ยง 1704. Length of school year, and expenditure of funds. 1. No board
of education or community board in the city school district of the city
of New York, except as otherwise provided by law, shall authorize or
permit the expenditure of funds under its control at a rate which will
exhaust the amount appropriated prior to the conclusion of the period or
the completion of the purpose for which such funds were appropriated.
2. Except as otherwise provided by law, no board of education or
community board in the city school district of the city of New York
shall provide for a school year consisting of fewer than one hundred
eighty days of school.
Structure New York Laws
Title 2 - School District Organization
Article 35 - Union Free School Districts
1701 - Boards of Education Corporate Bodies.
1702 - Board of Education; Election; Terms of Office.
1703 - Change in Number of Members of Board of Education.
1704 - Length of School Year, and Expenditure of Funds.
1705 - Annexing Territory to a Union Free School District.
1706 - Power of Removal of Member of Board of Education.
1707 - Annual Organizational Meetings of Boards of Education.
1708 - Regular Meetings; Visitation of Schools.
1709 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Education.
1709-A - Powers of Boards of Education to Ban Fraternities, Sororities and Other Secret Societies.
1710 - Boards of Education Have Powers of Trustees of Common Schools and Trustees of Academies.
1711 - Appointment of Superintendent of Schools.
1712 - Kindergartens; Nursery and Night Schools.
1713 - Academy May Be Adopted as Academic Department.
1714 - Contracts With Academies.
1715 - Retransfer of Academy to Its Former Trustees.
1716 - Estimated Expenses for Ensuing Year.
1717 - Corporate Authorities Must Raise Tax Certified by Board of Education.
1718 - Limitation Upon Expenditures.
1719 - Deposit, Custody and Payment of Moneys in Villages.
1720 - Moneys and Accounts in Union Free School Districts.
1722 - Application of Article.
1723-A - Temporary Investment of School Moneys.
1724 - Form and Audit of Claims.
1725 - Lease of Personal Property.
1725-A - Powers of Boards of Education; Instructional Equipment.