New York Education Law

Every section of the New York Education Law, in order — 1,946 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Educ. Law § 1 — Short title
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 2 — Definitions
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 2-a — Release of directory information; access to institutions
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 2-b — Use of student social security numbers restricted
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 2-c — Release of student information to certain entities
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 2-d — Unauthorized release of personally identifiable information
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 10 — Legislative intent
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 11 — Definitions
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 12 — Discrimination and harassment prohibited
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 13 — Policies and guidelines
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 14 — Commissioner's responsibilities
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 15 — Reporting by commissioner
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 16 — Protection of people who report harassment, bullying or discrimination
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 17 — Application
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 18 — Severability and construction
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 19 — Legislative intent
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 20 — Definitions
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 21 — Bullying and harassment prevention and response
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 22 — Applicability
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 23 — Severability and construction
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 101 — Education department; regents of the university
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 101-a — Promulgation of rules and regulations of commissioner relating to the supervision of services for the public good conducted under supervi...
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 101-b — Paperwork reduction
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 102 — Associate and assistant commissioners
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 103 — Divisions of department
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 104 — Other officers and employees
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 105 — Removals and suspensions
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 106 — Joint seal
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 107 — Compact for education
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 108 — State education building
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 109 — Any person, association, organization or corporation may be permitted to use the auditorium in the state education building at Albany for...
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 110 — Refunds
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 111 — Indian affairs
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 112 — Children in care; responsibility for education
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 112-a — Students confined in certain facilities; responsibility for issuance of diplomas
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 113 — Leaves of absence to professional members of the department
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 114 — Reduction of salaries for investment in custodial accounts
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 140 — Historical documentary heritage grants and aid
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 174 — Powers formerly exercised by the state board of geographic names
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 180 — Definitions
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 181 — Education department optional retirement program established
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 182 — Rates of contribution
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 183 — Election
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 184 — Survivor's benefits
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 185 — Social security
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 186 — State not liable for payment of benefits
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 187 — Inconsistent provisions of other acts superseded
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 201 — Corporate name and objects
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 202 — Regents
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 203 — Officers
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 204 — Meetings and absences
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 205 — Quorum
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 206 — Authority to take testimony and conduct hearings
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 207 — Legislative power
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 207-a — Disclosure of gifts made to institutions of higher education by foreign governments, persons and entities
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 207-b — Crisis resources
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 208 — General examinations, credentials and degrees
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 208-a — Scheduling of examinations
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 209 — Academic examinations; admission and fees
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 209-a — Applications for admission to college
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 210 — Registrations
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 210-a — Admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 210-b — Graduate-level teacher and educational leadership program deregistration and suspension
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 210-c — Interstate reciprocity agreement for post-secondary distance education programs
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 211 — Review of regents learning standards
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 211-a — Enhanced state accountability system
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 211-b — Consequences for consistent lack of improvement in academic performance
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 211-c — Distinguished educators
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 211-d — Contract for excellence
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 211-e — Educational partnership organizations
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 211-f — Takeover and restructuring failing schools
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 212 — Fees
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 212-a — Return of deposits for professional and graduate schools
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 212-b — Return of tuition for colleges, universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 212-c — Teacher accreditation review fees
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 213 — Extension of educational facilities
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 213-b — Unlawful sale of dissertations, theses and term papers
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 214 — Institutions in the university
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 215 — Visitation and reports
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 215-a — Annual report by regents to governor and legislature
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 215-b — Annual report by commissioner to governor and legislature
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 215-c — Promoting cost-effectiveness in public elementary and secondary schools
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 215-d — State university of New York report on economic development activities
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 216 — Charters
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 216-a — Applicability of not-for-profit corporation law
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 216-b — Private foundations, as defined in the United States internal revenue code of 1954: provisions included in the charter
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 216-c — Special provisions for cutlery and knife museums that exhibit automatic knives
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 217 — Provisional charters
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 218 — Conditions of incorporation
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 219 — Change of name or charter
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 220 — Distribution of assets
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 221 — Dissolution of educational institution by stockholders
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 222 — Suspension of operations
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 223 — Consolidation or merger of corporations
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 224 — Prohibitions
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 224-a — Students unable because of religious beliefs to register or attend classes on certain days
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 225 — Unlawful acts in respect to examinations and records
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 226 — Powers of trustees of institutions
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 227 — Colleges may construct water-works and sewer systems
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 228 — The Hamilton college sewer district
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 229 — County educational institutions
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 230 — Municipal training institute
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 231 — Town and county officers training school
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 232 — Departments and their government
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 233 — State Museum; collections made by the staff
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 233-a — Property of the state museum
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 233-aa — Property of other museums
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 233-b — New York state freedom trail commission
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 233-c — Study
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 234 — Indian collection
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 235 — State science service
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 235-a — New York state biodiversity research institute
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 235-b — New York state biological survey
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 236 — Public television and radio
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 237 — Regents plan for higher education including approved plans of state university and city university of New York and plans of independent i...
