N.Y. Education Law § 3713: Acceptance of funds appropriated by federal government

§ 3713. Acceptance of funds appropriated by federal government. 1.

The state, any school district or its trustees or board of education is

hereby authorized and empowered to accept the provisions of any law of

the United States making appropriations for the purpose of defraying the

cost of providing the public education, the cost of planning and

constructing public school facilities or any other educational purpose.

2. The commissioner of education, hereby designated as the state

educational agency, is authorized and empowered to cooperate with such

agency as the federal government shall designate to carry out the

provisions of such law.

3. The commissioner of taxation and finance and the state comptroller

are appointed as joint custodians of all money given to the state by the

United States under the authority of such law, and such money shall be

paid out in the manner provided by such act for the purposes therein

specified.