NY Educ L § 711 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 15-A - School Library Materials 711 - Aid for the Purchase of School Library Materials.

§ 711. Aid  for  the  purchase  of school library materials. 1. In the   several cities and school districts of the state, boards  of  education,   trustees  or  such  body  or  officers  as perform the functions of such   boards, shall designate school library  materials  to  be  used  in  the   schools in the district.2.  School  library  materials, for the purposes of this article shall   mean both audio/visual materials and printed materials that may  or  may   not  require magnification which meet all of the following criteria: (1)   materials which are catalogued and  processed  as  part  of  the  school   library  or  media  center for use by elementary and/or secondary school   children and teachers; (2) materials which with reasonable care and  use   may  be  expected  to  last  more than one year; and (3) materials which   would not be eligible for aid pursuant to sections seven hundred one and   seven hundred fifty-one of this title. School library materials  meeting   these   criteria  may  include  (i)  hard  cover  and  paperback  books,   periodicals, that is, publications which appear at regular intervals  of   less  than  one  year  on  a  continuing basis for an indefinite period,   documents other than books, pamphlets, musical scores, other printed and   published  materials,  and  (ii)  for  school  year   nineteen   hundred   eighty-six--eighty-seven    and   thereafter,   audio/visual   materials   including films, film strips, micro-film,  sound  recordings,  processed   slides,  transparencies,  kinescopes, video tapes, maps, charts, globes,   pictorial works, including pictures  and  picture  sets,  reproductions,   photographs,  graphic  works,  and any other audio/visual materials of a   similar nature made.3. No school district shall  be  required  to  purchase  or  otherwise   acquire  school  library  materials,  the  cost of which shall exceed an   amount equal to the library materials factor multiplied by  the  sum  of   the   public   school  district  enrollment  and  the  nonpublic  school   enrollment in the base year as defined in subparagraphs two and three of   paragraph n of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this   chapter. For aid payable in the nineteen hundred  ninety-eight--nineteen   hundred  ninety-nine  school year, the library materials factor shall be   four dollars. For aid payable in the two  thousand  seven--two  thousand   eight  school year and thereafter, the library materials factor shall be   six dollars and twenty-five cents.4.  Commencing  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety   eight,   the   commissioner,  in  addition to the annual apportionment of public monies   pursuant to other articles of this  chapter,  shall  apportion  to  each   school  district  an  amount  equal  to  the  cost of the school library   materials purchased by the district pursuant to this section in the base   year, but in no case shall the aid apportioned to  the  district  exceed   the product of the library materials factor and the sum of public school   district  enrollment, nonpublic school enrollment, and additional public   enrollment as defined in subparagraphs two, three, and six of  paragraph   n  of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.   Aid payable pursuant to this section  shall  be  deemed  final  and  not   subject  to  change  after  April thirtieth of the school year for which   payment was due.