NY Educ L § 2117 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 43 - School District Officers--Town and County Officials Part 1 - General Provisions 2117 - Reports.

§ 2117. Reports.    1.  The school authorities of each school district shall make a full report to  the  commissioner  of  education  upon  any particular  matter  relating to their schools whenever such report shall be required by said commissioner.   2. The school authorities of each such school district shall,  on  the first  day of August in each year, make to the commissioner of education a report in writing for the year ending June thirtieth  preceding.    In districts  under  the  jurisdiction  of  a district superintendent, such reports shall be first submitted  to  the  district  superintendent,  in duplicate,  and  he  shall  approve  one  copy  and  file  it  with  the commissioner of education. Such report shall be  in  such  form  as  the commissioner  of  education  shall  approve; and every such report shall certify:   a. The whole time school has been maintained in their district  during the  year  ending on June thirtieth previous to the date of such report, and stating what portion of the time such  school  has  been  taught  by qualified teachers, and the whole number of days, including holidays, in which the school was taught by qualified teachers.   b.  The amount of their drafts upon the county treasurer, collector or treasurer of the district for the payment of teachers'  salaries  during such  year, and the amount of their drafts for the purchase of books and school apparatus during such year, and the manner in which  such  moneys have been expended.   c.  The  number of children taught in the district during such year by qualified teachers, and the  aggregate  days'  attendance  of  all  such children.   d.  The  number of children residing in their district, from birth and under eighteen years of age, who shall have been, on the  thirtieth  day of  August  last  preceding  the date of such report, legal residents of such district. Children supported at  an  orphan  asylum  shall  not  be included in such enumeration.   e. The number of vaccinated and unvaccinated children of school age in their district.   f. The amount of money paid for teachers' salaries, in addition to the public  money paid therefor, the amount of taxes levied in such district for purchasing school sites, for building, hiring, purchasing, repairing and insuring schoolhouses, for fuel, for school libraries,  or  for  any other purpose allowed by law.   g.  Such additional information in relation to the schools under their management and control as the commissioner of education shall require.   3. The commissioner of education shall prepare, based  on  information submitted  to  him  by  school  districts, periodic reports covering new school buildings giving information about them including but not limited to the following:  (1) Cost of site.  (2) Cost of site improvement including roads, parking, playfields, and utility lines to the building wall.  (3) Original furnishings, equipment and apparatus.  (4) Professional fees.  (5) Incidental costs.  (6) Total cost of building.  (7) Cost of building per pupil.  (8) Cost of building per gross square foot.  (9) Cost per gross square foot of the heating and ventilating.  (10) Cost per gross square foot of the plumbing.  (11) Cost per gross square foot of the electrical work.  (12) Square foot per pupil in the total gross area.  (13) Square foot per pupil in the net area of the regular and  special classrooms.  (14)  Square  foot  per  pupil in the net area of other rooms used for educational, health, administrative  or  social  purposes  such  as  the cafeteria, auditorium, gymnasium, kitchen and library.  (15)  Square  foot  per  pupil of the remaining difference between the gross area and the sum of thirteen  and  fourteen  which  would  include toilet  rooms,  general  storage,  corridors,  stair enclosures, janitor closets, boiler rooms, building machinery rooms and the area occupied by the walls of the building.  (16) An outline of the school plan.  (17) A brief outline specification for the building construction.  (18) The name of the architect.  (19) The name of the mechanical engineer.  (20) The name of the structural engineer.  (21) Whether single or multiple bidding was used.