N.Y. Education Law § 711: Aid for the purchase of school library materials

§ 711. Aid for the purchase of school library materials. 1. In the

several cities and school districts of the state, boards of education,

trustees or such body or officers as perform the functions of such

boards, shall designate school library materials to be used in the

schools in the district.

2. School library materials, for the purposes of this article shall

mean digital materials, audio/visual materials and printed materials

that may or may not require magnification which meet all of the

following criteria: (1) materials which are catalogued and processed as

part of the school library or media center for use by elementary and/or

secondary school children and teachers; (2) materials which with

reasonable care and use may be expected to last more than one year; and

(3) materials which would not be eligible for aid pursuant to sections

seven hundred one and seven hundred fifty-one of this title. School

library materials meeting these criteria may include (i) hard cover,

paperback books and e-books, periodicals, that is, print and digital

publications which are subscription-based and appear at regular

intervals of less than one year on a continuing basis for an indefinite

period, documents other than books, pamphlets, musical scores, other

printed, digital and published materials, (ii) for school year nineteen

hundred eighty-six--eighty-seven and thereafter, audio/visual materials

including films, film strips, micro-film, sound recordings, processed

slides, transparencies, kinescopes, video tapes, maps, charts, globes,

pictorial works, including pictures and picture sets, reproductions,

photographs, graphic works, and any other audio/visual materials of a

similar nature made.

3. No school district shall be required to purchase or otherwise

acquire school library materials, the cost of which shall exceed an

amount equal to the library materials factor multiplied by the sum of

the public school district enrollment and the nonpublic school

enrollment in the base year as defined in subparagraphs two and three of

paragraph n of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this

chapter. For aid payable in the nineteen hundred ninety-eight--nineteen

hundred ninety-nine school year, the library materials factor shall be

four dollars. For aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand

eight school year and thereafter, the library materials factor shall be

six dollars and twenty-five cents.

4. Commencing July first, nineteen hundred ninety eight, the

commissioner, in addition to the annual apportionment of public monies

pursuant to other articles of this chapter, shall apportion to each

school district an amount equal to the cost of the school library

materials purchased by the district pursuant to this section in the base

year, but in no case shall the aid apportioned to the district exceed

the product of the library materials factor and the sum of public school

district enrollment, nonpublic school enrollment, and additional public

enrollment as defined in subparagraphs two, three, and six of paragraph

n of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.

Aid payable pursuant to this section shall be deemed final and not

subject to change after April thirtieth of the school year for which

payment was due.