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 238 — Chair on geriatrics in the state university
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 238-a — Statewide resource centers for geriatric education
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 239 — Albert Einstein chairs in science and Albert Schweitzer chairs in the humanities
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 239-a — Collection and distribution of student's residual consumer goods
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 239-b — Research dogs and cats
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 240 — The Stony Brook university Cody center for autism and developmental disabilities at Stony Brook university
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 241 — Purposes of the Cody center
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 242 — Site
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 243 — Funding and reporting
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 245 — State library, how constituted
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 246 — State medical library
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 247 — State law library; legislative reference library
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 248 — Manuscript and records "on file"
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 249 — State library, when open; use of books
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 249-a — Libraries of public institutions of higher education; access and use
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 250 — Duplicate department
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 251 — Transfers from state officers
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 252 — Other libraries owned by the state
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 253 — Public and association libraries and museums
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 254 — Standards of library service
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 255 — Establishment of a public library
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 256 — Contracts
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 257 — Acceptance of conditional gift
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 258 — Closing of museum; admission fee during certain hours
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 258-a — Purchases by museums, historical societies, zoological gardens, aquariums, botanical gardens and arboreta through office of general services
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 259 — Library taxes
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 260 — Trustees
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 260-a — Meetings of board of trustees
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 260-b — Reduction of salaries for purchase of annuities
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 260-c — Reduction of salaries for tax-deferred annuities
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 260-d — Board of trustees continuing education
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 261 — Incorporation
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 262 — Use of public and Indian libraries
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 263 — Reports
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 264 — Injuries to property
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 265 — Detention
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 265-a — Defense of lawful detention
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 266 — Transfer of libraries
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 267 — Local neglect
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 268 — Abolition
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 269 — Library extension service
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 270 — Acceptance of surplus library books or property
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 271 — Apportionment of state aid to Indian libraries
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 272 — Conditions under which library systems are entitled to state aid
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 273 — Apportionment of state aid to libraries and library systems
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 273-a — State aid for library construction
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 274 — Use and care of school library
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 275 — Librarians of school libraries
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 276 — Existing rules continued in force
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 277 — Authority to raise and receive money for school library
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 278 — Authority to transfer school library property to a free library
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 279 — Fees
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 280 — Penalty for disobedience to library law, rules or orders
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 281 — Loans and extensions of credit to infants
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 282 — Establishment of school library systems
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 283 — Functions of school library systems
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 284 — State aid for school library systems
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 285 — State aid for cooperation with correctional facilities
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 290 — Acceptance of law of the United States
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 291 — Custodian of funds
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 292 — Board of regents to co-operate with federal board
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 293 — Establishment of interstate library district
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 294 — Appointment of members of governing board of interstate library district
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 295 — Support of interstate library district
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 296 — Compact administrator
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 297 — Withdrawal
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 301 — Commissioner of education continued
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 302 — How chosen
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 303 — Term of office
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 304 — Expenses
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 305 — General powers and duties
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 306 — Removal of school officers; withholding public money
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 307 — Acquisition of real property
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 308 — Other powers
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 309 — Schools of union free school districts and cities
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 309-a — Twenty-first century schools program
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 310 — Appeals or petitions to commissioner of education and other proceedings
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 311 — Powers of commissioner upon appeals or petitions, et cetera
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 312 — Filed papers and copies thereof
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 313 — Unfair educational practices
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 313-a — Prohibition against the use of certain material in questionnaires and applications for admission to educational institutions
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 314 — State plan for school district reorganization 1
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 315 — School district names
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 316 — Teacher resource and computer training centers
• N.Y. Educ. Law § 317 — General education development exam