N.Y. Education Law § 274: Use and care of school library

§ 274. Use and care of school library. The school library shall be a

part of the school equipment and shall be kept in the school building at

all times. Such library shall be devoted to the exclusive use of the

school, except as otherwise provided by the rules of the commissioner of

education and except in a district where there is no free library, in

which case such school library shall be a circulating library for the

use of the residents of the district.

The commissioner of education shall prescribe rules regulating

1. The purchase, recording, safekeeping and loaning of books in school

libraries, and the use of such books by pupils and teachers in the

public schools.

2. The conditions under which books in a school library may be used by

the public in a district in which a free library is situated.

3. The management of school libraries and their use as circulating

libraries by the residents of the district in which they are situated.

4. The contents and submission of reports of school librarians,

teachers and other school authorities as to school libraries.