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Assembly Bill A9115A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Eliminates the initial public vote in the process for the prospective merger or consolidation of school districts; repealer

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2015-A9115 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1511, 1705, 1803 & 305, rpld §1803 sub 7, Ed L

2015-A9115 - Summary

Eliminates the initial public vote in the process for the prospective merger or consolidation of school districts.

2015-A9115 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9115

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  eliminating  the
  initial  public  vote  in  the  process  for the prospective merger or
  consolidation of school districts; and repealing certain provisions of
  such law relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  section heading and subdivision 1 of section 1511 of
the education law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 700 of  the  laws
of 1952, are amended to read as follows:
  [Request for meeting to] PROPOSAL TO consolidate districts; notices of
meeting.    1. [Whenever two-thirds of the qualified electors of each of
two or more districts in which there shall be less than  fifteen  quali-
fied  electors, or if there be fifteen or more qualified electors in any
of such districts whenever ten or more of such electors,  shall  sign  a
request  for a meeting to be held for the purpose of determining whether
such districts shall be consolidated as a common school district or as a
union free school district, as the case may be, and submit the  same  to
the  trustees  or  board  of education of each of such districts, it] IT
shall be the duty of such trustees  or  board  of  education  to  submit
[such]  A  proposed consolidation to the commissioner [of education] for
approval. If the commissioner [approve] APPROVES such  proposed  consol-
idation,  it shall be the duty of such trustees or board of education to
give public notice that a meeting of  the  qualified  electors  of  such
districts  will  be held at some convenient place within such districts,
as centrally located as may be, to vote upon the question of consolidat-
ing such districts. Such notice shall specify the day and hour when such
meeting shall be held, not less than twenty nor more  than  thirty  days
after  the  posting, service or publication of such notice. If the trus-
tees or board of education shall refuse or neglect to give  such  notice
within  twenty  days  after such request is approved by the commissioner
[of education], the commissioner [of education] may authorize and direct
any qualified elector of the district to give such notice.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

2015-A9115A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1511, 1705, 1803 & 305, rpld §1803 sub 7, Ed L

2015-A9115A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates the initial public vote in the process for the prospective merger or consolidation of school districts.

2015-A9115A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 9115--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to eliminating the
  initial public vote in the  process  for  the  prospective  merger  or
  consolidation of school districts; and repealing certain provisions of
  such law relating thereto

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of  section  1511  of
the  education  law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 700 of the laws
of 1952, are amended to read as follows:
  [Request for meeting to] PROPOSAL TO consolidate districts; notices of
meeting.  1. [Whenever two-thirds of the qualified electors of  each  of
two  or  more districts in which there shall be less than fifteen quali-
fied electors, or if there be fifteen or more qualified electors in  any
of  such  districts  whenever ten or more of such electors, shall sign a
request for a meeting to be held for the purpose of determining  whether
such districts shall be consolidated as a common school district or as a
union  free  school district, as the case may be, and submit the same to
the trustees or board of education of each of such districts] THE BOARDS
OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES OF TWO OR MORE DISTRICTS MAY AGREE  TO  CONSOL-
IDATE  SUCH  DISTRICTS  AS  A  COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT OR AS A UNION FREE
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IF SUCH DISTRICTS AGREE, it shall  be  the  duty  of
such  trustees or board of education to submit [such] A proposed consol-
idation to the commissioner [of education] for approval. If the  commis-
sioner  [approve]  APPROVES such proposed consolidation, it shall be the
duty of such trustees or board of education to give public notice that a
meeting of the qualified electors of such districts will be held at some
convenient place within such districts, as centrally located as may  be,
to  vote  upon the question of consolidating such districts. Such notice
shall specify the day and hour when such meeting shall be held, not less
than twenty nor more than thirty days  after  the  posting,  service  or
publication  of such notice. If the trustees or board of education shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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