§ 1102 — Powers and duties of vocational education and extension boards

§ 1102. Powers and duties of vocational education and extension\nboards. A vocational education and extension board shall, subject to\nthe provisions of part one of this article, have the following powers\nand duties:\n 1. It may make or cause to be made a survey to determine the career\neducation and extension needs of the county.\n 2. It may make and establish and from time to time alter and amend\nrules and regulations for the transaction of its business and for the\nadministration of the work under its charge.\n 3. It shall have full power and authority to employ supervisors and\nteachers and all other persons necessary to carry on career education\nand extension work and to determine the salaries to be paid. Members of\nthe teaching and supervisory staff shall be appointed by a majority vote\nof the vocational education and extension board upon recommendation of\nthe director for a probationary period not to exceed three years except\nthat no recommendation shall require for the appointment of a director\nof career education. Services of members of the teaching and\nsupervisory staff so employed may be discontinued at any time during the\nprobationary period, upon the recommendation of the director, by\nmajority action of such board. On or before the expiration of the\nprobationary period such board, upon recommendation of the director, may\nappoint on tenure those persons who have been found competent, efficient\nand satisfactory. Such persons shall hold their respective positions\nduring good behavior and competent and efficient service and shall not\nbe removed except for any of the following causes, after a hearing, as\nprovided by section three thousand twenty-a of this chapter: (a)\ninsubordination, immoral character or conduct unbecoming a teacher; (b)\ninefficiency, incompetency, physical or mental disability or neglect of\nduty.\n 4. It shall make an annual report in writing to the regents of The\nUniversity of the State of New York and to the board of supervisors or\nother governing elective body on or before the first day of October. It\nshall also make such other reports as may be required by the\ncommissioner of education or by the board of supervisors or other\ngoverning elective body.\n 5. It may appoint any advisory committees deemed necessary.\n 6. It shall cooperate with existing public agencies in conducting\ncareer education and extension work in the county.\n 7. It shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties\nas may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of part one of\nthis article.\n 8. It may request the board of supervisors to contribute the use of or\nlease land, buildings and other facilities to it, and to contribute to\nthe cost of operating and maintaining the program of the county\nvocational education and extension board, and a board of supervisors\nshall have power to make appropriations toward such cost and to\ncontribute the use of or lease land, buildings, and other facilities to\nit.\n 9. It shall appoint one of its members as president, one of its\nmembers or another qualified school district voter in the county as\nclerk and another qualified school district voter in the county as\ntreasurer. All moneys accruing or appropriated to the board shall be\npaid to the treasurer of the board. The clerk and treasurer may be paid\nsuch compensation as may be fixed by the board. The treasurer shall\nfurnish a surety bond of a surety company authorized to do business in\nthe state of New York. The form and amount of such bond shall be\napproved by the board and the cost thereof shall be a charge against the\nfunds of said board.\n 10. It shall designate a bank or banks for the deposit of money. Such\ndesignation shall be made of a bank within the county unless no bank\nexists in the county. It shall notify the treasurer of all bank\ndesignations and require him to deposit all money in such designated\nbanks. Accruing funds, balances, resources and assets shall become the\nproperty of any succeeding agency or, in the event of termination of the\nprogram of shared services, such accruing funds, balances, resources and\nassets shall be prorated among the districts having been served during\nthe last year of operation and the county in proportion to the amount\nwhich each paid to the vocational education and extension board.\n 11. All accounting procedures shall be in accordance with regulations\nthat apply to union free school districts.\n 12. It shall have the authority to make contracts with the school\nauthorities of school districts within the county, or without the county\nwhere such contract will result in no additional expense being incurred\nby such county, for services to be rendered by it to such school\ndistricts, and such school authorities shall have the authority to enter\ninto such contracts. Payments shall be made by the school districts at\nleast as often as quarterly. Any amount so paid to the board by a school\ndistrict shall not be included in computing the apportionment of state\naid to such district.\n 13. It may transport pupils under twenty-one years of age to and from\nschools and classes maintained by such vocational education and\nextension board for instruction in career education. In providing such\ntransportation, the board may transport pupils residing outside the\ncounty who are attending such schools and classes maintained by such\nboard pursuant to subdivision twelve of this section.\n 14. It may purchase and maintain a motor vehicle or vehicles to be\nused for the transportation of school children under twenty-one years of\nage to schools and classes maintained by the county vocational education\nand extension board. Such motor vehicle or vehicles may be leased to a\nschool district when not needed for such transportation. When such\nmotor vehicle shall be leased as provided in this subdivision, public\nliability and property damage insurance, fire insurance and compensation\ninsurance of drivers shall be provided in the amount stated in section\nthirty-six hundred twenty-seven of this chapter and collision insurance\nshall be provided in the amount of value of the vehicle to protect the\nlessor. No part of the cost and expenses resulting from operation,\nmaintenance and repair of such vehicles during the leasing thereof shall\nbe included in determining the amount of any form of state aid received\nby such county vocational education and extension board.\n 15. It may lease land, buildings, and other facilities as may be\nnecessary to carry into effect the purposes of part one of this article.\n