N.Y. Education Law § 3310: Powers and duties of the interstate commission

§ 3310. Powers and duties of the interstate commission. The interstate

commission shall have the following powers:

1. To provide for dispute resolution among member states.

2. To promulgate rules and take all necessary actions to effect the

goals, purposes and obligations as enumerated in this compact.

3. To issue, upon request of a member state, advisory opinions

concerning the meaning or interpretation of the interstate compact, its

bylaws, rules and actions.

4. To enforce compliance with the compact provisions, the rules

promulgated by the interstate commission, and the bylaws, using all

necessary and proper means, including but not limited to the use of

judicial process.

5. To establish and maintain offices which shall be located within one

or more of the member states.

6. To purchase and maintain insurance and bonds.

7. To borrow, accept, hire or contract for services of personnel.

8. To establish and appoint committees including, but not limited to,

an executive committee as required by subdivision five of section

thirty-three hundred nine of this article which shall have the power to

act on behalf of the interstate commission in carrying out its powers

and duties hereunder.

9. To elect or appoint such officers, attorneys, employees, agents, or

consultants, and to fix their compensation, define their duties and

determine their qualifications; and to establish the interstate

commission's personnel policies and programs relating to conflicts of

interest, rates of compensation, and qualifications of personnel.

10. To accept any and all donations and grants of money, equipment,

supplies, materials, and services, and to receive, utilize, and dispose

of it.

11. To lease, purchase, accept contributions or donations of, or

otherwise to own, hold, improve or use any property, real, personal, or

mixed.

12. To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon, or

otherwise dispose of any property, real, personal or mixed.

13. To establish a budget and make expenditures.

14. To adopt a seal and bylaws governing the management and operation

of the interstate commission.

15. To report annually to the legislatures, governors, judiciary, and

state councils of the member states concerning the activities of the

interstate commission during the preceding year. Such reports shall also

include any recommendations that may have been adopted by the interstate

commission.

16. To coordinate education, training and public awareness regarding

the compact, its implementation and operation for officials and parents

involved in such activity.

17. To establish uniform standards for the reporting, collecting and

exchanging of data.

18. To maintain corporate books and records in accordance with the

bylaws.

19. To perform such functions as may be necessary or appropriate to

achieve the purposes of this compact.

20. To provide for the uniform collection and sharing of information

between and among member states, schools and military families under

this compact consistent with all applicable privacy laws.