Drugs and Alcohol Abuse Articles: Education Laws in NY?
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I have to choose an education law of New York and write a paragraph about it explaining why it is just. Can someone please give me a law to write about? I looked some up but I’m not sure which to choose and I can’t tell which are laws because they say “article” or “part” so I’m not sure.
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Parents in New York are governed by the state’s education laws. These laws cover such things as the ages during which a child is required to attend instruction, how much instruction is required, and what subjects must be taught. Here are some sections of state education law that are relevant to home educators.
Please note that this page contains only selected portions of education law. To see all of New York State’s laws, including all of the education laws, please visit the state’s Laws of New York page.
Table of Contents
Article 65, Part 1: Compulsory education
Section 3204: Instruction required
Section 3205: Attendance of minors upon full time day instruction
Section 3210: Amount and character of required attendance
Section 3211: Records of attendance upon instruction
Section 3212: Definition of persons in parental relation and their duties; duties of certain other persons
Article 17: Instruction in certain subjects
Section 801: Courses of instruction in patriotism and citizenship and in certain historic documents
Section 804: Health education regarding alcohol, drugs,tobacco abuse and the prevention and detection of certain cancers
Section 806: Courses of instruction in highway safety and traffic regulation; school safety patrols
Section 808: Instruction in fire and arson prevention
Article 65, Part 2: School census
Section 3240: School census in the cities of New York, Buffalo and Rochester
Section 3241: School census in cities, except in cities having a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more
Section 3242: School census in school districts
Section 3243: Penalty for withholding information
Article 65, Part 1: Compulsory Education
Section 3204: Instruction required
1. Place of instruction.
A minor required to attend upon instruction by the provisions of part one of this article may attend at a public school or elsewhere. The requirements of this section shall apply to such a minor, irrespective of the place of instruction.
2. Quality and language of instruction; text-books.
Instruction may be given only by a competent teacher. In the teaching of the subjects of instruction prescribed by this section, English shall be the language of instruction, and text-books used shall be written in English, except that for a period of three years, which period may be extended by the commissioner with respect to individual pupils, upon application therefor by the appropriate school authorities, to a period not in excess of six years, from the date of enrollment in school, pupils who, by reason of foreign birth or ancestry have limited English proficiency, shall be provided with instructional programs as specified in subdivision two-a of this section and the regulations of the commissioner. The purpose of providing such pupils with instruction shall be to enable them to develop academically while achieving competence in the English language. Instruction given to a minor elsewhere than at a public school shall be at least substantially equivalent to the instruction given to minors of like age and attainments at the public schools of the city or district where the minor resides.
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3. Courses of study.
a. (1) The course of study for the first eight years of full time public day schools shall provide for instruction in at least the twelve common school branches of arithmetic, reading, spelling, writing, the English language, geography, United States history, civics, hygiene, physical training, the history of New York state and science.
(2) The courses of study and of specialized training beyond the first eight years of full time public day schools shall provide for instruction in at least the English language and its use, in civics, hygiene, physical training, and American history including the principles of government proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence and established by the constitution of the United States.
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Section 3205: Attendance of minors upon full time day instruction
1. a. In each school district of the state, each minor from six to sixteen years of age shall attend upon full time instruction.
b. Each minor from six to sixteen years of age on an Indian reservation shall attend upon full time day instruction.
c. For purposes of this article, a minor who becomes six years of age on or before the first of December in any school year shall be required to attend upon full time instruction from the first day that the appropriate public schools are in session in September of such school year, and a minor who becomes six years of age after the first of December in any school year shall be required to attend upon full time instruction from the first day of session in the following September; and, except as otherwise provided in subdivision three of this section, shall be required to remain in attendance until the last day of session in the school year in which the minor becomes sixteen years of age.
2. Exceptions.
a. A minor who has completed a four-year high school course of study shall not be subject to the provisions of part one of this article in respect to required attendance upon instruction.
b. A minor for whom application for a full-time employment certificate has been made and who is eligible therefor may, though unemployed, be permitted to attend part time school not less than twenty hours per week instead of full time school.
c. The board of education of the Syracuse city school district is hereby authorized to require minors who are five years of age on or before December first to attend kindergarten instruction. However, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to:
(i) Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in school until the following September.
(ii) Students enrolled in non-public schools or in home instruction.
3. In each school district, the board of education shall have power to require minors from sixteen to seventeen years of age who are not employed to attend upon full time day instruction until the last day of session in the school year in which the student becomes seventeen years of age.
Section 3210: Amount and character of required attendance
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2. Attendance elsewhere than at a public school.
a. Hours of attendance.
If a minor included by the provisions of part one of this article attends upon instruction elsewhere than at a public school, he shall attend for at least as many hours, and within the hours specified therefor.
b. Absence.
Absence from required attendance shall be permitted only for causes allowed by the general rules and practices of the public schools. Absence for religious observance and education shall be permitted under rules that the commissioner shall establish.
c. Holidays and vacations.
Holidays and vacations shall not exceed in total amount and number those allowed by the public schools.
d. Exception.
In applying the foregoing requirements a minor required to attend upon full time day instruction by the provisions of part one of this article may be permitted to attend for a shorter school day or for a shorter school year or for both, provided, in accordance with the regulations of the state education department, the instruction he receives has been approved by the school authorities as being substantially equivalent in amount and quality to that required by the provisions of part one of this article.
Section 3211: Records of attendance upon instruction
1. Who shall keep such record.
The teacher of every minor required by the provisions of part one of this article to attend upon instruction, or any other school district employee as may be designated by the commissioner of education under section three thousand twenty-four of this chapter, shall keep an accurate record of the attendance and absence of such minor. Such record shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the commissioner of education.
2. Certificates of attendance to be presumptive evidence.
A duly certified transcript of the record of attendance and absence of a child which has been kept, as provided in this section, shall be accepted as presumptive evidence of the attendance of such child in any proceeding brought under the provisions of part one of this article.
3. Inspection of records of attendance.
An attendance officer, or any other duly authorized representative of the school authorities, may at any time during school hours, demand the production of the records of attendance of minors required to be kept by the provisions of part one of this article, and may inspect or copy the same and make all proper inquiries of a teacher or principal concerning the records and the attendance of such minors.
4. Duties of principal or person in charge of the instruction of a minor.
The principal of a school, or other person in charge of the instruction upon which a minor attends, as provided by part one of this article, shall cause the record of his attendance to be kept and produced and all appropriate inquiries in relation thereto answered as hereinbefore required. He shall give prompt notification in writing to the school authorities of the city or district of the discharge or transfer of any such minor from attendance upon instruction, stating the date of the discharge, its cause, the name of the minor, his date of birth, his place of residence prior to and following discharge, if such place of residence be known, and the name of the person in parental relation to the minor.
Section 3212: Definition of persons in parental relation and their duties; duties of certain other persons
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2. Duties of persons in parental relation.
Every person in parental relation to another individual included by the provisions of part one of this article:
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b. Shall cause such individual to attend upon instruction as hereinbefore requi
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