Assembly Bill A881A

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Permits union free and central school district boards of education to establish wards for the purpose of school board elections

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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Bill Amendments

2017-A881 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6599
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1702 & 1804, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8163, S5846
2019-2020: A5943, S1633
2021-2022: A9172, S1792
2023-2024: A1195, S435

2017-A881 - Summary

Authorizes the boards of education in union free school districts and central school districts to establish wards for the purpose of school board elections.

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
              

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2017-A881A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6599
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1702 & 1804, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8163, S5846
2019-2020: A5943, S1633
2021-2022: A9172, S1792
2023-2024: A1195, S435

2017-A881A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the boards of education in union free school districts and central school districts to establish wards for the purpose of school board elections.

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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