Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 18, 2017 |
tabled vetoed memo.248 |
Dec 06, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2017 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.2078 substituted for s6599 |
Jun 15, 2017 |
referred to rules ordered to third reading rules cal.364 rules report cal.364 reported |
Jun 19, 2017 |
delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jun 14, 2017 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 06, 2017 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jun 02, 2017 |
print number 881a |
Jun 02, 2017 |
amend and recommit to education |
Jan 09, 2017 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A881A
Vetoed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GUNTHER
Archive: Last Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor
- 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
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2017-A881 - Details
2017-A881 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 881 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education 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. LBD03770-01-7
co-Sponsors
Ellen C. Jaffee
James Skoufis
Kenneth Zebrowski
2017-A881A (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A881A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 881--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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 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, BY RESOLUTION AND SUBJECT TO A MANDATORY REFERENDUM, ESTABLISH SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS FOR PURPOSES OF ELECTING INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES. THERE SHALL BE AT LEAST THREE, BUT NO MORE THAN NINE, SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT. ONE TRUSTEE SHALL BE CHOSEN FROM EACH WARD BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS THEREIN. B. (I) UPON A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WHICH SHALL BE PASSED NO LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS PRIOR TO A RELATED REFEREN- DUM BEING PLACED BEFORE THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THE ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. (II) SUCH PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE CONDUCTED NOT LESS THAN THIRTY NOR MORE THAN NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO A VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION BY A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT CLERK SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING BY PUBLISHING A NOTICE FIVE TIMES WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS PRECEDING THE HEARING, ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE AND IN TWO NEWSPAPERS IF THERE SHALL BE TWO, OR IN ONE NEWSPAPER IF THERE SHALL BE BUT ONE, HAVING GENERAL CIRCULATION WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT. BUT IF NO NEWSPAPER SHALL THEN HAVE GENERAL CIRCULATION THEREIN, SAID NOTICE SHALL EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03770-03-7
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