N.Y. Education Law § 4204-b: School district contribution and state reimbursement

§ 4204-b. School district contribution and state reimbursement. 1. For

the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen and prior school years,

the school district of which any such child is resident at the time of

admission or readmission to any of the institutions or facilities

subject to this article shall be required to reimburse the state on

account of any expenditure made by the state for any such child

initially appointed by the commissioner to such institution or facility

after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-seven in an amount equal

to the school district basic contribution defined in subdivision eight

of section forty-four hundred one of this title, except that for the two

thousand eleven--two thousand twelve and two thousand twelve--two

thousand thirteen school years, such school district shall be

responsible for reimbursing the state in an amount equal to the positive

difference of the school district basic contribution minus the tuition

paid by such school district pursuant to section forty-two hundred four

or forty-two hundred seven of this article.

2. For the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year

and thereafter, the child's current school district of residence shall

be required to reimburse the state on account of any expenditure made by

the state for any such child in an amount equal to the positive

difference of the school district basic contribution minus the tuition

paid by such school district pursuant to section forty-two hundred four

or forty-two hundred seven of this article.

3. The state comptroller may deduct from any state funds which become

due to a school district for each year in which such child was in

attendance at such institution or facility an amount equal to the

reimbursement required to be made by such school district in accordance

with this section, and the amount so deducted shall not be included in

the operating expense of such district for the purposes of computing the

approved operating expense pursuant to paragraph t of subdivision one of

section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.

4. The state shall reimburse the school district of which any such

child is resident at the time of admission or readmission to any of the

institutions subject to this article for tuition paid to the institution

in an amount equal to the positive difference between the amount of such

tuition and the school district basic contribution. Such state

reimbursement to the school district shall not be paid prior to April

first of the school year in which such tuition costs are paid by the

school district. The tuition incurred through December thirty-first of

such school year shall be payable prior to June thirtieth of such school

year, provided that a claim is submitted on or before June first.