NY Educ L § 2201 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 45 - Supervisory Districts 2201 - Supervisory Districts.

§  2201.  Supervisory  districts.  1.  All  supervisory  districts  in   existence on the date this section, as hereby amended, takes effect, are   hereby continued  and  may  be  altered  or  dissolved  as  provided  in   subdivisions two and three of this section.2.  Whenever  a  vacancy  hereafter  occurs  in the office of district   superintendent of schools in any supervisory district  or  whenever  the   commissioner   receives   a   letter  of  resignation  from  a  district   superintendent, the commissioner shall survey the field  in  the  county   where the vacancy occurred, and if it shall find that the continuance of   the number of supervisory districts then existing is no longer necessary   to  serve  adequately  the educational interests of the county he or she   shall  be  authorized  to  conduct  a  study  to  examine  the  possible   reorganization  of  such  supervisory district if no such study has been   conducted within five years.3. The commissioner is authorized when in  his  judgment  such  action   will promote the educational interests of the area to study the transfer   of  one  or  more  school  districts  in  another  adjoining supervisory   district, to such supervisory district.4. The commissioner shall complete  such  study  no  later  than  four   months  after  the  date such vacancy occurred in the office of district   superintendent. The findings of such study shall  be  presented  to  the   boards  of  trustees  and boards of education by the regent representing   such boards at a public meeting held no later than thirty days after the   completion of such study, for the purpose of eliciting public comment on   the proposed reorganization plan, a copy of such plan shall be  provided   to  the  governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker   of the assembly. The commissioner shall cause notice of such meeting  to   be  posted at least ten days before each such meeting in ten conspicuous   places in the school district.  In  addition  to  the  posting  of  such   notice,  a  copy  thereof  shall  be duly published, at least three days   before such meeting, in a daily or weekly newspaper published within, or   in general circulation in, the supervisory district in which the meeting   is to be held. The expense of posting and publishing such  notice  shall   be   a  charge  upon  the  component  districts  contained  within  such   supervisory district.5. The commissioner shall be authorized to reorganize any  supervisory   district,  upon  completion  of  the  requirements  herein,  when in his   judgement such action will promote the  educational  interests  of  such   supervisory districts affected.6.  Such  changes  in  supervisory  districts  shall  conform  to  the   following requirements:a. No school district shall be divided between supervisory districts.b. The territory of supervisory districts shall remain contiguous  and   compact.c.  Towns shall remain arranged in supervisory districts so that there   shall be as equal a division of  the  territory  and  number  of  school   districts as may be practicable.