instruction shall include instruction in agriculture, mechanic arts, trades and homemaking. The provisions of this chapter and of the regulations of the education department relating to vocational instruction in the public schools shall apply to such school so far as they do not conflict with the provisions of this article and may be made applicable thereto. (Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.)

§ 616. State aid. There shall be annually apportioned to such school from the moneys appropriated by the state legislature for the support of the public schools of the state the sum of one thousand dollars and an additional sum of two hundred dollars for each teacher employed therein for a period of thirty-six weeks during each school year, whose entire time is given to the instruction of pupils in such school. No such apportionment shall be made unless there are at least fifteen pupils enrolled and actually in attendance at such school during such period of thirty-six weeks, and unless such school maintains an organization and a course of study and is conducted in a manner approved by the commissioner of education. (Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.)

§ 617. Children admitted to such school. Children not more than eighteen nor less than eight years of age may be admitted to or received in such school, either (1) upon the application of the parents or guardians having the legal custody or control of such children, accompanied by the written consent of such parents or guardians, or (2) upon commitment thereto as truants or incorrigible pupils as provided in section six hundred and thirty-five of this chapter, or (3) upon commitment thereto as juvenile delinquents as provided by law, provided that children convicted of crime shall not be committed to such school. Children who have no homes or who are without proper parental control or who are under improper guardianship may be sent to and received in such school, in the same manner and under the same authority as in case of other children who are improperly provided for at home. (Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.)

§ 618. 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 the 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 necessary costs and expenses of such suit or proceeding, shall be paid into the treasury of the county, and shall be applied to the payment of the cost of the instruction, maintenance and clothing of such pupils. (Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.)

§ 619. Maintenance by county. The board of supervisors shall provide for the maintenance of such school, the repair and improvement of the lands and buildings used or occupied thereby, and the equipment thereof with necessary machinery, tools, apparatus and supplies. The cost thereof, and the expenses incurred for such purposes, shall be charges against the county and shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other charges against the county. The maintenance herein provided for shall include the support, instruction, care, board and clothing of pupils and such other expenses as are necessarily incurred in the operation of the school. (Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.)

§ 619-a. Reports to board of supervisors; inspection. The board of managers of such school shall report in writing to the board of supervisors of the county when called upon to do so, and shall transmit to the clerk of the board, annually, on or before the thirtieth day of June. Such annual report shall state such facts in respect to the school as the board of managers may deem advisable and as the board of supervisors may require. The board of supervisors may, by a committee or any of its members or appointees, inspect such school, and for such purpose may enter upon the land and into the buildings of such school at all reasonable times. (Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.)

§ 619-b. Powers of commissioner of education and state department of education. A school established as provided herein shall be deemed a part of the public school system of the state, and shall be subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner of education and the state department of education in the same manner as other public schools, and shall not be subject to any of the laws of the state relating to charitable or penal institutions. (Added by L. 1915, ch. 307.)

VIII. TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.

Education Law.

(L. 1909, ch. 21; L. 1910, ch. 140.)

§ 602. Establishment of general industrial and unit trade and technical schools, and schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, practical arts or homemaking schools or evening

vocational schools; directors of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking. The board of education of any union free school district shall also establish, acquire and maintain general industrial schools, unit trade and technical schools, schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, and practical arts or homemaking schools and evening vocational schools for like purposes whenever such schools shall be authorized by a district meeting. The trustees or board of trustees of a common school district may establish a school or a course in agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, when authorized by a district meeting. The board of education of a city, town or union free school district, not maintaining a school of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, may employ a director of agriculture. The boards of education or trustees of two or more districts or towns may by joint contract employ such a director and determine in such contract as to the portion of the compensation which is to be paid by each district. The qualifications of a person employed as such director shall be prescribed by the commissioner of education, as provided by law in respect to teachers employed in public schools of the state. (Amended by L. 1919, ch. 531.)

§ 603. Appointment of an advisory board. 1. The board of education shall appoint an advisory board of five members representing the local trades, industries, and occupations. In the first instance two of such members shall be appointed for a term of one year and three of such members shall be appointed for a term of two years. Thereafter as the terms of such members shall expire the vacancies caused thereby shall be filled for a full term of two years. Any other vacancy occurring on such board shall be filled by the appointing power named in this section for the remainder of the unexpired term.

2. It shall be the duty of such advisory board to counsel with and advise the board of education in relation to the powers and duties vested in such board by this chapter. (Amended by L. 1919, ch. 531.)

