2023 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 digital materials, 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,
  paperback  books  and  e-books,  periodicals, that is, print and digital
  publications  which  are  subscription-based  and  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,  digital and published materials, (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.