NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4682A

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to education
Jun 17, 2019	print number 4682a
Jun 17, 2019	amend (t) and recommit to education
Mar 20, 2019	referred to education

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2019-S4682 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1702 & 1804, Ed L

2019-S4682 - Summary

Establishes school election wards for the purpose of electing individual trustees for a union free school district and a central school district whose boundaries are wholly or partially contained within the counties of Orange, Rockland, Sullivan or Ulster; makes related provisions.

2019-S4682 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4682

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to the
establishment of school election wards for the purposes of electing
individual trustees for certain boards of education

 
PURPOSE:

To permit school districts located in the counties of Orange, Rockland
and Sullivan, and organized under articles 35 and 37 of the New York
State 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:

Sections 1 and 2 of the bill authorize boards of education located in
the counties of Orange, Rockland and Sullivan, to establish school
election wards for purposes of electing individual school board members.

Section 3 of the bill establishes the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

Under existing law, school districts may not 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. This can lead to overrepresentation or underrepresen-
tation of one geographical area over another.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

School districts in parts of the state can encompass a wide geographical
area. There are school districts which span multiple counties and town-
ships, and serve a diverse socio-economic community.

Under existing law, union free-school. districts and central school
districts, upon their own motion, may divide into separate election
districts. However, current law does not permit a school district to
restrict candidates to run for office only in the election district
where they reside or to limit voters to elect a candidate only from the
election district where they reside. In order to prevent overrepresen-
tation or underrepresentation of one geographical area over another,
this legislation would give voters in these counties 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.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S4682 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4682
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the  establishment  of
   school election wards for the purposes of electing individual trustees
   for certain boards of education

   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 WHOSE BOUNDARIES  ARE
 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE COUNTIES OF ORANGE, ROCKLAND OR
 SULLIVAN  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.
                                                            LBD10900-01-9

 S. 4682                             2
 
 BE POSTED IN AT LEAST TWENTY OF THE MOST PUBLIC PLACES IN SAID  DISTRICT
 FOURTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE TIME OF SUCH HEARING.
   (III)  FOLLOWING  SUCH  PUBLIC  HEARING, A PROPOSITION FOR APPROVAL OF
 SUCH RESOLUTION BY A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF  SUCH  DISTRICT
 SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED AT THE NEXT SUCCEEDING ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION.
 THE DISTRICT CLERK SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF SUCH PROPOSITION  BY  PUBLISHING
 NOTICE  PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, IN THE SAME MANNER AND PUBLICATION AS THE
 PUBLIC HEARING, SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, SPECIFYING THE TIME WHEN  AND
 PLACE OR PLACES WHERE SUCH ELECTION WILL BE HELD, THE HOURS DURING WHICH
 THE  POLLS  WILL  REMAIN  OPEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING BALLOTS, AND
 SETTING FORTH IN FULL THE LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSITION TO BE APPROVED  AT
 SUCH ELECTION.
   (IV)  IF  SUCH  PROPOSITION  IS  APPROVED,  WITHIN FIVE MONTHS OF SUCH
 APPROVAL, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL DEFINE  AND  PUBLISH,  BY  RESOL-
 UTION, BOUNDARIES OF EACH OF THE SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS. SUCH WARDS SHALL
 BE CONTIGUOUS AND EACH WARD SHALL CONTAIN AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE THE SAME
 NUMBER  OF  INHABITANTS.  A  MAP OF EACH WARD AND THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF
 SHALL BE CREATED WITH THE ORIGINAL FILED WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK  WITHIN
 TEN  DAYS  OF  THE  RESOLUTION  AND COPIES THEREOF FILED IN THE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. THE BOUNDARIES OF THE 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.  SUCH  RESOLUTION SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AT LEAST SIX MONTHS PRIOR
 TO THE NEXT ELECTION OF A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE OR TRUSTEES.
   (V) AFTER A SCHOOL ELECTION WARD SYSTEM SHALL HAVE  BEEN  ESTABLISHED,
 THE  TERM OF EVERY EXISTING TRUSTEE SHALL TERMINATE ON THE THIRTIETH DAY
 OF JUNE NEXT SUCCEEDING THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION  FOLLOWING
 VOTER  APPROVAL  OF THE REFERENDUM AND ON THE THIRD TUESDAY IN MAY EVERY
 THREE YEARS THEREAFTER.
   C. THE TERM OF OFFICE OF EACH TRUSTEE  FROM  A  SCHOOL  ELECTION  WARD
 SHALL  BE  THREE  YEARS.  IN  EACH  SCHOOL  ELECTION WARD, THE CANDIDATE
 RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF VOTES IN EACH SCHOOL  ELECTION  WARD  SHALL  BE
 DECLARED ELECTED TO THAT POSITION.
   D.  WHENEVER  A  VACANCY  SHALL OCCUR OR EXIST IN THE OFFICE OF A WARD
 TRUSTEE OF A BOARD OF EDUCATION, EXCEPT BY REASON OF EXPIRATION OF  TERM
 OR  INCREASE  IN THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF SUCH BOARD, SUCH VACANCY SHALL
 BE FILLED WITHIN NINETY DAYS EITHER  BY  (I)  A  MAJORITY  VOTE  OF  THE
 REMAINING  TRUSTEES OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR (II) A SPECIAL ELECTION
 ORDERED BY THE COMMISSIONER. WHEN A SPECIAL  ELECTION  IS  ORDERED,  THE
 VACANCY  SHALL NOT BE FILLED OTHERWISE.  NO PERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED TO
 FILL A VACANCY OF A WARD TRUSTEE OF A BOARD OF EDUCATION  UNLESS  HE  OR
 SHE FULFILLS ALL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED TWO
 OF THIS TITLE TO ENABLE HIM OR HER TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF A
 TRUSTEE  OF  THE  BOARD  OF EDUCATION FROM THE WARD INVOLVED. THE PERSON
 APPOINTED OR ELECTED TO FILL SUCH VACANCY SHALL TAKE OFFICE  IMMEDIATELY
 UPON  FILING  OF  HIS  OR  HER OFFICIAL OATH OF OFFICE WITH THE DISTRICT
 CLERK AND SHALL HOLD HIS OR HER OFFICE FOR THE REMAINDER  OF  THE  UNEX-
 PIRED TERM.
   E.  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, ALL PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, ARTICLE
 FORTY-ONE, AND ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  OF  ANY  OTHER
 GENERAL LAW RELATING TO OR AFFECTING THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES IN A UNION
 FREE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT SHALL APPLY TO SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS ORGANIZED AS
 HEREIN.
   § 2. Section 1804 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 13 to read as follows:

