2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 43 - School District Officers--Town and County Officials › Part 1 - General Provisions › 2102-A - Required Training for School District Officers.

§ 2102-a. Required training for school district officers.  1. a. Every
  trustee or voting member of a board of education of a school district or
  a  board of cooperative educational services, elected or appointed for a
  term beginning on or after July first, two thousand five, shall,  within
  the  first  year  of his or her term, complete a minimum of six hours of
  training  on  the  financial  oversight,  accountability  and  fiduciary
  responsibilities of a school board member.
b.  In  addition  to  the  training  required  by  paragraph a of this
  subdivision, every trustee or voting member of a board of education of a
  school district or a board of cooperative educational services,  elected
  or  appointed  for  a first term beginning on or after the first of July
  next succeeding the effective date of this paragraph, shall, within  the
  first  year  of  his or her term, complete a training course to acquaint
  him or her with the powers, functions and duties of boards of education,
  as well as the powers and duties of other governing  and  administrative
  authorities affecting public education.
c.  Upon  demonstration of compliance, no trustee or member of a board
  of education or a board of cooperative  educational  services  shall  be
  required  to repeat the training requirements provided for in paragraphs
  a and b of this subdivision. Nothing in this section shall be deemed  to
  require  a member of a central high school district board or a member of
  a  board  of  cooperative  educational   services   to   complete   such
  requirements if such member has already completed such requirements as a
  member  of  a  board  of  a  component  school district. Nothing in this
  section shall be deemed to require trustees or voting members of a board
  of education of a school district or a board of cooperative  educational
  services to complete the requirements of paragraph b of this subdivision
  if  such  trustee  or  member  is  seated  or appointed on or before the
  effective date of the chapter of the  laws  of  two  thousand  ten  that
  amended this subdivision.
2.   The   curriculum   used  for  training  on  financial  oversight,
  accountability and fiduciary responsibilities shall be approved  by  the
  commissioner  in  consultation  with  the comptroller and the curriculum
  used for the general training shall be  approved  by  the  commissioner.
  These   curricula  may  be  offered  together  as  a  single  course  or
  separately. The training required by this  section  may  be  offered  by
  providers approved by the commissioner. In approving other providers for
  these   trainings,   the   commissioner  shall  consider  the  potential
  provider's understanding of the educational environment,  the  roles  of
  trustees  and  boards of education and boards of cooperative educational
  services,  and  the  experience  of  the  provider  in  delivering  such
  training.
3.  Each  trustee  or  member  shall demonstrate compliance with these
  requirements  by  filing  with  the  district  clerk  a  certificate  of
  completion  of such course or courses issued by the provider. Actual and
  necessary expenses incurred by a trustee or member in complying with the
  foregoing requirements shall be a charge against the school district.
4. As long as the chancellor of a school district in a city  having  a
  population  of one million or more inhabitants shall annually certify to
  the commissioner that such district has a training program that meets or
  exceeds the requirements of this section, the provisions of this section
  shall not apply to such school district.