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NY Educ L § 1529 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 32 - Filing of Expenditure Statements by Candidates for Membership on Board of Education 1529 - Times for Filing Statements.

§ 1529. Times  for  filing  statements.  1.  The  times for filing the   statements prescribed by section fifteen hundred  twenty-eight  of  this   article shall be as follows:a.  A  first  statement  shall be filed on or before the thirtieth day   next preceding the election to which it relates.b. A second statement shall be filed on or before the fifth  day  next   preceding the election to which it relates.c. A third statement shall be filed within twenty days next succeeding   the election to which it relates.2. Unless otherwise provided, each statement shall cover the period up   to and including the day next preceding the day herein specified for the   filing  thereof;  provided,  however,  that  any contribution or loan in   excess of one thousand dollars, if  received  after  the  close  of  the   period to be covered in the last statement filed before the election but   before  such  election,  shall  be reported, in the same manner as other   contributions, within twenty-four hours after receipt.3. It shall not be necessary to itemize  in  any  statement  the  data   previously  reported  in  any  prior  statement but each statement shall   include a summary  of  all  expenditures  and  contributions  and  other   particulars reported in any previous statements.4.  A  statement  shall  be deemed properly filed when deposited in an   established  post-office  within  the  prescribed  time,  duly  stamped,   registered  and directed to the clerk of the school district in which he   is a candidate and to the commissioner of education, but in the event it   is not received, a duplicate of such statement shall be  promptly  filed   upon  notice  by  the  school district administrative officer and/or the   commissioner of its non-receipt. Each statement shall be preserved for a   period of three years from the date  of  filing  thereof  and  it  shall   constitute  a  part  of  the  public records and shall be open to public   inspection.
NY Educ L § 1530 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 32 - Filing of Expenditure Statements by Candidates for Membership on Board of Education 1530 - Proceedings to Compel Filing of Statements or Corrected Statements of Campaign Expenditures and Contributions.

§ 1530. Proceedings  to  compel  filing  of  statements  or  corrected   statements of campaign expenditures and contributions.   1. The  supreme   court  or a justice thereof, in a proceeding instituted by any candidate   voted for at the election or by any five qualified voters may compel  by   order,  any  candidate  required under the provisions of this chapter to   file a statement of expenditures or contributions for campaign purposes,   who has not filed any such statement within the time prescribed by  this   chapter,  to  file  such  statement within five days after notice of the   order.2. The supreme court or a justice thereof, in a proceeding  instituted   by  any  candidate  voted  for  at the election or by any five qualified   voters, may compel by order any candidate or  other  person  or  persons   required  under  the  provisions  of this chapter to file a statement of   expenditures or contributions for campaign purposes,  who  has  filed  a   statement  which does not conform to the requirements of this chapter in   respect to its truth, sufficiency in detail or otherwise, to file a  new   or  supplemental  statement which shall make the statement or statements   true and complete within five days after notice of the order.3. In every proceeding instituted under this section,  the  court  may   confer  immunity  in  accordance with the provisions of section 50.20 of   the criminal procedure law; provided, however, that no immunity shall be   conferred except upon twenty-four hours prior written notice to both the   attorney  general  and  the  appropriate  district  attorney  having  an   official interest therein.
NY Educ L § 1531 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 32 - Filing of Expenditure Statements by Candidates for Membership on Board of Education 1531 - Procedure.

§ 1531. Procedure.      A   special  proceeding  under  the  foregoing   provisions of this article shall be heard upon a verified  petition  and   such  oral  or  written proof as may be offered, and upon such notice to   such officers, persons or candidates as  the  court,  justice  or  judge   shall direct and shall be summarily determined.
NY Educ L § 1601 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1601 - Trustees Constitute a Board and Body Corporate.

§ 1601. Trustees  constitute  a  board  and body corporate.   The sole   trustee or the trustees of a common school district shall  constitute  a   board  for  such  district  and  such  board  is  hereby  created a body   corporate.
NY Educ L § 1602 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1602 - Number of Trustees; Determination of Change.

