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Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies – Federal Funding and New York
… schools, and Special Act districts — for the purpose of closing educational achievement gaps between students … Funds pass through the State Education Department and are allocated to the New York City Department of Education … a variety of authorized uses, including personnel costs, early childhood education, school improvement, or coordinated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/title-i-grants-local-educational-agenciesUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-138
… Purpose To explain OSC’s automatic processing of the SOS adjustments. Affected Employees Eligible employees in … who are currently receiving or have received SOS earnings since April 2007, will have their SOS earnings increased according to the new bargaining unit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-138-retroactive-adjustment-senior-officer-series-sos-differentialCity of Dunkirk – Budget Review (B25-1-8)
… budget for 2026. Background Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2024, Part DD (the City of Dunkirk Fiscal Recovery Act; … and expenditure projections. The City’s most recent Annual Financial Report was submitted to the Office of the … information to monitor the City’s finances and make informed decisions. Prior to adopting the 2026 budget, ensure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2025/11/21/city-dunkirk-budget-review-b25-1-8Chazy Union Free School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-13)
… (NYS) requires all public school districts and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) to test potable … as required by NYS Public Health Law and Department of Health (DOH) regulations. 3 We determined 115 of the 178 (65 percent) water outlets we identified at select …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/07/11/chazy-union-free-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9-25-13Indian Lake Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-16)
… Services (BOCES) to test potable (i.e., consumable) water for lead, report the results and implement necessary remediation. Testing and reporting for lead contamination began in 2016, and subsequent testing … did not have a sampling plan to identify all water outlets for sampling or exemption. District officials also did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/07/25/indian-lake-central-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9-25-16Poland Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-20)
… identify, report and implement needed remediation to reduce lead exposure in potable water outlets? Audit … used in plumbing and has since been identified as toxic to people, especially young children. Lead poisoning can … or causing hearing and speech problems which can lead to greater difficulty performing well in school and beyond. 1 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/08/01/poland-central-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9-25-20Bayport Blue Point Union Free School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-8)
… report and implement needed remediation to reduce lead exposure in potable water outlets? Audit Period July 1, 2019 – September 30, 2024 Understanding the Program Lead is a metal that was commonly used in plumbing and has … identify report or implement needed remediation to reduce lead exposure in all potable water outlets as required by NYS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/08/01/bayport-blue-point-union-free-school-district-lead-testing-and-reportingTown of Ridgeway – Health Insurance Benefits (2025M-95)
… (Town) Town Board (Board) authorize and monitor health insurance benefits for current and former officials? Audit … audit period back to January 2018 to verify total health insurance costs paid by the Town for officials. Understanding … Audit Area As a general rule, a town may provide health insurance benefits to current and former town officials in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2026/03/13/town-ridgeway-health-insurance-benefits-2025m-95Opinion 90-29
… 420.10(7) of the Criminal Procedure Law. A county whose probation department is a designated restitution agency may … unclaimed restitution payments collected by the county probation department prior to November 1, 1984. You ask … §60.27; Criminal Procedure Law [CPL], Article 420). County probation departments are often designated as the agency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-29Opinion 2002-4
… (authority to use town monies to dredge a privately-owned channel); (authority to utilize the services of the town highway department to dredge a privately-owned channel) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and Expenditures … of current funds to pay for dredging privately-owned channel) -- Highway Funds (dredging services performed by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-4Opinion 90-49
… superseded to the extent inconsistent with this opinion. You ask that we reconsider that portion of 1981 Opns St Comp …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-49Opinion 90-15
… Opns St Comp No. 81-371, p 408). May 8, 1990 Patricia C. Moore, Esq., Town Attorney Town of Riverhead …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-15Opinion 2006-1
… Law §120). 2 Municipal Home Rule law §10(1)(ii)(d)(3) does not preclude the transfer or assignment of functions, … one town officer or employee to another. 3 In light of our conclusion herein, we need not address whether payment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-1Opinion 89-49
… named fiduciary, a fee is properly charged pursuant to SCPA, §2402(7), based on the value of the subject matter … value, the fee charged would be $27.00. This is in reply to your inquiry concerning the imposition of fees by a … you ask whether a fee is properly imposed pursuant to subdivision 1 or 2 of section 2402 of the Surrogate's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-49Opinion 88-6
… only in the future, a problem not present in the NYPIRG case. Unlike the plan under consideration in NYPIRG , supra , …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-6Opinion 88-50
… in a capital reserve fund to pay for work on a 15 year old, 250,000 gallon water storage tank. You state the work, … improvement' rather than a 'repair' is often whether old, worn materials are completely replaced with new … a number of factors must be considered, including whether old, worn materials are completely replaced, whether the work …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-50Opinion 88-76
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Investments (of private moneys) … public library may be invested by the library trustees in investments which they deem to be for the best interests of the library, and need not be invested in the manner specified in General Municipal Law, §11. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-76Opinion 92-3
… the chairman approves vouchers submitted by the engineer for services rendered to the planning board. General … business entities (General Municipal law, §800[3][b]-[d]). For this purpose, a "contract" includes any express or … performance of official duties or was intended as a reward for official action. In addition to any other penalty …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-3Opinion 97-2
… to imply the power to "self-insure" for that purpose ( Rice v Cayuga-Onondaga Healthcare Plan , 190 AD2d 330, 599 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-2Opinion 91-37
… (lack of inspection certificate) and 402 (lack of license plate) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, which occur while a … of a motor vehicle on a public highway without a license plate. The Cities of Yonkers, New York, Buffalo and Rochester …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-37