N.Y. Education Law § 2: Definitions

§ 2. Definitions. Wherever used in this chapter, the following terms

shall have the respective meanings hereinafter set forth or indicated:

1. Academy. The term "academy" means an incorporated institution for

instruction in secondary education, and such high schools, academic

departments in union free school districts and similar unincorporated

schools as are admitted by the regents to the university as of academic

grade.

2. College. The term "college" includes universities and other

institutions for higher education authorized to confer degrees.

3. University. The term "university" means The University of the State

of New York.

4. Regents. The term "regents" means board of regents of The

University of the State of New York.

5. Commissioner. The term "commissioner" means commissioner of

education of the state of New York.

6. Department. The term "department" means education department of the

state of New York.

7. Secondary education. The term "secondary education" means

instruction of academic grade, between the elementary grades and the

college or university.

8. Higher education. The term "higher education" means education in

advance of secondary education, and includes the work of colleges,

universities, professional and technical schools, and educational work

connected with libraries, museums, university and educational extension

courses and similar agencies.

9. Trustee. The term "trustees," when not used in reference to a

school district, includes directors, managers or other similar members

of the governing board of an educational institution. The terms

"trustee" and "trustees", respectively, when used in reference to a

school district, shall include the plural or singular meaning, as the

case may be, unless otherwise specified.

10. Parental relation. The term "persons in parental relation" to a

child includes the parents, guardians or other persons, whether one or

more, lawfully having the care, custody or control of such child,

including persons who have been designated pursuant to title fifteen-A

of article five of the general obligations law as persons in parental

relation to the child.

11. Compulsory school ages. The term "child of compulsory school age"

means any child between six and sixteen years of age lawfully required

to attend upon instruction.

12. School authorities. The term "school authorities" means the

trustees, or board of education, or corresponding officers, whether one

or more, and by whatever name known, of a city school district, or other

school district however created.

13. School officer. The term "school officer" means a clerk,

collector, or treasurer of any school district; a trustee; a member of a

board of education or other body in control of the schools by whatever

name known in a union free school district, central school district,

central high school district, or in a city school district; a

superintendent of schools; a district superintendent; a supervisor of

attendance or attendance officer; or other elective or appointive

officer in a school district whose duties generally relate to the

administration of affairs connected with the public school system.

14. Board of education. The term "board of education" shall include by

whatever name known the governing body charged with the general control,

management and responsibility of the schools of a union free school

district, central school district, central high school district, or of a

city school district.

15. School year. The term "school year" means the period commencing on

the first day of July in each year and ending on the thirtieth day of

June next following.

16. City school district. a. The following school districts are hereby

designated and declared to be city school districts: (1) Any school

district coterminous with a city on January first, nineteen hundred

fifty; (2) any school district part of which was without and part of

which was within a city on January first, nineteen hundred fifty, and

which then contained the whole or the greater portion of the children of

the city between birth and eighteen years of age, as shown by the school

census; and (3) any school district wholly within, but not coterminous

with, a city on January first, nineteen hundred fifty, and which then

contained the greater portion of the children of the city between birth

and eighteen years of age, as shown by the school census.

b. Whenever a city shall be created after January first, nineteen

hundred fifty, that school district shall be and become a city school

district which, on the effective date of the incorporation of such city,

is: (1) coterminous with the city; (2) partly without and partly within

the city and then contains the whole or the greater portion of the

children of the city between birth and eighteen years of age, as shown

by the school census; or (3) wholly within but not coterminous with the

city and then contains the greater portion of the children of the city

between birth and eighteen years of age, as shown by the school census.

c. The corporate existence of any school district, which, by virtue of

the provisions of this subdivision, shall be and become a city school

district, shall continue, and any such school district thereafter shall

be governed by the provisions of this chapter applicable to city school

districts.

* 17. State university. The term "state university" means the state

university of New York, as created by article eight of this chapter.

* NB There are 2 sub 17's

* 17. City. The term "city" means the city school district of such

city where the context clearly so indicates.

* NB There are 2 sub 17's

18. Minor or infant. The term "minor" or "infant" means a person who

has not attained the age of eighteen years.

19. Expenditures. For purposes of computing aid to public school

districts, boards of cooperative educational services, nonpublic

elementary and secondary schools, public and cooperative library systems

or public and free association libraries pursuant to this chapter or any

other law, such aid shall be computed using state aid worksheets

developed pursuant to regulations of the commissioner, designed to

reflect use of the state comptroller's definition of expenditures to the

extent possible. Such worksheet definitions of expenditures shall be

used notwithstanding the fact that this chapter or other applicable law

may use terms such as cash expenditures, expenses, costs, paid,

payments, or other such terms.

24. Career education. The term "career education" means organized

educational programs offering a sequence of courses which are directly

related to the preparation of individuals in paid or unpaid employment

in current or emerging occupations requiring other than a baccalaureate

or advanced degrees, and shall include vocational and occupational

education. Such programs shall include competency-based applied learning

which contributes to an individual's academic knowledge, higher-order

reasoning, and problem solving skills, work activities, general

employability skills, and the skills necessary for economic independence

as a productive and contributing member of society. Such term also

includes applied technology education. Except where the intent indicates

otherwise, the terms "vocational education" and "occupational education"

shall mean "career education."