§ 1602. Number  of trustees; determination of change.  1. At the first   annual meeting next after the erection of a common school  district  the   electors shall determine, by resolution, whether the district shall have   one or three trustees; and if they resolve to have three trustees, shall   elect  the  three  for one, two and three years, respectively, and shall   designate by their votes for which term each is elected;  thereafter  in   such  district,  one  trustee  shall  be elected for three years at each   annual meeting to fill the office of the outgoing trustee; and  if  they   resolve  to  have  one  trustee,  shall elect the trustee for a one-year   term; thereafter in such district a trustee shall  be  elected  for  one   year at each annual meeting to fill the office of the outgoing trustee.2.  The  electors  of any common school district having three trustees   shall have power to decide at any annual meeting by a majority  vote  of   those present and voting, whether the district shall have a sole trustee   or  three trustees. If they resolve to have a sole trustee, the trustees   in office shall continue in office until their  terms  of  office  shall   expire.  No election of a trustee shall be had in the district until the   offices of such trustees shall become vacant by the expiration of  their   terms  of  office  or otherwise, and thereafter but one trustee shall be   elected for said district.3. The electors of a common school district having but one trustee may   determine at an annual meeting, by a two-thirds vote of the legal voters   present and voting  thereat,  to  have  three  trustees;  and  upon  the   adoption  of  a  resolution to that effect, shall proceed to elect three   trustees or such number as may be necessary to form  a  board  of  three   trustees,  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  in  this section for the   election of three  trustees  at  the  first  annual  meeting  after  the   erection  of  a  district;  and thereafter in such district, one trustee   shall be elected for three years, at each annual meeting,  to  fill  the   office of the outgoing trustee.
NY Educ L § 1603 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1603 - Property Held by Trustees as Corporation.

§ 1603. Property  held by trustees as corporation.  All property which   is now vested in, or shall hereafter be transferred to the trustees of a   common school district, for the use of schools in the district, shall be   held by them as a corporation.
NY Educ L § 1604-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1604-A - Temporary Investment of School Moneys.

§ 1604-a. Temporary  investment  of  school  moneys.    The  board  of   trustees of any  common  school  district  may  authorize  the  district   treasurer  or  other officer having custody of district moneys to invest   moneys of the district in the manner provided by section eleven  of  the   general municipal law.
NY Educ L § 1605 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1605 - Powers and Duties of a Sole Trustee.

§ 1605. Powers  and  duties  of a sole trustee.  The sole trustee of a   common school district shall possess all the powers and  be  subject  to   all  the  duties, liabilities and penalties which the law imposes upon a   board of three trustees.
NY Educ L § 1606 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1606 - Mode of Exercise of Trustees' Powers.

§ 1606. Mode of exercise of trustees' powers.  1. The powers committed   by  law to the trustees of a common school district must be exercised by   them as a board. The board must meet for the transaction of business  in   accordance with notice of time and place.2.  In  a  board  composed  of  three  trustees, when two only meet to   deliberate upon any matter, and the third, if notified, does not attend,   or the three meet and deliberate thereon, the conclusion of two upon the   matter, and their order, act or proceeding in relation thereto, shall be   as valid as though it were the conclusion, order, act or  proceeding  of   the  three;  and a recital of the two in their minute of the conclusion,   act or proceeding, or in their order, act or proceeding of the  fact  of   such  notice,  or  of such meeting and deliberation, shall be conclusive   evidence thereof.3. A meeting of the board may be ordered by  any  member  thereof,  by   giving not less than twenty-four hours' notice of the same.
NY Educ L § 1607 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1607 - Powers of Trustees When Vacancies on Board Exist.

§ 1607. Powers  of  trustees when vacancies on board exist.  1.  While   there is one vacancy in the office of trustee, the  two  trustees  shall   have  all the powers and be subject to all the duties and liabilities of   the three.   And while there are two  such  vacancies,  the  trustee  in   office  shall  have  all the powers and be subject to all the duties and   liabilities of the three, as though he were a sole trustee.2. When a vacancy shall occur in the  office  of  trustee,  the  board   shall  immediately  call  a special meeting of the district to fill such   vacancy.
NY Educ L § 1609 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1609 - Annual Report of Trustees of Certain Joint Districts.

§ 1609. Annual report of trustees of certain joint districts.  Where a   common  school district lies in two or more counties, its trustees shall   file their annual report in the office of  the  district  superintendent   having  jurisdiction over the schools of the town in which the principal   schoolhouse of the district is situated.
NY Educ L § 1610 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1610 - Trustees' Annual Report to District.

