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Jun 17, 2016 |
referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1956 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to education |
Jun 08, 2015 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S5846
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S5846 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8163
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Ways And Means
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง1702 & 1804, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S6599, S8920, A881, A11053
2019-2020: S1633, A5943
2021-2022: S1792, A9172
2023-2024: S435, A1195
2015-S5846 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5846 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the establishment of school election wards in union free school districts and central school districts PURPOSE: To permit school districts, organized under articles 35 and 37 of the New York Education Law, to allow their voters the option to approve a referendum that will restrict the election of candidates to the board of education to the particular election district where those candidates and the voters of that particular election district reside. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1-2: Authorizes boards of education to establish school election wards for purposes of electing individual school board members Section 3: Effective Date EXISTING LAW:
2015-S5846 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5846 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 8, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the establishment of school election wards in union free school districts and central school districts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1702 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY, UPON RESOLUTION, ESTABLISH SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS FOR PURPOSES OF ELECTING INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES. THERE MAY BE AT LEAST THREE, BUT NOT MORE THAN NINE, SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT. ONE TRUSTEE SHALL BE CHOSEN FROM EACH WARD BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS THEREIN. B. UPON APPROVAL BY RESOLUTION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, AFTER WHICH A REFERENDUM SHALL BE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL BY A MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS AT THE NEXT SUCCEEDING GENERAL ELECTION. IF SO APPROVED, WITHIN FIVE MONTHS OF SUCH APPROVAL, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL DEFINE AND PUBLISH BY RESOLUTION BOUNDARIES OF EACH OF THE SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS WHICH SAID WARDS SHALL BE CONTIGUOUS AND EACH OF WHICH SHALL CONTAIN AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE THE SAME NUMBER OF INHABITANTS. SUCH WARDS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION FOLLOWING VOTER APPROVAL OF THE REFERENDUM IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. UPON ADOPTING A SYSTEM COMPRISED OF SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS, ALL SITTING SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES SHALL SERVE THE REMAINDER OF HIS OR HER TERM, AND HIS OR HER SUCCESSOR SHALL BE ELECTED ON THE BASIS OF THE SCHOOL ELECTION WARD SYSTEM. THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SAID SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS MAY THEREAFTER BE REDEFINED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BY RESOLUTION, AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON, UPON EACH ISSUANCE OF A FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04546-05-5
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