N.Y. State Finance Law § 97-jjjj: Education assessment account

§ 97-jjjj. Education assessment account. 1. There is hereby

established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the

commissioner of taxation and finance an account of the miscellaneous

special revenue fund to be known as the "education assessment account".

2. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,

the state comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to receive for

deposit to the credit of the education assessment account all revenues

received pursuant to an appropriation for such account, including but

not limited to funds transferred from another account.

3. Moneys of this account, following appropriation by the legislature,

shall be available to the state education department for services and

expenses relating to state assessments of elementary and secondary

school students, including but not limited to the state high school

equivalency diploma examination. Moneys of this account shall only be

available for expenditure pursuant to approval of an expenditure plan by

the director of the budget.