§ 604. Authority of the board of education over such schools. The board of education in a city or in a union free school district in which city or district a general industrial school, unit trade or technical school, a school of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, or practical arts or homemaking school, or a part-time or continuation school, or an evening vocational school is established as provided in this article, is vested with the same power and authority over the management, supervision and control of such school and the teachers or instructors employed therein as such board now has over the schools and teachers under their charge. Such boards of education shall also have full power and authority:

1. To employ competent teachers or instructors. 2. To provide proper courses of study.

3. To purchase or acquire sites and grounds and to purchase, acquire, lease or construct and to repair suitable shops or buildings and to properly equip the same.

4. To purchase necessary machinery, tools, apparatus and supplies. (Amended by L. 1919, ch. 531.)

NOTE. Sections 605, 606 and 607 provide for financial aid by the State to schools of this kind.

IX. HOME SCHOOLS.

(L. 1922, ch. 465.)

The common coun

Section 1. Establishment of home schools. cil of any city of the second class may adopt a resolution by a majority vote establishing a home school for the purpose of giving instructions in the trades, industrial, agricultural and homemaking subjects in addition to instruction in public school subjects to children of the city and other children not more than eighteen years nor less than eight years of age who may be admitted thereto as hereinafter provided. Such school shall be known as the Home School of ... . (Name of city establishing school.)

§ 2. Acquisition of lands and erection of buildings. Upon the adoption of the resolution as provided in the foregoing section the city, through its properly constituted officers having power and jurisdiction therein, shall lease or purchase land in some convenient, accessible place in the county in which such city is located and not less than six miles from the center of the city to be used for the purpose of such school. Such land may be acquired by gift, purchase or condemnation. The land when so acquired shall be held in the name of the city for the benefit of such school. Upon acquisition of such land the city shall erect the necessary buildings and suitably equip them for use. Such city may also provide for the improvement of existing buildings and make such repairs and alterations upon the buildings upon the land used for the purposes of the school as may be necessary for the maintenance and operation thereof.

§ 3. Board of managers. The board of managers of such school shall consist of not less than five members to be appointed by the mayor of such city and of which board the superintendent of schools in any such city shall be one member ex-officio. Members of the board other than the said superintendent shall be appointed from resident taxpayers of the city who shall serve for terms of four years commencing upon the first day of January succeeding the appointment. Such terms will be so arranged that the terms of no two of the members so appointed shall expire in the same year, and for this purpose the terms of members first appointed hereunder shall be as follows: In case one member shall be appointed the term shall be four years; in case two members are appointed the term shall be four and two years respectively; in case three members are appointed the term shall be four, three and two years; in case four members shall be appointed the terms

shall be four, three, two and one year respectively. Such term shall commence on the first day of January succeeding the appointment and their successors shall be appointed for a full term of four years as above provided. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired portion of the terms. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. They shall receive their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The amount of such expenses shall be charged against the city and paid in the same manner as other city charges. The board shall organize by the election of one of its members as chairman and another as secretary.

§4. Powers and duties of managers. The board of managers of such school shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the school; employ a superintendent and such teachers and assistants as may be required for the operation and maintenance of the school; fix compensation of such superintendent, teachers and assistants within the amount made available therefor by the board of estimate and apportionment of such city; prescribe rules and regulations for the management of the school and for the purpose of carrying into effect the object thereof; provide for the detention, maintenance and instruction of all children who are admitted to the school. Such board shall on or before the first day of January each year furnish to the mayor estimates in writing of the amount of expenditures for the next fiscal year. All expenses and appropriations for such school shall be subject to the provisions of sections seventy-three, seventyfour, seventy-five, seventy-six and seventy-seven of second class cities law, and of any and all other provisions of said law applicable thereto.

§ 5. Further powers and duties of board of managers. The board of managers shall have full power to discharge or parole at any time any child admitted to such school. A child under sixteen years of age committed to the school by a court and paroled for good conduct may be arrested and detained in the school for violation of the terms of his parole.

NOTE. No 6 or § 7 in original law.

§ 8. Powers of superintendent and discipline of school. The superintendent of the school shall, subject to the regulations of the board of managers:

1. Have the general management of the school, land, buildings and equipment thereof, and devote his entire time to its affairs; 2. Supervise and direct the methods of instruction and the performance of duties by the teachers, assistants and employees of such school;

3. Be responsible for the welfare of the pupils of the school, see that the regulations and directions of the board of managers are carried into effect;