* § 3601. When apportioned and how applied. The amount annually appropriated by the legislature for general support for public schools, net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits, shall be apportioned by the commissioner each year prior to the dates of the respective final payments provided by law and all moneys so apportioned shall be applied exclusively to school purposes authorized by law. General state aid claims, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, shall be submitted to the commissioner by September second of each school year, except that the audit report required by subdivision three of section twenty-one hundred sixteen-a of this chapter shall be submitted to the commissioner by October fifteenth following the close of the school year audited for all districts other than the city school districts of the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers and New York and by January first following the close of the school year audited for such city school districts. No aid shall be paid to a school district or board of cooperative educational services prior to the submission of claims as required by the commissioner, except that no aid certified as payable to a school district by the commissioner of taxation and finance pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision three of section thirteen hundred six-a of the real property tax law shall be withheld due to the failure of the school district to submit general state aid claims required by the commissioner, except that no aids shall be withheld due to the failure of a school district to submit the audit report required by subdivision three of section twenty-one hundred sixteen-a of this chapter until the thirtieth day following the due date specified in this section for such report, and except that apportionment for general support of public schools from the funds apportioned to a school district for the current year in excess of the amount apportioned to such school district in the base year shall be withheld until issuance of a determination of compliance in writing of such school district's statement of total funding allocation by the commissioner and the director of the budget as required by section thirty-six hundred fourteen of this part, whenever such shall occur, provided that for purposes of this section, "current year" shall mean the current year as defined in paragraph a of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this part and "base year" shall mean the base year as defined in paragraph b of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this part.

* NB Effective until June 30, 2023

* § 3601. When apportioned and how applied. The amount annually appropriated by the legislature for general support for public schools, net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits, shall be apportioned by the commissioner each year prior to the dates of the respective final payments provided by law and all moneys so apportioned shall be applied exclusively to school purposes authorized by law. General state aid claims, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, shall be submitted to the commissioner by September second of each school year, except that the audit report required by subdivision three of section twenty-one hundred sixteen-a of this chapter shall be submitted to the commissioner by October fifteenth following the close of the school year audited for all districts other than the city school districts of the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers and New York and by January first following the close of the school year audited for such city school districts. No aid shall be paid to a school district or board of cooperative educational services prior to the submission of claims as required by the commissioner, except that no aid certified as payable to a school district by the commissioner of taxation and finance pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision three of section thirteen hundred six-a of the real property tax law shall be withheld due to the failure of the school district to submit general state aid claims required by the commissioner, and except that no aids shall be withheld due to the failure of a school district to submit the audit report required by subdivision three of section twenty-one hundred sixteen-a of this chapter until the thirtieth day following the due date specified in this section for such report.

* NB Effective June 30, 2023