the board by a school
district shall not be included in computing the apportionment of state
aid to such district.

13. It may transport pupils under twenty-one years of age to and from
schools and classes maintained by such vocational education and
extension board for instruction in career education. In providing such
transportation, the board may transport pupils residing outside the
county who are attending such schools and classes maintained by such
board pursuant to subdivision twelve of this section.

14. It may purchase and maintain a motor vehicle or vehicles to be
used for the transportation of school children under twenty-one years of
age to schools and classes maintained by the county vocational education
and extension board. Such motor vehicle or vehicles may be leased to a
school district when not needed for such transportation. When such
motor vehicle shall be leased as provided in this subdivision, public
liability and property damage insurance, fire insurance and compensation
insurance of drivers shall be provided in the amount stated in section
thirty-six hundred twenty-seven of this chapter and collision insurance
shall be provided in the amount of value of the vehicle to protect the
lessor. No part of the cost and expenses resulting from operation,
maintenance and repair of such vehicles during the leasing thereof shall
be included in determining the amount of any form of state aid received
by such county vocational education and extension board.

15. It may lease land, buildings, and other facilities as may be
necessary to carry into effect the purposes of part one of this article.