N.Y. Education Law § 1111: Powers and duties of county commission for special education

§ 1111. Powers and duties of county commission for special education.

The county commission for special education shall have power:

1. To make or cause to be made a survey to determine the special

educational needs of the district.

2. To establish schools or classes for physically handicapped children

and to provide other necessary educational services, including

transportation and home teaching.

3. To establish and maintain vocational schools and classes for the

purpose of providing instruction in agricultural, industrial,

commercial, technical and home making subjects.

4. To provide vocational and educational guidance service.

5. To establish such other special educational services as may meet

the approval of the commissioner of education.

6. To employ a director of special education, who shall be the

executive officer and secretary of the commission, and upon the

recommendation of such director to employ directors, supervisors and

teachers and all other persons necessary to carry on such special

education projects as it may establish, and to determine the salaries to

be paid.

7. To purchase, lease, rent, improve or sell land, and build, repair,

improve, lease, rent, buy and sell buildings.

8. To acquire real property by condemnation for the purposes of such

special education district. Such condemnation proceedings shall be

instituted and conducted by such commission in the name of the district,

under the provisions of the statutes relating to the condemnation of

real property.

9. To purchase all necessary furniture, implements, books, materials,

equipment and supplies.

10. To make contracts with cities, villages, school districts or other

agencies for carrying out the purposes of part two of this article.

11. To appoint advisory committees.

12. To 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.

13. It shall be the duty of the commission to make an itemized

estimate of the money needed for the ensuing year for the purposes of

part two of this article and file the same with the clerk of the board

of supervisors or other governing elective body at least sixty days

before the annual meeting of such board.

14. It shall be the duty of the commission to 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 in each year. It shall also be its duty to make

such other reports as may be required by the commissioner of education

and by such board or body.

15. It shall have such other powers and shall perform such other

duties as may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of part two

of this article.

16. It shall not incur liabilities against county funds in excess of

the amounts appropriated by the board of supervisors or other governing

elective body.