§ 1709. Powers and duties of boards of education. The said board of\neducation of every union free school district shall have power, and it\nshall be its duty:\n 1. To adopt such by-laws and rules for its government as shall seem\nproper in the discharge of the duties required under the provisions of\nthis chapter.\n 2. To establish such rules and regulations concerning the order and\ndiscipline of the schools, in the several departments thereof, as they\nmay deem necessary to secure the best educational results.\n 3. To prescribe the course of study by which the pupils of the schools\nshall be graded and classified, and to regulate the admission of pupils\nand their transfer from one class or department to another, as their\nscholarship shall warrant.\n 4. To prescribe the text-books to be used in the schools, and to\ncompel a uniformity in the use of the same, pursuant to the provisions\nof this chapter, and to furnish the same to pupils out of any moneys\nprovided for that purpose.\n 4-a. To develop a plan to ensure that all instructional materials to\nbe used in the schools of the district are available in a usable\nalternative format for each student with a disability, as defined in\nsection forty-four hundred one of this chapter, and for each student who\nis a qualified individual with a disability as defined in the\nrehabilitation act of nineteen hundred ninety-three (29 U.S.C. 701) as\namended, in accordance with his or her educational needs and course\nselection, at the same time as such instructional materials are\navailable to non-disabled students. As part of such plan, the board of\neducation shall amend its procurement policies to give a preference in\nthe purchase of instructional materials to vendors who agree to provide\nmaterials in alternative formats. For purposes of this subdivision,\n"alternative format" shall mean any medium or format for the\npresentation of instructional materials, other than a traditional print\ntextbook, that is needed as an accommodation for a disabled student\nenrolled in the school district, including but not limited to Braille,\nlarge print, open and closed captioned, audio, or an electronic file in\nan approved format, as defined in the regulations of the commissioner.\nWhen an electronic file is provided, the plan shall specify how the\nformat will be accessed by students and/or how the district shall\nconvert to an accessible format. Such plan shall identify the needs of\nstudents residing in the district for alternative format materials. Such\nplan shall also specify ordering timelines to ensure that alternative\nformat materials are available at the same time as regular format\nmaterials. Such plans shall include procedures to address the need to\nobtain materials in alternative format without delay for disabled\nstudents who move into the school district during the school year.\n 5. To make provision for the instruction of pupils in all subjects in\nwhich such instruction is required to be given under the provisions of\narticle seventeen of this chapter.\n 6. To purchase sites, or additions thereto, for recreation grounds,\nfor agricultural education purposes, and for schoolhouses for the\ndistrict, when designated by a meeting of the district; and to construct\nsuch schoolhouses and other structures and additions thereto as may be\nso designated; and to operate the facilities provided and to market any\nsurplus of farm products that might be so raised and as may be so\ndesignated; to purchase furniture and apparatus for such schoolhouses,\nand to keep the furniture and apparatus therein in repair; and, when\nauthorized by such meeting, to purchase implements, supplies, and\napparatus for agricultural, athletic, playground, and social center\npurposes.\n 7. To lease, on a temporary basis, necessary space not located on\nschool property, when the facilities of the district are overcrowded or\ndamaged or destroyed, and to furnish and equip such space for school\ndistr
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