301 - Commissioner of education continued.

§ 301. Commissioner   of   education   continued.      The  office  of  commissioner of education is hereby continued. Subject  to  the  general  direction  and  control  of  the  regents  of  the  university, he shall  continue to have, exercise and perform the functions, powers and  duties  conferred or imposed by law upon the commissioner of education. He shall  continue  to  exercise  the judicial functions conferred by law upon the  commissioner of education and, subject to rules of the regents, to make,  execute and issue in the name of  the  department  such  determinations,  decisions,  orders,  notices and certificates as may be required for the  exercise and performance of the functions, powers and  duties  conferred  or  imposed  upon  the  department.  With  the  approval of the board of  regents, he shall continue to prepare the annual estimates and  requests  for  appropriations  for  operation, maintenance and construction of the  New York state school for the blind.   All moneys appropriated  for  the  New  York  school  for  the  blind, or derived from other sources in the  course of the administration thereof, shall be  expended  upon  vouchers  approved  by  the  commissioner  of  education,  when  and in the manner  authorized by  the  board  of  regents.  The  regents  may  adopt  rules  conferring   and  imposing  upon  the  commissioner  of  education  such  additional powers and duties  as  may  be  required  for  the  effective  administration of the department and of the state system of education.