New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 1721. Records;  reports

It shall be the duty of the board of education of a union free school district to keep an accurate record of all its proceedings in books provided for that purpose.  It shall also be the duty of said board to cause to be published once in each year, during the month of July or during the month of August, in at least one public newspaper, published in such district or, if one public newspaper is not published in such district, then in a public newspaper having general circulation within such district, a full and detailed account of all moneys received by the board or the treasurer of said district, for its account and use, and of all the moneys expended therefor, giving the items of expenditure in full;  should there be no paper published in or having general circulation within said district said board shall publish such account by notice to the taxpayers, by posting copies thereof in five public places in said district.