Every person in the employ of the board of education of the city of New York, and every school officer and every officer or teacher of a school or society, who shall wilfully sign a false report to such board of education, shall for each offense forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars; and every such person or officer who shall wilfully misapply any of the public funds committed to his care shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement.
N.Y. Educ. Law § 3807