NY Educ L § 1802 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 37 - Central School Districts 1802 - Organization Procedure.

§ 1802. Organization procedure.  1. New central school districts shall   be organized as provided in this subdivision.a.  When  an  order laying out a central school district has been made   and entered as provided in section eighteen hundred one of this chapter,   a petition may be presented by  persons  qualified  to  vote  at  school   district  meetings  asking  for  the  organization  of  a central school   district and  the  establishment  of  a  central  school  therein.  Said   petition  shall  be  signed  by  at  least one hundred of such qualified   voters or by a number of such qualified voters equal to at least ten per   centum of the pupils of said central school district  as  determined  by   the last school census, whichever shall be less.b.  Said  petition  shall  be  filed  with  the commissioner and shall   request that a meeting of the qualified voters within said territory  be   called  for  the  purpose  of  determining whether or not such territory   shall be organized as a central school district and a central school  be   established therein for instruction in elementary or elementary and high   school  subjects. If the commissioner is satisfied that the petition has   been duly signed as provided in this section, he shall fix  a  time  and   place  for  a special meeting of the qualified voters within the central   school district, which meeting shall be held not more than  thirty  days   after  the  filing  of  the petition aforesaid.   The commissioner shall   cause notice of such meeting to be posted at least ten days  before  the   meeting  in  three  conspicuous places in each school district wholly or   partly within the central school district. In addition to the posting of   such notice, a copy thereof shall  be  published  at  least  three  days   before  the  meeting in a daily or weekly newspaper published within the   territory or in a newspaper circulating therein. The expense of  posting   and  publishing  of  the  notice  shall  be borne equally by the several   school districts within the territory, unless a central school  district   is  organized,  in  which  event such expense shall become a charge upon   said central school district.2. Territory shall be annexed to a central school district as provided   in this subdivision.a. When an order annexing territory to a central school  district  has   been  made  and  entered  as provided in section eighteen hundred one of   this chapter, the commissioner shall within ten  days  thereafter  cause   certified copies of said order to be filed with the clerk of the central   school  district  and  the  trustee  or trustees of each school district   affected thereby. Said order annexing territory to  the  central  school   district  shall  become  final  sixty  days  after  such  filing  of the   certified copy thereof, unless a permissive referendum is  requested  as   hereinafter  provided. Said order may state that it shall take effect on   a date specified therein which date shall not, however, be earlier  than   sixty days after such filing.b.  When  at  least  one hundred of the qualified voters residing in a   central school district, as it existed prior to the order of annexation,   or a number of such qualified voters equal to at least ten per centum of   the pupils therein, as determined by the last school  census,  whichever   shall  be  less;  or when at least one hundred qualified voters residing   within any school district affected by such order or a  number  of  such   qualified voters equal to at least ten per centum of the pupils therein,   as determined by the last school census, whichever shall be less, shall,   within  sixty  days after the last filing of the copies of the aforesaid   order, file a  petition  with  the  commissioner  requesting  a  special   meeting  of  the  qualified  voters of such district affected thereby, a   special meeting shall be held pursuant to  notice,  as  hereinafter  set   forth,  to  determine  whether the order annexing the school district or   districts, or any one of such  districts,  shall  be  approved.  If  the    commissioner  determines  that  the petition has been duly signed by the   number of qualified voters required, he shall  fix  a  time  and  place,   within  thirty  days  after  the  receipt by him of said petition, for a   special  meeting  of the qualified voters of the central school district   or school district in respect of which a  petition  has  been  filed  as   aforesaid.  The  commissioner shall cause notice thereof to be posted at   least ten days before the meeting in  ten  conspicuous  places  in  such   central  school  district  or  such  school district. In addition to the   posting of such notice a copy thereof shall be duly published, at  least   three  days before the meeting, in a daily or weekly newspaper published   within such central school district or any of the  school  districts  in   which  such  meeting is to be held, or in a newspaper circulating in the   territory. The expense of posting and publishing  the  notice  aforesaid   shall  be  a  charge upon the central school district or school district   conducting such meeting.