STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 7432--A A. 9040--A
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 18, 2018
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, McDONALD -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the elections of
members to the board of education of the city school district of the
city of Albany; and to repeal subdivision 9 of section 2502 of the
education law relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 2502 of the education law is
2 REPEALED.
3 § 2. Section 2601 of the education law, as amended by chapter 171 of
4 the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
5 § 2601. Application of article. This article shall apply to each city
6 school district of a city which has less than one hundred twenty-five
7 thousand inhabitants, according to the latest federal census, except as
8 otherwise provided in section twenty-six hundred one-a of this chapter
9 and except as otherwise provided by subdivision [nine or] nine-a of
10 section twenty-five hundred two of this chapter.
11 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 2601-a of the education law, as amended
12 by section 9 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
13 read as follows:
14 2. The board of education shall conduct all annual and special school
15 district meetings for the purpose of adopting a school district budget
16 in the same manner as a union free school district in accordance with
17 the provisions of article forty-one of this title, except as otherwise
18 provided by this section. The annual meeting and election of each such
19 city school district shall be held on the third Tuesday of May in each
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 year, provided, however that such annual meeting and election shall be
2 held on the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner at the request of
3 a local school board certifies no later than March first that such
4 election would conflict with religious observances, and any school budg-
5 et revote shall be held on the date and in the same manner specified in
6 subdivision three of section two thousand seven of this title. The
7 provisions of this article, and where applicable [subdivisions nine and]
8 subdivision nine-a of section twenty-five hundred two of this title,
9 governing the qualification and registration of voters, and procedures
10 for the nomination and election of members of the board of education
11 shall continue to apply, and shall govern the qualification and regis-
12 tration of voters and voting procedures with respect to the adoption of
13 a school district budget.
14 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 2601-a of the education law, as amended
15 by section 6 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
16 read as follows:
17 2. The board of education shall conduct all annual and special school
18 district meetings for the purpose of adopting a school district budget
19 in the same manner as a union free school district in accordance with
20 the provisions of article forty-one of this title, except as otherwise
21 provided by this section. The annual meeting and election of each such
22 city school district shall be held on the third Tuesday of May in each
23 year, provided, however that such annual meeting and election shall be
24 held on the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner at the request of
25 a local school board certifies no later than March first that such
26 election would conflict with religious observances, and any school budg-
27 et revote shall be held on the date and in the same manner specified in
28 subdivision three of section two thousand seven of this title. The
29 provisions of this article, and where applicable [subdivisions nine and]
30 subdivision nine-a of section twenty-five hundred two of this title,
31 governing the qualification and registration of voters, and procedures
32 for the nomination and election of members of the board of education
33 shall continue to apply, and shall govern the qualification and regis-
34 tration of voters and voting procedures with respect to the adoption of
35 a school district budget.
36 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, the
37 amendments to subdivision 2 of section 2601-a of the education law made
38 by section three of this act shall be subject to the expiration and
39 reversion of such section pursuant to section 13 of part A of chapter 97
40 of the laws of 2011, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of
41 section four of this act shall take effect.