§ 1610. Trustees'  annual  report  to  district.    The trustees shall   render to the district, at its annual meeting, a  just,  full  and  true   account  in writing, of all moneys received by them respectively for the   use of the district, or raised or collected by taxes, in  the  preceding   year,  and of the manner in which the same shall have been expended, and   showing to which of them an unexpended balance, or any part thereof,  is   chargeable;  and  of  all  drafts or orders made by them upon the county   treasurer, collector, treasurer or other  custodian  of  moneys  of  the   district;  and  a  full  statement  of all appeals, actions or suits and   proceedings brought by or against them,  and  of  every  special  matter   touching the condition of the district.
NY Educ L § 1611 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1611 - Penalty for Failure of Trustee to Account.

§ 1611. Penalty  for  failure  of  trustee  to  account.   By a wilful   neglect or refusal to  render  such  account,  a  trustee  forfeits  any   unexpired term of his office, and becomes liable to the trustees for any   district moneys in his hands.
NY Educ L § 1612 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1612 - Payment by Trustee to Successor.

§ 1612. Payment  by  trustee to successor.   An outgoing trustee shall   forthwith pay, to his successor or any other trustees of the district in   office, all moneys in his hands belonging to the district.
NY Educ L § 1613 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1613 - Trustees' Right of Action Against Predecessor.

§ 1613. Trustees'  right  of action against predecessor.  The trustees   in office shall sue for and recover any district moneys in the hands  of   any  former  trustee, or of his personal representatives, and apply them   to the use of the district.
NY Educ L § 1614 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1614 - Notice of Non-Payment of Moneys Apportioned.

§ 1614. Notice  of  non-payment of moneys apportioned.  If any portion   of the moneys apportioned to the district  shall  not  be  paid  by  the   collector  or treasurer of the district, upon the due requirement of the   trustees, they shall forthwith notify the treasurer of  the  county  and   the  commissioner of education of the fact.  In case of such non-payment   by the county  treasurer,  such  notification  shall  be  given  to  the   commissioner of education.
NY Educ L § 1615 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1615 - Taxation for Expenses Incurred by Trustees.

§ 1615. Taxation for expenses incurred by trustees.  When trustees are   required  or authorized by law, or by a vote of their district, to incur   any expenses for such district, and when any expenses incurred  by  them   are made, by express provision of law, a charge upon such district, they   may  raise  the  amount  thereof  by  tax  in  the same manner as if the   definite sum to be raised had been voted by a district meeting.
NY Educ L § 1616 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1616 - Issuing Order in Excess of Available Funds a Misdemeanor.

§ 1616. Issuing  order in excess of available funds a misdemeanor.  1.   The trustees of a common school district shall not  issue  an  order  or   draft  upon  a  county treasurer, collector or treasurer of the district   for the payment of the salary of a teacher unless there shall be in  the   hands  of  such  county  treasurer,  collector  or treasurer at the time   sufficient money belonging to the district to meet such order or draft.2. A violation of this section by the trustees of a district shall  be   a misdemeanor.
NY Educ L § 1618 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1618 - New York State School Boards Association, Inc.

§ 1618. New  York  State  School Boards Association, Inc. The trustee,   trustees or board of education of any school district may  determine  to   expend  and  raise  by  taxation  annually  such sums as may be required   toward defraying the actual and necessary expenses  of  maintaining  and   continuing  the  New York State School Boards Association, Inc., and any   of its activities in this state for the purpose  of  devising  practical   ways  and  means  for  obtaining  greater  economy and efficiency in the   administration of school district affairs and projects.
NY Educ L § 1619 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 33 - Common School Districts 1619 - Advertising for Bids; Letting of Contracts.

§ 1619. Advertising  for  bids;  letting  of contracts.   The trustees   shall let all contracts for public work and all  purchase  contracts  to   the  lowest  responsible  bidder  after  advertisement for bids where so   required by section one hundred three of the general municipal law.
NY Educ L § 1701 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 35 - Union Free School Districts 1701 - Boards of Education Corporate Bodies.

