Senate Bill S6599

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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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A881 - Vetoed by Governor


  • 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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2017-S6599 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A881
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1702 & 1804, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5846, A8163
2019-2020: S1633, A5943
2021-2022: S1792, A9172
2023-2024: S435, A1195

2017-S6599 (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-S6599 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6599
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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, 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
 BE  POSTED IN AT LEAST TWENTY OF THE MOST PUBLIC PLACES IN SAID DISTRICT
 FOURTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE TIME OF SUCH HEARING.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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