N.Y. Education Law § 282: Establishment of school library systems

§ 282. Establishment of school library systems. The commissioner is

authorized to approve the establishment of school library systems, each

system to be composed of school districts which are located within a

board of cooperative educational services area, or a school district

serving a city with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or

more, or combinations thereof. The systems may include non-public school

libraries as defined in regulations to be promulgated by the

commissioner. Upon establishment, such school library systems shall be

governed by either their respective boards of cooperative educational

services, by boards of education in school districts serving cities with

populations of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more, or by a

governing body established under the plan to be submitted to the

commissioner in cases of systems serving a combination of areas.