2019 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