N.Y. Educ. Law § 101-b

§ 101-b. Paperwork reduction. 1. The commissioner shall be authorized\nto receive and accept reports, plans, applications and all other\ninformation required to be reported by statute or regulation through\nelectronic means. The commissioner shall accept hard copy non-electronic\nfilings or submissions if the school district is able to demonstrate\nthat complying with electronic submission requirements would create\nundue hardship for the school district or some other good cause exists\nthat would make electronic submission extremely impractical for the\nschool district.\n 2. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to review all existing\nreports and plans that school districts and boards of cooperative\neducational services are required to submit and by November first, two\nthousand ten, the commissioner shall submit to the board of regents, the\ngovernor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the\nsenate, the director of the budget and the chairs of the respective\nfiscal and education committees of the senate and assembly specific\nrecommendations to eliminate unnecessary or duplicative reporting\nrequirements; and where possible, recommendations to consolidate\nreports, plans and other information required to be submitted to the\ncommissioner including which recommendations could be implemented\nadministratively and which would require statutory authorization.\n