N.Y. Education Law § 3241: School census in cities, except in cities having a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more

§ 3241. School census in cities, except in cities having a population

of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more. 1. The board of education

of each city, except in cities having a population of one hundred

twenty-five thousand or more, shall constitute a permanent census board

in such city. Such board shall, under its regulations, cause a census of

the children in its city to be taken and to be amended from day to day,

as changes of residence shall occur among persons in such cities within

the ages prescribed in subdivision two of this section and as other

persons shall come within the ages prescribed therein and as other

persons within such ages shall become residents of such cities, so that

there shall always be on file with such board a complete census giving

the facts and information required in subdivision two of this section;

provided, however, that for pre-school students from birth to five years

of age, such census may be prepared and filed biennially on or before

the fifteenth day of October.

2. Such census shall include all persons between birth and eighteen

years of age and in the case of physically or mentally handicapped

children between birth and twenty-one years of age, their names, their

respective residences by street and number, the day of the month and the

year of their birth, the names of the persons in parental relation to

them, such information relating to physical or mental defects, to

illiteracy, to employment and to the enforcement of the law relating to

child labor and compulsory education as the education department and the

board of education of each such city shall require and also such further

information as such board of education shall require.

3. Such board shall provide to the commissioner of education upon

written request therefor and in such form as shall be prescribed by him,

a report containing the names, ages and addresses of those children who

are blind or deaf and those having serious physical or mental defects.

In addition such report shall indicate whether such children are being

educated within the public schools of the district or, if they are not,

where such education is being furnished them.

4. It shall be the duty of persons in parental relation to any person

between such ages residing within the limits of any such city to make

such reports as the board of education of such city shall require. Such

reports shall contain the following information:

a. Two weeks before any child shall become of the compulsory school

age, the name of such child, its residence, the name of the person or

persons in parental relation thereto, and the name and location of the

school to which such child shall have been or shall be sent as a pupil.

b. In case a child of compulsory school age shall, for any cause, be

removed from one school and sent to another school, or sent to work in

accordance with the labor law, all the facts in relation thereto.

c. In case the residence of a child shall be removed from one police

precinct to another police precinct, the new residence and the other

facts required in paragraphs a and b of this subdivision.

d. In case a child between birth and eighteen years of age shall

become a resident of such city for the first time, the name, residence

and such other facts as the board of education shall require.