752 - Loan of computer software.

§ 752. Loan of computer software.  1. In the several cities and school  districts  of  the  state, boards of education, trustees or such body or  officers as perform the function of such boards shall have the power and  duty to loan upon request of an individual  or  a  group  of  individual  pupils,  to  all  pupils  defined  in subdivision three of section seven  hundred fifty-one of this article, software programs. Software  programs  loaned  to  such  pupils  attending  private  schools  shall be software  programs which are designated  for  use  in  any  public  elementary  or  secondary  schools  of  the  state  or  are  approved  by  any  board of  education, trustees or other school authorities. Such software  programs  are  to  be  loaned  free  to  such  children  subject to such rules and  regulations as are or may be prescribed by the board of regents and such  boards of education, trustees or other school authorities.    2. No school district shall be required to loan software  programs  in  excess  of  the  software  programs  owned  or acquired by such district  pursuant to section  seven  hundred  fifty-one  of  this  article.  Such  software  programs  shall  be  loaned  on an equitable basis to children  defined in subdivision three of section seven hundred fifty-one of  this  article  attending  in  the  current  year. The payment of tuition under  article eighty-nine of this chapter is deemed to be an equitable loan to  children for whom such tuition is paid.