N.Y. EDN Law § 215-A

§ 215-a. Annual report by regents to governor and legislature. 1. The\nregents of the university of the state of New York shall prepare and\nsubmit to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the\nspeaker of the assembly, not later than the first day of January,\nnineteen hundred eighty-nine, nineteen hundred ninety and nineteen\nhundred ninety-one and the fifteenth day of February of each year\nthereafter, a report concerning the schools of the state which shall set\nforth with respect to the preceding school year: enrollment trends;\nindicators of student achievement in reading, writing, mathematics,\nscience and vocational courses; graduation, college attendance and\nemployment rates; such other indicators of student performance as the\nregents shall determine; information concerning teacher and\nadministrator preparation, turnover, in-service education and\nperformance; information concerning school library expenditures and\nschool library media specialist employment; expenditure per pupil on\nregular education and expenditure per pupil on special education and\nsuch other information as requested by the governor, the temporary\npresident of the senate, or the speaker of the assembly. To the extent\npracticable, all such information shall be displayed on both a statewide\nand individual district basis and by racial/ethnic group and gender. The\nregents are authorized to require school districts, boards of\ncooperative educational services and nonpublic schools to provide such\ninformation as is necessary to prepare the report. In preparing the\nreport, the regents shall consult with other interested parties,\nincluding local school districts, teachers' and faculty organizations,\nschool administrators, parents and students.\n 2. The annual report shall specifically identify school districts (i)\nhaving fifteen percent or more of their students in special education;\nor (ii) having fifty percent or more of their students with disabilities\nin special education programs or services sixty percent or more of the\nschool day in a general education building; or (iii) having eight\npercent or more of their students with disabilities in special education\nprograms in public or private separate educational settings. Such report\nshall also present each district's percent and the statewide percent for\neach such measure.\n