§ 4602 — Career education

§ 4602. Career education. 1. The board of education of each school\ndistrict shall provide secondary school pupils and adults access to\nprograms of career education, commensurate with the interests and\ncapabilities of those desiring and having a need for preparatory\ntraining, retraining or upgrading for employment, and develop realistic\nprograms in accord with manpower needs in existing and emerging\noccupations for present and projected employment opportunities.\n 2. Career education programs and classes shall be organized and\nconducted by boards of education or arranged through shared services as\nprovided by boards of cooperative educational services, in accordance\nwith the rules of the board of regents and the regulations of the\ncommissioner of education. Boards of education that are designated by\nthe commissioner as major career education providers shall submit to the\ncommissioner every two years, no later than the date specified by the\ncommissioner, a career education program plan, in a form specified by\nthe commissioner, which shall be revised annually.\n 3. Programs may include pre-vocational activities, career classes,\napprentice related instruction, cooperative education, work experience,\ncontinuing adult career education, and other effective means of\npreparation and of upgrading employment capabilities. Classes for\nout-of-school youth sixteen years of age and over and for adults may be\nconducted during the day and/or evening.\n 4. The board of education of each school district maintaining programs\nin career education, practical arts, vocational and educational\nguidance, or continuing career education for adults has full power and\nauthority:\n a. To employ properly certified directors, supervisors, principals,\nteachers and counselors and assign them to serve in the schools and\nclasses authorized by this article.\n b. To establish approved courses of study.\n c. To purchase or acquire sites and grounds; to purchase, acquire,\nlease or construct and to repair suitable shops and buildings or to\narrange for shared services.\n d. To purchase necessary machinery, tools, apparatus, books and\nsupplies.\n e. To enter into agreements with one or more financing agencies to\nprovide for the acceptance by such board of credit cards as a means of\npayment of course fees or tuition when required for instructional\nprograms. Any such agreement shall govern the terms and conditions upon\nwhich a credit card proffered as a means of payment of such fees or\ntuition shall be accepted or declined and the manner in and conditions\nupon which the financing agency shall pay to such board of education the\namount of such fees or tuition paid by means of a credit card pursuant\nto such agreement. Any such agreement may provide for the payment by\nsuch board of education to such financing agency of fees for the\nservices provided by such financing agency. For purposes of this\nparagraph, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (i) "Credit card" means any credit card, credit plate, charge plate,\ncourtesy card, debit card or other identification card or device issued\nby a person to another person which may be used to obtain a cash advance\nor a loan or credit, or to purchase or lease property or services on the\ncredit of the person issuing the credit card or a person who has agreed\nwith the issuer to pay obligations arising from the use of a credit card\nissued to another person.\n (ii) "Financing agency" means any agency defined as such in\nsubdivision eighteen of section four hundred one of the personal\nproperty law;\n (iii) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation or any\nother legal or commercial entity.\n 5. School days spent in legal employment by pupils enrolled in\napproved career cooperative education programs who are in part-time\nschool attendance shall be included in the average daily attendance and\naverage daily membership for apportionment of state aid under provisions\nof section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.\n