New York Consolidated Law|SECTION 755

                                                

  § 755. Loan of smart schools classroom technology. 1. In the several
cities and school districts of the state, school authorities, as defined
in subdivision twelve of section two of this chapter, shall have the
power and duty, to the extent provided in this section, to loan, upon
request of an individual or a group of individual pupils, to all pupils
legally attending nonpublic elementary or secondary schools located in
the school district, smart schools classroom technology acquired
pursuant to subdivision sixteen of section thirty-six hundred forty-one
of this chapter which is designated for use in any public elementary or
secondary schools of the state or is approved by any school authorities.
Such smart schools classroom technology made available to nonpublic
students shall be limited to that allowable under both paragraph seven
of subdivision sixteen of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this
chapter and section seven hundred fifty-four of this article. Such smart
schools classroom technology is to be loaned free to such children,
commencing with the two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school
year, subject to such rules and regulations as are or may be prescribed
by the board of regents and such school authorities.

2. No school district shall be required to loan smart schools
classroom technology in excess of the smart schools classroom technology
acquired by such district pursuant to subdivision sixteen of section
thirty-six hundred forty-one of this chapter. Such smart schools
classroom technology shall be loaned on an equitable basis to children
attending nonpublic schools in the district in the current year,
provided that nothing in this article shall be construed to require a
school district to loan to children attending nonpublic schools,
pursuant to this section, classroom technology purchased with local or
federal funds or with state funds other than funds apportioned pursuant
to subdivision sixteen of section three hundred sixty-four of this
chapter, and provided further that no school district may loan smart
schools classroom technology in an aggregate amount greater than two
hundred fifty dollars multiplied by the nonpublic school enrollment in
the base year, at time of enactment, as defined in subparagraph three of
paragraph n of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this
chapter. The payment of tuition under article eighty-nine of this
chapter is deemed to be an equitable loan to children for whom such
tuition is paid, and the provisions of this section shall not apply.

3. School authorities shall adopt regulations specifying the date by
which requests for the purchase and loan of smart schools classroom
technology must be received by the district. Notice of such date shall
be given to all non-public schools in the school district. For the two
thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year, such date shall not
be earlier than the first day of January of such school year, and for
the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year and
thereafter, such date shall not be earlier than the first day of June of
the school year prior to that for which such smart schools classroom
technology is being requested, provided, however, that a parent or
guardian of a child not attending a particular non-public school prior
to January first or June first of the school year, as applicable, may
submit a written request for smart schools classroom technology within
thirty days after such child is enrolled in such non-public school. In
no event, however, shall a request made later than the times otherwise
provided pursuant to this subdivision be denied where a reasonable
explanation is given for the delay in making the request.