NY Educ L § 1803 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 37 - Central School Districts 1803 - Proceedings at Meeting.

§  1803.  Proceedings  at meeting. 1. Any meeting held pursuant to the   notice provided in section eighteen hundred two shall be called to order   by a school official or a qualified voter of the district, designated by   the commissioner of education  for  the  purpose.  The  first  order  of   business  shall  be  the election of a chairman and a clerk who shall be   qualified voters of the district. The meeting may be adjourned from time   to time by a majority vote of the qualified voters present but  no  such   adjournment  shall be for a longer period than ten days. The affirmative   vote of a majority of the qualified voters present and voting  shall  be   required on the adoption of a resolution.2.  At  a meeting held pursuant to subdivision one of section eighteen   hundred two a resolution in substantially the following  form  shall  be   presented  for  the  action  and  determination  of  the  meeting, viz.:   "Resolved that the ........ central school district (add designation) as   described in the order of the commissioner of education now before  this   meeting, be organized and a central school for instruction in elementary   and high school subjects be established."3.  At  a meeting held in an existing central school district pursuant   to subdivision two of section  eighteen  hundred  two  a  resolution  in   substantially  the  following form shall be presented for the action and   determination of the meeting, viz.: "Resolved that the ........  (insert   simplified  name  of  district  in accordance with section three hundred   fifteen of this chapter) school district be  annexed  to  the  .........   central  school district (designate central school district) as provided   in the order of the commissioner of education now before this  meeting."   Said  resolution  may  be  amended  by  a majority vote of the qualified   voters present to exclude one or more of the districts described in said   order  of  the  commissioner  from  annexation  to  the  central  school   district.4.  At  a  meeting  held  in  any common or union free school district   pursuant to subdivision two of section eighteen hundred two a resolution   in substantially the following form shall be presented  for  the  action   and  determination  of  the  meeting, viz.: "Resolved that the .........   (insert simplified name of district in  accordance  with  section  three   hundred  fifteen  of  this  chapter)  school  district be annexed to the   ......... central school district (designate central school district) as   provided in the order of the commissioner of education now  before  this   meeting."5.  Votes  upon the adoption of a resolution shall be cast in the same   manner as votes for  the  election  of  school  district  trustees.  The   commissioner  of education may order such modifications in the manner of   voting as are customary for school district elections in  the  community   affected  by such vote. Such modifications may include the use of voting   machines and shall include the use of absentee ballots as provided under   section two thousand eighteen-a  or  two  thousand  eighteen-b  of  this   chapter, whichever shall apply.6.  A copy of the minutes of the meeting or meetings duly certified by   the clerk shall be filed by him with the commissioner of education, with   each school superintendent in whose jurisdiction such  school  district,   or  any  part  thereof, is or may thereafterward be located and with the   town clerk of each town in which any part of said school district is  or   may thereafterward be located.7.  If  the resolution described in subdivision two of this section is   adopted, then the voters shall proceed to organize  in  accordance  with   the provisions of this article.8. If at any such meeting the resolution described in subdivision two,   three  or  four  of  this  section  shall  be presented and shall not be   adopted, there shall be no further proceedings at such meeting, except a    motion to reconsider the question. No such meeting shall again be called   within one year after such original meeting. No  new  meeting  shall  be   called unless a petition therefor shall be presented to the commissioner   in  the  manner  provided in subdivision two of section eighteen hundred   two of this article. If no meeting shall be  called  to  reconsider  the   question  within two years after such original meeting or if at any such   meeting  called  within  two  years  after  such  original  meeting  the   resolution  shall  again fail of adoption, the order of the commissioner   of education to which the resolution relates shall be  deemed  null  and   void and of no further force or effect.9.  If  the  resolution  submitted to the voters as provided in either   subdivision three or subdivision four of this section shall  be  adopted   the  territory  described  therein  shall  thereupon  be  annexed to the   existing central school district.