§ 711. Aid for the purchase of school library materials. 1. In the
several cities and school districts of the state, boards of education,
trustees or such body or officers as perform the functions of such
boards, shall designate school library materials to be used in the
schools in the district.

2. School library materials, for the purposes of this article shall
mean digital materials, audio/visual materials and printed materials
that may or may not require magnification which meet all of the
following criteria: (1) materials which are catalogued and processed as
part of the school library or media center for use by elementary and/or
secondary school children and teachers; (2) materials which with
reasonable care and use may be expected to last more than one year; and
(3) materials which would not be eligible for aid pursuant to sections
seven hundred one and seven hundred fifty-one of this title. School
library materials meeting these criteria may include (i) hard cover,
paperback books and e-books, periodicals, that is, print and digital
publications which are subscription-based and appear at regular
intervals of less than one year on a continuing basis for an indefinite
period, documents other than books, pamphlets, musical scores, other
printed, digital and published materials, (ii) for school year nineteen
hundred eighty-six--eighty-seven and thereafter, audio/visual materials
including films, film strips, micro-film, sound recordings, processed
slides, transparencies, kinescopes, video tapes, maps, charts, globes,
pictorial works, including pictures and picture sets, reproductions,
photographs, graphic works, and any other audio/visual materials of a
similar nature made.

3. No school district shall be required to purchase or otherwise
acquire school library materials, the cost of which shall exceed an
amount equal to the library materials factor multiplied by the sum of
the public school district enrollment and the nonpublic school
enrollment in the base year as defined in subparagraphs two and three of
paragraph n of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this
chapter. For aid payable in the nineteen hundred ninety-eight--nineteen
hundred ninety-nine school year, the library materials factor shall be
four dollars. For aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand
eight school year and thereafter, the library materials factor shall be
six dollars and twenty-five cents.

4. Commencing July first, nineteen hundred ninety eight, the
commissioner, in addition to the annual apportionment of public monies
pursuant to other articles of this chapter, shall apportion to each
school district an amount equal to the cost of the school library
materials purchased by the district pursuant to this section in the base
year, but in no case shall the aid apportioned to the district exceed
the product of the library materials factor and the sum of public school
district enrollment, nonpublic school enrollment, and additional public
enrollment as defined in subparagraphs two, three, and six of paragraph
n of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.
Aid payable pursuant to this section shall be deemed final and not
subject to change after April thirtieth of the school year for which
payment was due.