N.Y. Education Law § 4805: Course of instruction

§ 4805. Course of instruction. The board of managers shall prescribe

the course of instruction to be followed in such school, subject to the

approval of the commissioner of education. Such instruction shall

include instruction in agriculture, mechanic arts, trades and homemaking

and in the duties, responsibilities and privileges of citizenship. The

provisions of this article and of the regulations of the education

department relating to vocational instruction in the public schools

shall apply to such school so far as they do not conflict with the

provisions of this article and may be made applicable thereto.