N.Y. Education Law Section 4318
Publications, bequests and donations

The school shall be entitled to receive copies of all books and other publications which are distributed gratuitously by the state to township or county libraries, common schools, academies, colleges and societies. It may also receive in the name of the state, bequests or donations of money or any kind of property, but such money or property shall, in all cases, belong to the state, and be subject to its control; provided that the same shall not be diverted from the particular object for which it shall be bequeathed or donated.

Source: Section 4318 — Publications, bequests and donations, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/4318 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 25, 2025).

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