N.Y. Education Law § 4502: Establishment of camps by city school districts and appropriations authorized

§ 4502. Establishment of camps by city school districts and

appropriations authorized. 1. A city school district, acting through

its board of education, is hereby authorized to establish camps on land

provided therefor in parks adjacent to such city school district under

the jurisdiction and control of the state office of parks and recreation

or department of environmental conservation, or elsewhere. Such camps

shall be used to furnish instruction, recreation and maintenance to

children of school age. The board of education shall provide opportunity

for children to receive instruction in such subjects as it may deem

proper. Such board shall prescribe the activities to be carried on and

shall set up rules and regulations for admission to such camps and the

conduct and discipline thereof. Such camps shall be operated between

July first and August thirty-first of each year and at such other times

as such board of education may prescribe. No child shall be entitled to

free instruction and maintenance in any such camp for a period in excess

of two weeks during any one year, unless the board of education

prescribe and direct that physically handicapped or other children be

maintained for a longer period.

2. The board of education of a city school district may establish a

camp for children to be located in state parks on Long Island, which

have been or shall be selected by the state office of parks and

recreation on account of accessibility and availability, as a model camp

for the establishment of future camps.

3. The board of education of a city school district is hereby

authorized to appropriate such sums as may be necessary for the purpose

of carrying out the provisions of this article.