§  1701.  Boards of education corporate bodies. The board of education   of each union free school district is hereby created  a  body  corporate   and  it  shall,  at  its  first  meeting  and  at  each  annual  meeting   thereafter, elect one of its members president.   It may  also,  in  its   discretion,  elect one of its members vice president, who shall have the   power to exercise the duties of the president in case of the absence  or   disability  of  the  president.    In  case  of vacancy in the office of   president, the vice president shall act as president until  a  president   shall  be  elected.    All  property  which  is  now vested in, or shall   hereafter be transferred to the board  of  education  of  a  union  free   school  district,  for the use of schools in the district, shall be held   by them as a corporation.
NY Educ L § 1703 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 35 - Union Free School Districts 1703 - Change in Number of Members of Board of Education.

§ 1703. Change  in  number  of members of board of education.  1.  The   number of members of the board of  education  of  a  union  free  school   district  may  be  increased  or  decreased  at  an  annual meeting by a   majority  vote  of  the  qualified  voters  present  and  voting  to  be   ascertained  by taking and recording the ayes and noes or by ballot. The   number of members of such board shall not be increased to more than nine   nor decreased to less than three.2. No vote shall be taken upon the proposition to increase or decrease   the number of members of such board of education unless  the  notice  of   the  annual  meeting  shall  contain  a statement to the effect that the   voters of such district will vote upon such proposition.  The  board  of   education  of  any such district shall, upon the application of at least   twenty-five voters or five percent of the number of voters who voted  in   the  previous  annual election of the members of the board of education,   whichever is greater, such number to be  determined  by  the  number  of   persons  recorded  on  the  poll  list as having voted at such election,   include in the notice  of  the  annual  meeting  a  statement  that  the   proposition  to increase or decrease such board will be presented to the   annual meeting for determination. If the board refuses or fails to  give   such  notice, the notice may be given in such manner as the commissioner   of education may direct.3. The additional members first elected shall be elected at a  special   meeting  which  shall  be  called by the board and be held not less than   thirty nor more than sixty days following the annual  meeting  at  which   the  number  was  increased,  and  pending  the  first  election of such   additional members no vacancy shall be deemed to exist  in  the  offices   thereof  except  for  the  purpose  of  filling  the  same  by election,   notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any law.
NY Educ L § 1704 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 35 - Union Free School Districts 1704 - Length of School Year, and Expenditure of Funds.

§ 1704. Length  of school year, and expenditure of funds.  1. No board   of education or community board in the city school district of the  city   of  New  York,  except  as otherwise provided by law, shall authorize or   permit the expenditure of funds under its control at a rate  which  will   exhaust the amount appropriated prior to the conclusion of the period or   the completion of the purpose for which such funds were appropriated.2.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law, no board of education or   community board in the city school district of  the  city  of  New  York   shall  provide  for  a  school year consisting of fewer than one hundred   eighty days of school.
NY Educ L § 1706 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 35 - Union Free School Districts 1706 - Power of Removal of Member of Board of Education.

§ 1706. Power  of  removal of member of board of education.  For cause   shown, and after giving notice of the charge and opportunity of defense,   the commissioner of education may  remove  any  member  of  a  board  of   education.    Wilful  disobedience  of  any  lawful  requirement  of the   commissioner of education, or a want of due diligence  in  obeying  such   requirement or wilful violation or neglect of duty is cause for removal.
NY Educ L § 1707 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 35 - Union Free School Districts 1707 - Annual Organizational Meetings of Boards of Education.

§ 1707. Annual organizational meetings of boards of education. 1.  The   annual  organizational  meeting of the board of education of every union   free school district shall be held on the first Tuesday in July of  each   year,  unless said day shall be a legal holiday, in which event it shall   fall on the first Wednesday in July.2.  The board of education may, however, by resolution, determine that   the annual meeting be held at any time during the first fifteen days  in   the month of July.
NY Educ L § 1708 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 35 - Union Free School Districts 1708 - Regular Meetings; Visitation of Schools.

§ 1708. Regular  meetings;  visitation of schools.  1. It shall be the   duty of each board of education elected pursuant to  the  provisions  of   this article to have a regular meeting at least once in each quarter.2.  Each  board  shall  appoint one or more committees, to visit every   school or  department  under  its  supervision  and  such  committee  or   committees  shall  visit such schools at least once annually, and report   at the next regular meeting of the board on the condition thereof.3. The meetings of all such boards shall be open to  the  public,  but   said  boards  may  hold  executive  sessions, at which sessions only the   members of such boards or the persons invited shall be present.