N.Y. Education Law § 4812: Agreements with parents and guardians to pay expense of maintenance; compulsory support

§ 4812. Agreements with parents and guardians to pay expense of

maintenance; compulsory support. The board of managers may make an

agreement with the parents or guardian of a child in such school for the

payment of an amount therein specified for the instruction and

maintenance of such pupil. An application for the admission of a child

with the consent of the parents or guardian shall not be granted unless

suitable provision be made for the clothing of such child. The amount

agreed to be paid for instruction, maintenance and clothing shall be

secured to the satisfaction of the board of managers. Such board shall

ascertain by investigation the financial ability of parents, guardians

and other persons legally liable for the support of pupils admitted to

such school upon commitment, and may demand of such parents, guardians

or persons the payment of an amount reasonably sufficient to pay all or

a portion of the cost of instruction, maintenance, and clothing of such

pupils. The board may proceed against such parents, guardians or

persons, by proper suit or proceeding in a court of competent

jurisdiction for the recovery of the amount agreed or required to be

paid, as herein provided. The amount so recovered, after the payment of

the proper costs and expenses of such suit or proceeding, shall be paid

into the treasury of the city, and shall be applied to the payment of

the cost of the instruction, maintenance, and clothing of such pupils.

Such action at law shall be brought in the name of the city by the

corporation counsel thereof.

This provision shall in no way affect the power of the committing

court to order payment as provided in subdivision b of section nine

hundred twenty-one of the code of criminal procedure.

Children committed either by court or school authorities of the city

shall be a charge upon such city. Children so committed from outside of

the city shall be a charge upon the city, incorporated village or

township from which committed.