N.Y. Executive Law § 513: Career education

§ 513. Career education. 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to

provide for career education opportunities for youth in the division's

care as a part of general curricula and specialized programs to allow

youth to gain actual business experiences relating to the production and

marketing of products. The emphasis of business experiences provided to

youth shall be on education and rehabilitation.

2. Career education program. The director may establish career

education programs for residents of division facilities. These programs

may include a comprehensive career education program within division

facilities whereby eligible division youth participate in a special

program designed to develop practical and theoretical understanding from

the production through the marketing of goods. No youth may be employed

by private persons or entities pursuant to this section.

3. Sale of products. The director of the division for youth or his

designees are authorized to sell the products resulting from the career

education of the residents of division facilities. The sale of such

products shall be governed by the rules and regulations of the director

of the division.

4. Career education; definition. For purposes of this section, career

education is defined as any activity in the nature of vocational

instruction, prescribed, guided or supervised for the purpose of

contributing to the welfare or rehabilitation of residents of division

facilities.

5. Sales to state agencies, political subdivisions and public benefit

corporations. The director of the division for youth or his designee is

authorized to enter into contracts with state agencies, political

subdivisions and public benefit corporations for the sale of the

products resulting from the vocational education of the residents

provided that such products are not available to the purchasing entity

under a centralized contract and the sale does not exceed monetary

limits established by statute or by any such entity which would mandate

competitive bidding for the purchase of such product.

6. Vocational education fund. A career education fund may be

established for the receipt of proceeds from products sold, as

authorized by subdivisions three and five of this section, incident to

an avocational or career project.

7. Distribution of proceeds. Pursuant to rules, regulations, policies

or procedures of the director of the division, moneys of the fund shall

be disbursed as follows: (i) an amount equal to the proceeds from the

sale of the product produced by one resident may be deposited to the

account of such resident or paid directly to such resident; or (ii) an

amount equal to the proceeds from the sale of a product produced by two

or more residents may be divided equally among such residents and

deposited to their respective accounts or paid directly to them. In

determining the amount of the proceeds from a sale of a product that may

be deposited to the account of a resident, or paid directly to a

resident, the director of the division for youth shall provide for a

deduction from the sum of the proceeds of the reasonable expenses of the

division for youth incident to the sale, including but not limited to,

the value of materials and supplies for the production of the product

supplied without financial charge to the resident and the expense of

transporting the product for sale, display or otherwise. The amount

deducted for such expenses shall be deposited in the career education

fund and expended to pay for services and expenses of operating career

education programs at division for youth facilities pursuant to this

chapter.