N.Y. Education Law § 4804: Powers and duties of managers

§ 4804. Powers and duties of managers. 1. The board of managers of

such school shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of

the school; employ a superintendent and such teachers and assistants as

may be required for the operation and maintenance of the school; fix

compensation of such superintendent, teachers and assistants within the

amount made available therefor by the board of estimate and

apportionment or other similar body or officer of such city; prescribe

rules and regulations for the management of the school and for the

purpose of carrying into effect the object thereof; provide for the

detention, maintenance and instruction of all children who are admitted

to the school. Such board shall on or before the first day of January

each year furnish to the mayor estimates in writing of the amount of

expenditures for the next fiscal year. All expenses and appropriations

for such school shall be subject to the provisions of sections

seventy-three, seventy-four, seventy-five, seventy-six and seventy-seven

of second class cities law, and of any and all other provisions of said

law applicable thereto.

2. The board of managers shall have full power to discharge or parole

at any time any child admitted to such school. A child under sixteen

years of age committed to the school by a court and paroled for good

conduct may be arrested and detained in the school for violation of the

terms of his parole.