NY Educ L § 3601 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 1 - General Provisions 3601 - When Apportioned and How Applied.

* §  3601.  When  apportioned  and  how  applied.  The amount annually   appropriated by the legislature for general support for public  schools,   net  of  disallowances,  refunds,  reimbursements  and credits, shall be   apportioned by the commissioner each year prior  to  the  dates  of  the   respective  final payments provided by law and all moneys so apportioned   shall be applied exclusively  to  school  purposes  authorized  by  law.   General state aid claims, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, shall   be  submitted  to  the  commissioner  by September second of each school   year, except that the audit report  required  by  subdivision  three  of   section  twenty-one hundred sixteen-a of this chapter shall be submitted   to the commissioner by October fifteenth  following  the  close  of  the   school  year  audited  for  all  districts  other  than  the city school   districts of the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers and New   York and by January first following the close of the school year audited   for such city school districts.  No  aid  shall  be  paid  to  a  school   district  or  board  of  cooperative  educational  services prior to the   submission of claims as required by the commissioner, except that no aid   certified as payable  to  a  school  district  by  the  commissioner  of   taxation  and  finance pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision three of   section thirteen hundred six-a of the real property  tax  law  shall  be   withheld  due  to  the  failure of the school district to submit general   state aid claims required by the commissioner, except that no aids shall   be withheld due to the failure of a school district to submit the  audit   report  required  by  subdivision  three  of  section twenty-one hundred   sixteen-a of this chapter until the thirtieth day following the due date   specified in this section for such report, and except that apportionment   for general support of public schools from the funds  apportioned  to  a   school district for the current year in excess of the amount apportioned   to  such  school  district  in  the  base  year  shall be withheld until   issuance of a determination of compliance  in  writing  of  such  school   district's statement of total funding allocation by the commissioner and   the  director  of  the  budget as required by section thirty-six hundred   fourteen of this part, whenever such  shall  occur,  provided  that  for   purposes  of this section, "current year" shall mean the current year as   defined in paragraph a of subdivision one of section thirty-six  hundred   two  of this part and "base year" shall mean the base year as defined in   paragraph b of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this   part.* NB Effective until June 30, 2023* § 3601. When  apportioned  and  how  applied.  The  amount  annually   appropriated  by the legislature for general support for public schools,   net of disallowances, refunds,  reimbursements  and  credits,  shall  be   apportioned  by  the  commissioner  each  year prior to the dates of the   respective final payments provided by law and all moneys so  apportioned   shall  be  applied  exclusively  to  school  purposes authorized by law.   General state aid claims, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, shall   be submitted to the commissioner by  September  second  of  each  school   year,  except  that  the  audit  report required by subdivision three of   section twenty-one hundred sixteen-a of this chapter shall be  submitted   to  the  commissioner  by  October  fifteenth following the close of the   school year audited  for  all  districts  other  than  the  city  school   districts of the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers and New   York and by January first following the close of the school year audited   for  such  city  school  districts.  No  aid  shall  be paid to a school   district or board of  cooperative  educational  services  prior  to  the   submission of claims as required by the commissioner, except that no aid   certified  as  payable  to  a  school  district  by  the commissioner of   taxation and finance pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision  three  of    section  thirteen  hundred  six-a  of the real property tax law shall be   withheld due to the failure of the school  district  to  submit  general   state  aid  claims required by the commissioner, and except that no aids   shall  be withheld due to the failure of a school district to submit the   audit report required by subdivision three of section twenty-one hundred   sixteen-a of this chapter until the thirtieth day following the due date   specified in this section for such report.* NB Effective June 30, 2023