(Statutory authority: Education Law, §§ 101, 207, 211-d[1] -[9], 215, 305[1], [2], [26], 309, 1608, 1716, 1950, 1951, 2576[5-b], 2601-a as amd. by § 15 of ch. 171, L. 1996, 3609[1][b][6], 3614; the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amd. by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015; 20 USC, §§ 6301 et seq. (Public Law 114-95, 129 STAT. 1802); L. 1996, ch. 474, §§ 14, 16, 21, 108, 111, 112, 115; L. 1997, ch. 436, § 1, part A, §§ 5, 7, 14; L. 1999, ch. 405, part L, §§ 10-a, 10-b; L. 2007, ch. 57, parts A, B; L. 2008, chs. 57, 58, part A; Executive Law, § 102[2])