§ 282. Establishment of school library systems. The commissioner is
authorized to approve the establishment of school library systems, each
system to be composed of school districts which are located within a
board of cooperative educational services area, or a school district
serving a city with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or
more, or combinations thereof. The systems may include non-public school
libraries as defined in regulations to be promulgated by the
commissioner. Upon establishment, such school library systems shall be
governed by either their respective boards of cooperative educational
services, by boards of education in school districts serving cities with
populations of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more, or by a
governing body established under the plan to be submitted to the
commissioner in cases of systems serving a combination of areas.