N.Y. EDN Law § 3713
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Acceptance of funds appropriated by federal government
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§ 3713. Acceptance of funds appropriated by federal government. 1.\nThe state, any school district or its trustees or board of education is\nhereby authorized and empowered to accept the provisions of any law of\nthe United States making appropriations for the purpose of defraying the\ncost of providing the public education, the cost of planning and\nconstructing public school facilities or any other educational purpose.\n 2. The commissioner of education, hereby designated as the state\neducational agency, is authorized and empowered to cooperate with such\nagency as the federal government shall designate to carry out the\nprovisions of such law.\n 3. The commissioner of taxation and finance and the state comptroller\nare appointed as joint custodians of all money given to the state by the\nUnited States under the authority of such law, and such money shall be\npaid out in the manner provided by such act for the purposes therein\nspecified.\n
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