N.Y. Education Law § 4708: State aid

§ 4708. State aid. There shall be annually apportioned to such school

from the moneys appropriated by the state legislature for the support of

the public schools of the state the sum of one thousand dollars and an

additional sum of two hundred dollars for each teacher employed therein

for a period of thirty-six weeks during each school year, whose entire

time is given to the instruction of pupils in such school. No such

apportionment shall be made unless there are at least fifteen pupils

enrolled and actually in attendance at such school during such period of

thirty-six weeks, and unless such school maintains an organization and a

course of study and is conducted in a manner approved by the

commissioner of education.