N.Y. Education Law § 4606: School-to-employment program

§ 4606. School-to-employment program. 1. The commissioner is hereby

authorized to make apportionments to school districts in accordance with

the provisions of this section, to encourage and assist such districts

to provide a school-to-employment program to consist of a part-time

school and a part-time employment program.

2. Any school district planning to establish such a program shall

submit to the commissioner on or before the first day of May of the

school year preceding the school year during which the program is to be

conducted, an application, together with such information as the

commissioner shall require, including at least a complete statement of

purposes of the program, the detailed procedures of operation, a

detailed estimate of the cost of such program and a complete description

of the manner in which the program will operate.

In the event that any funds of a school district are to be utilized to

provide a stipend for students in the part-time employment program, the

plan shall indicate the types of employment situations which will be

furnished such students. The plan shall indicate that no public funds

will be used to pay a student in an employment situation furnished by a

non-governmental employer.

3. The commissioner shall evaluate such applications and shall

promulgate a list in accordance with the merit and value of the various

programs and where several programs are evaluated, as having equal merit

and value, the date of receipt of the application.

4. The commissioner shall determine the amount of apportionment which

shall be made to those programs which he deems to have merit within the

amount of the appropriation therefor.

5. Notwithstanding any other provision or law to the contrary,

vocational schools and classes may be organized and conducted in

accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner to provide a

program for students fifteen years of age and over who might benefit

from appropriate instruction consisting of a part-time school and a

part-time employment program.

6. Any school district conducting a school-to-employment program is

hereby authorized and empowered to do and perform any and all acts

necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the provisions of this

article and it is authorized to enter into a contract with any person,

firm, association, partnership, corporation or governmental agency

whereby such person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or

governmental agency will provide part-time employment to students

enrolled in such program, the consideration of such contract, if it

otherwise meets the provisions of this section, to be a legal charge

against the school district. Any person, firm, association,

partnership, corporation or governmental agency participating with a

school district in a school-to-employment program is not to be penalized

for participating in such program by reason of the fact that such child

may be only fifteen years of age or may not have otherwise complied with

other provisions of the law which would be applicable thereto, and any

pupil obtaining vocational experience in participation with a school

district in a school-to-employment program is not to be deemed an

employee within the meaning of the labor law, provided that the

school-to-employment program involved meets the regulations of the

commissioner.