N.Y. Educ. Law § 4811

§ 4811. State aid. There shall be annually apportioned to such school\nfrom the moneys appropriated by the state legislature for the support of\nthe public schools of the state the sum of one thousand dollars and an\nadditional sum of two hundred dollars for each teacher employed therein\nfor a period of thirty-six weeks during each school year, whose entire\ntime is given to the instruction of pupils in such school. No such\napportionment shall be made unless there are at least fifteen pupils\nenrolled and actually in attendance at such school during such period of\nthirty-six weeks, and unless such school maintains an organization and a\ncourse of study, and is conducted in a manner approved by the\ncommissioner of education.\n