NY Educ L § 1524 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 31 - School Districts 1524 - Consolidation With City School District.

§  1524.  Consolidation with city school district. 1.  Notwithstanding   the provisions of this chapter or any other general, special,  or  local   law  to the contrary, whenever the qualified voters of a school district   which is contiguous to the city school district of a city with less than   one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants, according  to  the  latest   federal census, by a majority vote taken at an annual or special meeting   of  such  district  shall adopt a proposition to consolidate such school   district with such city school district, and the board of  education  of   such  city  school  district  shall  by  resolution duly adopted consent   thereto, the commissioner of education may  by  order  consolidate  such   school  district with such city school district; provided, however, that   where several school districts are contiguous to each other and at least   one of such school districts is contiguous to such city school district,   such vote may be taken in each of such  school  districts  at  the  same   time,  and  if  the  proposition to consolidate is adopted by a majority   vote in each such district, including any votes cast by absentee  ballot   as  provided  under  section  two  thousand  eighteen-a  or two thousand   eighteen-b of this chapter, whichever shall apply, and upon the  consent   of  the  city  school  district  board of education, the commissioner of   education may include each such district in one order of  consolidation;   provided,  further,  however,  that if the proposition to consolidate is   not adopted by a majority vote in each such district, but is so  adopted   in  one  or  more of such districts, upon the consent of the city school   district board of education, the commissioner may include in  one  order   of consolidation only such district or districts as, either singly or as   a  group, are contiguous to such city school district.  Such order shall   specify a date on which the same shall take effect, and shall  have  the   same effect as an order made by a district superintendent dissolving two   or more common school districts and forming a new district therefrom, or   dissolving one or more common school districts and uniting the territory   thereof  to a union free school district under the provisions of article   thirty-one of this chapter.  A copy of such order shall  be  filed  with   the clerk of each school district affected thereby.2.    Unless  the  effective date of such order of consolidation shall   coincide with the beginning of  the  fiscal  year  of  the  city  school   district,  the  board  of education of the city school district upon the   effective date of the order of consolidation, shall levy a tax upon  the   area  so  consolidated  with  the  city  school  district, to defray the   expenses of educating the pupils of such area from the effective date of   the consolidation to the beginning of the next ensuing  fiscal  year  of   the  city  school district.   For this purpose, the school tax rate used   for the fiscal year of the city  school  district  in  progress  on  the   effective  date of such order shall be used, except that such rate shall   be divided by twelve and multiplied by the number of months  intervening   between  the  effective date of such order and the beginning of the next   ensuing fiscal year of the city school district.  The tax list for  this   purpose  shall  be  prepared  and confirmed within thirty days after the   effective date of such consolidation.3.   In any city  school  district  with  which  one  or  more  school   districts  shall  have  been  consolidated  under the provisions of this   section, the proper equalization rate  shall  be  fixed  and  determined   annually  pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-five hundred five   of this chapter.