2006 New York Code - 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.