2015 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 2 - SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION
Article 45 - (2201 - 2218) SUPERVISORY DISTRICTS
2215 - General powers and duties of district superintendent.

  2215.  General  powers  and  duties  of  district superintendent. A
  district superintendent of schools shall have power and it shall be  his
  duty:  1.    To inquire from time to time into and ascertain whether the
  boundaries of the school districts within his supervisory  district  are
  definitely  and  plainly  described  in the records of the office of the
  proper town clerk; to cause to  be  made  and  filed  in  the  education
  department  a  record  of such boundaries; and in case the record of the
  boundaries  of  any  school  district  shall  be  found  indefinite   or
  defective, or if the same shall be in dispute, then to cause the same to
  be  amended  or an amended record of the boundaries to be made and filed
  in the office of the proper town clerk and in the education  department.
  All necessary expenses incurred in making and filing such records and in
  establishing  such  amended records shall be a charge on the district or
  districts affected, to be audited and allowed by the  trustees  thereof,
  on the certificate of the district superintendent.
2. To assemble all the teachers of his district by towns or otherwise,
  for the purpose of conference on the course of study, for reports of and
  advice  and  counsel  in  relation  to discipline, school management and
  other school work, and for promoting the general good of all the schools
  of the district. Teachers shall be entitled  to  compensation  for  days
  actually in attendance upon such conference.
3.  To  hold  meetings  of  trustees  and other school officers and to
  advise with and counsel them in relation to their powers and duties  and
  particularly   in   relation   to  the  repair,  construction,  heating,
  ventilating and lighting of schoolhouses and improving and adorning  the
  school grounds. To especially advise trustees relative to the employment
  of  teachers,  the  adoption  of  textbooks  and the purchase of library
  books, school apparatus, furniture and supplies.
6. At the direction of the commissioner, to direct the trustees of any
  district to abate any nuisance in or on the school grounds.
7. To approve the amount of or  the  corporate  sureties  on  official
  undertakings  of  treasurers  and  collectors of school districts, where
  such approval is required pursuant to law.
8. At the direction of the commissioner, to condemn a  schoolhouse  as
  provided in section four hundred twelve of this chapter.
9.  To examine and license teachers pursuant to the provisions of this
  chapter.  He  shall  also  conduct  such  other  examinations   as   the
  commissioner of education shall direct.
10. To examine any charge affecting the moral character of any teacher
  residing  or  employed within his district, and to revoke such teachers'
  certificate as provided by  section  three  thousand  eighteen  of  this
  chapter.
11.  To take affidavits and administer oaths in all matters pertaining
  to the public school system, but without charge or fee.
12. To take and report to the  commissioner  of  education  under  the
  direction  of such commissioner testimony in a case on appeal. In such a
  case or in any matter or proceeding to be heard  or  determined  by  the
  district   superintendent,  he  may  issue  a  subpoena  to  compel  the
  attendance of a witness. A subpoena issued under this section  shall  be
  regulated by the civil practice law and rules.
13. To exercise in his discretion any of the powers and perform any of
  the  duties of another district superintendent on the written request of
  such other superintendent, and he must exercise such powers and  perform
  such duties when directed to do so by the commissioner of education.
14.  To  make  such  investigations  and  to  make such reports to the
  commissioner of education upon any matter or act  as  said  commissioner
  shall  from  time to time request. He shall make an annual report on the

  first day of August in such form and  giving  such  information  as  the
  commissioner of education shall require.
15.  To  participate  in  the  permanent computerized statewide school
  district address match and income verification  system  as  provided  in
  section  one  hundred  seventy-one  of  the  tax  law,  and  cooperative
  agreement pursuant thereto and as directed by the commissioner.
16. To  report  to  the  commissioner  under  the  direction  of  such
  commissioner  on  cost-effective  practices  as  defined  in section two
  hundred fifteen-c of this chapter in school districts within his or  her
  supervisory district.
17.  To  determine  the adequacy and appropriateness of the facilities
  space available to house special education programs  in  the  geographic
  area served by the board of cooperative educational services, consistent
  with  the  least  restrictive  environment requirement and to ensure the
  stability  and  continuity  of  program  placements  for  students  with
  disabilities,  including  procedures  that ensure that special education
  programs and services located in  appropriate  facilities  will  not  be
  relocated  without  adequate consideration of the needs of participating
  students with disabilities.