NY Educ L § 755 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 16 - Computer Technology 755 - Loan of Smart Schools Classroom Technology.

§  755.  Loan of smart schools classroom technology. 1. In the several   cities and school districts of the state, school authorities, as defined   in subdivision twelve of section two of this  chapter,  shall  have  the   power  and  duty,  to the extent provided in this section, to loan, upon   request of an individual or a group of individual pupils, to all  pupils   legally  attending  nonpublic elementary or secondary schools located in   the  school  district,  smart  schools  classroom  technology   acquired   pursuant  to subdivision sixteen of section thirty-six hundred forty-one   of this chapter which is designated for use in any public elementary  or   secondary schools of the state or is approved by any school authorities.   Such  smart  schools  classroom  technology  made available to nonpublic   students shall be limited to that allowable under both  paragraph  seven   of  subdivision  sixteen of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this   chapter and section seven hundred fifty-four of this article. Such smart   schools classroom technology is to be  loaned  free  to  such  children,   commencing  with  the two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school   year, subject to such rules and regulations as are or may be  prescribed   by the board of regents and such school authorities.2.  No  school  district  shall  be  required  to  loan  smart schools   classroom technology in excess of the smart schools classroom technology   acquired by such district pursuant to  subdivision  sixteen  of  section   thirty-six  hundred  forty-one  of  this  chapter.  Such  smart  schools   classroom technology shall be loaned on an equitable basis  to  children   attending  nonpublic  schools  in  the  district  in  the  current year,   provided that nothing in this article shall be construed  to  require  a   school  district  to  loan  to  children  attending  nonpublic  schools,   pursuant to this section, classroom technology purchased with  local  or   federal  funds or with state funds other than funds apportioned pursuant   to subdivision sixteen of  section  three  hundred  sixty-four  of  this   chapter,  and  provided  further  that no school district may loan smart   schools classroom technology in an aggregate  amount  greater  than  two   hundred  fifty  dollars multiplied by the nonpublic school enrollment in   the base year, at time of enactment, as defined in subparagraph three of   paragraph n of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this   chapter. The payment  of  tuition  under  article  eighty-nine  of  this   chapter  is  deemed  to  be  an equitable loan to children for whom such   tuition is paid, and the provisions of this section shall not apply.3. School authorities shall adopt regulations specifying the  date  by   which  requests  for  the  purchase  and loan of smart schools classroom   technology must be received by the district. Notice of such  date  shall   be  given  to all non-public schools in the school district. For the two   thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year, such date shall not   be earlier than the first day of January of such school  year,  and  for   the   two   thousand  fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  school  year  and   thereafter, such date shall not be earlier than the first day of June of   the school year prior to that for which  such  smart  schools  classroom   technology  is  being  requested,  provided,  however,  that a parent or   guardian of a child not attending a particular non-public  school  prior   to  January  first  or June first of the school year, as applicable, may   submit a written request for smart schools classroom  technology  within   thirty  days  after such child is enrolled in such non-public school. In   no event, however, shall a request made later than the  times  otherwise   provided  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  be  denied where a reasonable   explanation is given for the delay in making the request.