2006 New York Code - Career Education.

 
    § 513. Career education. 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to
  provide  for  career education opportunities for youth in the division's
  care as a part of general curricula and specialized  programs  to  allow
  youth to gain actual business experiences relating to the production and
  marketing of products.  The emphasis of business experiences provided to
  youth shall be on education and rehabilitation.
    2.  Career  education  program.  The  director  may  establish  career
  education programs for residents of division facilities. These  programs
  may  include  a  comprehensive  career education program within division
  facilities whereby eligible division  youth  participate  in  a  special
  program designed to develop practical and theoretical understanding from
  the  production through the marketing of goods. No youth may be employed
  by private persons or entities pursuant to this section.
    3. Sale of products. The director of the division  for  youth  or  his
  designees  are authorized to sell the products resulting from the career
  education of the residents of division facilities.   The  sale  of  such
  products  shall be governed by the rules and regulations of the director
  of the division.
    4. Career education; definition. For purposes of this section,  career
  education  is  defined  as  any  activity  in  the  nature of vocational
  instruction,  prescribed,  guided  or  supervised  for  the  purpose  of
  contributing  to  the welfare or rehabilitation of residents of division
  facilities.
    5. Sales to state agencies, political subdivisions and public  benefit
  corporations.  The director of the division for youth or his designee is
  authorized  to  enter  into  contracts  with  state  agencies, political
  subdivisions and  public  benefit  corporations  for  the  sale  of  the
  products  resulting  from  the  vocational  education  of  the residents
  provided that such products are not available to the  purchasing  entity
  under  a  centralized  contract  and  the  sale does not exceed monetary
  limits established by statute or by any such entity which would  mandate
  competitive bidding for the purchase of such product.
    6.   Vocational  education  fund.  A  career  education  fund  may  be
  established  for  the  receipt  of  proceeds  from  products  sold,   as
  authorized  by  subdivisions three and five of this section, incident to
  an avocational or career project.
    7. Distribution of proceeds. Pursuant to rules, regulations,  policies
  or  procedures of the director of the division, moneys of the fund shall
  be disbursed as follows: (i) an amount equal to the  proceeds  from  the
  sale  of  the  product  produced by one resident may be deposited to the
  account of such resident or paid directly to such resident; or  (ii)  an
  amount  equal to the proceeds from the sale of a product produced by two
  or more residents may  be  divided  equally  among  such  residents  and
  deposited  to  their  respective  accounts  or paid directly to them. In
  determining the amount of the proceeds from a sale of a product that may
  be deposited to the account  of  a  resident,  or  paid  directly  to  a
  resident,  the  director  of  the division for youth shall provide for a
  deduction from the sum of the proceeds of the reasonable expenses of the
  division for youth incident to the sale, including but not  limited  to,
  the  value  of  materials and supplies for the production of the product
  supplied without financial charge to the resident  and  the  expense  of
  transporting  the  product  for  sale,  display or otherwise. The amount
  deducted for such expenses shall be deposited in  the  career  education
  fund  and  expended to pay for services and expenses of operating career
  education programs at division for youth  facilities  pursuant  to  this
  chapter.