N.Y. EDN. LAW § 2590-r : NY Code - Section 2590-R: School based budgeting and expenditure reporting

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  chancellor shall, in consultation with  the  city  board  and  community
  district  superintendents,  establish  in  regulations  a  comprehensive
  process of school-based budgeting and  expenditure  reporting  no  later
  than  November first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight. Notwithstanding any
  provision of section twenty-five hundred ninety-q of this article to the
  contrary, such regulations shall include provisions for:
    a. the allocation of projected revenues among community districts  and
  their  schools  on  the  basis  of  objective  formulae developed by the
  chancellor, after consultation with the  community  councils,  community
  superintendents  and  the  mayor,  and  approved by the city board, such
  formulae shall reflect the relative educational needs of  the  community
  districts and their schools to the maximum extent feasible;
    b.  (i)  following  release of the executive budget of the city of New
  York by the mayor of the city of New York, the chancellor to inform  the
  principal of each school of that school's preliminary budget allocation,
  and  the  principal  to  propose a school-based budget, after consulting
  with members of the school based management team  and  soliciting  input
  pursuant  to  sections  twenty-five  hundred  ninety-h,  and twenty-five
  hundred ninety-i of this article on budget priorities from  all  members
  of the school community;
    (ii) for schools under the jurisdiction of a community superintendent,
  the  principal  shall be required to provide written justification, in a
  form and manner prescribed by the community superintendent  pursuant  to
  paragraph (h) of subdivision one of section twenty-five hundred ninety-f
  of this article, to demonstrate that the school-based budget proposal is
  aligned with the school's comprehensive educational plan;
    c.  the  review,  modification,  approval  and  certification  of  the
  proposed school budget for schools under the jurisdiction of a community
  superintendent pursuant to paragraph (h) of subdivision one  of  section
  twenty-five hundred ninety-f of this article;
    d.  within amounts estimated by the chancellor, the aggregation of the
  proposed school-based budgets, as modified and approved by the community
  superintendent, with  a  proposed  budget  for  the  administrative  and
  operational  expenses  of  the  community  superintendent  and community
  council, as developed by the community superintendent, for submission to
  the chancellor;
    e. the chancellor to develop  a  school-based  budgeting  process  for
  schools under his or her jurisdiction consistent with this section which
  shall  require  that:  (i)  each principal provide written justification
  demonstrating that the school-based budget is aligned with such school's
  comprehensive educational plan; (ii) the school  based  management  team
  submit  comments  regarding such justification; and (iii) the chancellor
  certify that the school-based budget is sufficiently aligned  with  such
  school's  comprehensive educational plan after reviewing the principal's
  justification and the school based management team's comments;
    f. the aggregation of the community district budgets, as modified  and
  approved  by  the  chancellor, with a proposed budget for administrative
  and operational expenditures of the city board and  the  chancellor,  as
  prepared  by  the chancellor, for submission to and adoption by the city
  board after a public hearing;
    g. after final adoption of the budget for the  city  district  by  the
  mayor  and  city  council,  a  process of distributing any reductions or
  increases required  by  such  adoption  in  an  equitable  manner  which
  considers  the  relative needs of community districts and schools to the
  maximum  extent  feasible  and  for  modifying   the   proposed   budget
  accordingly.  Such  process  shall  include  an analysis of the relative
  funding levels of the state, the city, the federal government, and other

  sources of funds; a comparison of the  level  of  such  funding  against
  previous  years'  total  appropriations  and actual expenditures; and an
  analysis of the distribution of funds;
    h.  a  comprehensive  system  of public reporting on the final enacted
  budget including the levels of appropriation provided by the  city,  the
  state  and the federal government with a comparison of the level of such
  funding against previous years' totals, and an explanation of the  final
  budget;
    i.  procedures  for  schools,  superintendents  and  the chancellor to
  modify and reallocate monies in the enacted budget;
    j. a uniform system of budget requests,  reports  and  appropriations.
  Such  units  of  appropriation  shall  include (i) such compensation and
  benefits for staff; (ii) instruction and for pupil  services,  including
  costs  for purchases, library services, instructional materials, and all
  other  school-based  instructional  and  instructional   support   costs
  attributable  to  other than personal services; (iii) administrative and
  non-instructional cost and (iv) extra-curricular activities;
    k. the provision of appropriate  technical  support  and  training  to
  school   personnel,  parents  and  other  participants  in  school-based
  budgeting;
    l. a comprehensive planning and  monitoring  process  to  promote  the
  implementation of school-based budgeting;
    m.  an  annual  update  of  a  capital plan by the superintendent with
  participation of principals and schools, addressing health  and  safety,
  maintenance, capacity and technology; and
    n.  a  collaborative  school-based planning process involving parents,
  teachers, other school personnel and,  where  appropriate,  students  to
  effectuate the purposes of this section.
    * NB Effective until June 30, 2015