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New York is projected to spend $36,293 per student in the 2024–25 school year, nearly double the national average.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will soon have the clear authority to proactively mail out checks of any size from the $20 billion pot of “lost money” he oversees — but he’s wary of using it too aggressively.

DiNapoli recently told the public radio program The Capitol Pressroom that his office intends to “slow roll” automatic returns, citing concerns that checks, especially in larger amounts, could be sent to the wrong addresses and lead to fraud.

“People are always trying to scam everything these days, right?” he said. “I don’t want to send a $5,000 check without 100 percent assurance that it’s going to somebody who, in fact, is entitled to it.”