NY Educ L § 4357 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction Article 88 - New York State School for the Deaf 4357 - School District and Social Services District Financial Responsibility.

§ 4357. School   district   and  social  services  district  financial   responsibility. 1.  Financial  responsibilities.  School  districts  and   social  services districts shall be responsible for the costs of tuition   and maintenance, respectively, for children attending the New York state   school for the deaf during the September first  through  June  thirtieth   session.  Such costs shall be established pursuant to section forty-four   hundred five of this chapter.  a. The school district of which any  such   child  is  resident  at  the time of admission or readmission to the New   York State school for  the  deaf  pursuant  to  this  article  shall  be   required  to  reimburse  the  state  in  an  amount equal to the tuition   payments made to the state school by the state on behalf of  the  school   district.  The  comptroller shall deduct the appropriate tuition amounts   from any state funds which become due to a school district for each year   in which such child is in attendance at such school, and  shall  deposit   such funds to the special revenue accounts established for such purpose.   Any  tuition  amounts  deducted  pursuant  to  this subdivision shall be   included in the  approved  operating  expense  of  the  school  district   pursuant to paragraph t of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred   two of this chapter.b. The social services district in which any such child is resident at   the  time  of  admission or readmission to the New York state school for   the deaf pursuant to this article shall be  required  to  reimburse  the   state  in  an amount equal to the maintenance payments made to the state   school by the state on behalf  of  the  social  services  district.  The   comptroller  may  deduct  the  appropriate  maintenance amounts from any   state funds which become due to a social services district for each year   in  which  such  child  is  in  attendance  at  such  school  only  upon   notification  by  the  commissioner  of  social services after receiving   notice by the  commissioner  of  education  that  such  social  services   district  has  failed  to remit the required maintenance payments within   ninety days of the date on which such social services district is billed   by the state for services rendered, and shall deposit such amount to the   special revenue accounts established for such purpose.2. Payment for preschool children with  handicapping  conditions.  The   state  share of the costs of tuition, maintenance and transportation for   preschool children attending the New York  state  school  for  the  deaf   during the July and August summer session and the September through June   session  shall  be paid from the state moneys appropriated in support of   the provisions of section forty-four hundred ten of  this  chapter.  The   remaining  share  shall  be  a  charge on the county, or the city of New   York, of which any such child is resident at the time  of  admission  or   readmission  to  such  school.  The state share shall be as set forth in   paragraph b of subdivision eleven of section forty-four hundred  ten  of   this  chapter.  For  the  purposes of this subdivision "preschool child"   shall mean a child not eligible, by reason of age, for  the  deaf-infant   program pursuant to section forty-two hundred four-a of this chapter and   not eligible, by reason of age, to attend the public schools pursuant to   section  thirty-two  hundred  two of this chapter, provided that a child   shall be deemed a preschool child through the month  of  August  of  the   school  year  in  which  the  child first becomes eligible to attend the   public schools. Preschool education charges on a county, or the city  of   New  York,  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  shall  be  deducted  by the   comptroller within thirty days of the  issuance  of  a  warrant  by  the   commissioner  from  any state funds which become due to a county, or the   city of New York,  and  be  credited  to  the  special  revenue  account   established   for   such   purpose.   Such   tuition,   maintenance  and   transportation costs shall be determined pursuant to section  forty-four   hundred five of this chapter. 3.  Deaf  infants.  The  full  costs  of  a  deaf-infant  program,  as   determined by the commissioner of education and approved by the director   of the budget, for children below the age of three  served  by  the  New   York  state  school  for  the deaf pursuant to section forty-two hundred   four-a  of this chapter shall be paid from the state moneys appropriated   in support of such section forty-two hundred four-a.