N.Y. Correction Law § 15-b: Education

§ 15-b. Education. The present director of vocational education shall

be the director of education with the powers and duties of the director

of education and hereafter shall be appointed by the commissioner. The

director of education, at any time appointed, shall be a person whose

education, training and experience shall cover fields of penology and of

professional education. The educational qualifications shall include the

satisfactory completion of three years of graduate work in education,

penology, and allied fields. The head of the division of education shall

have the direct supervision of all educational work in the department of

corrections and community supervision and shall have full authority to

visit and inspect all institutions of the department to observe, study,

organize, and develop the educational activities of such institutions in

harmony with the general educational program of the department. He or

she shall be responsible to the commissioner and deputy commissioner

designated by the commissioner.