 S. 4682                             3
 
   13.  A.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A
 BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A CENTRAL SCHOOL  DISTRICT  WHOSE  BOUNDARIES  ARE
 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE COUNTIES OF ORANGE, ROCKLAND OR
 SULLIVAN  MAY,  BY  RESOLUTION  AND  SUBJECT  TO A MANDATORY REFERENDUM,
 ESTABLISH  SCHOOL  ELECTION  WARDS  FOR  PURPOSES OF ELECTING INDIVIDUAL
 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. THERE SHALL BE FIVE, SEVEN OR NINE SCHOOL ELECTION
 WARDS WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT. ONE MEMBER 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.
   (III)  FOLLOWING  SUCH  PUBLIC  HEARING, A PROPOSITION FOR APPROVAL OF
 SUCH RESOLUTION BY A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF  SUCH  DISTRICT
 SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED AT THE NEXT SUCCEEDING ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION.
 THE DISTRICT CLERK SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF SUCH PROPOSITION  BY  PUBLISHING
 NOTICE  PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, IN THE SAME MANNER AND PUBLICATION AS THE
 PUBLIC HEARING, SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, SPECIFYING THE TIME WHEN  AND
 PLACE OR PLACES WHERE SUCH ELECTION WILL BE HELD, THE HOURS DURING WHICH
 THE  POLLS  WILL  REMAIN  OPEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING BALLOTS, AND
 SETTING FORTH IN FULL THE LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSITION TO BE APPROVED  AT
 SUCH ELECTION.
   (IV)  IF  SUCH  PROPOSITION  IS  APPROVED,  WITHIN FIVE MONTHS OF SUCH
 APPROVAL, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL DEFINE  AND  PUBLISH,  BY  RESOL-
 UTION, BOUNDARIES OF EACH OF THE SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS. SUCH WARDS SHALL
 BE CONTIGUOUS AND EACH WARD SHALL CONTAIN AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE THE SAME
 NUMBER  OF  INHABITANTS.  A  MAP OF EACH WARD AND THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF
 SHALL BE CREATED WITH THE ORIGINAL FILED WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK  WITHIN
 TEN  DAYS  OF  THE  RESOLUTION  AND COPIES THEREOF FILED IN THE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. THE BOUNDARIES OF THE 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.  SUCH  RESOLUTION SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AT LEAST SIX MONTHS PRIOR
 TO THE NEXT ELECTION OF A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OR MEMBERS.
   (V) AFTER A SCHOOL ELECTION WARD SYSTEM SHALL HAVE  BEEN  ESTABLISHED,
 THE  TERM  OF EVERY EXISTING MEMBER SHALL TERMINATE ON THE THIRTIETH DAY
 OF JUNE NEXT SUCCEEDING THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION  FOLLOWING
 VOTER  APPROVAL  OF THE REFERENDUM AND ON THE THIRD TUESDAY IN MAY EVERY
 THREE YEARS THEREAFTER.
   C. THE TERM OF OFFICE OF  EACH  SCHOOL  BOARD  MEMBER  FROM  A  SCHOOL
 ELECTION WARD SHALL BE THREE YEARS. IN EACH ELECTION WARD, THE CANDIDATE
 RECEIVING  A  PLURALITY OF VOTES IN EACH ELECTION WARD SHALL BE DECLARED
 ELECTED TO THAT POSITION.
   D. WHENEVER A VACANCY SHALL OCCUR OR EXIST IN THE OFFICE OF  A  MEMBER
 OF  A  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION,  EXCEPT  BY REASON OF EXPIRATION OF TERM OR

 S. 4682                             4
 
 INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF SUCH BOARD, SUCH VACANCY  SHALL  BE
 FILLED  WITHIN  NINETY DAYS BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE REMAINING TRUSTEES
 OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. NO PERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED TO FILL A VACAN-
 CY  OF A MEMBER OF A BOARD OF EDUCATION UNLESS HE OR SHE FULFILLS ALL OF
 THE QUALIFICATIONS IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED TWO OF  THIS  TITLE  TO
 ENABLE  HIM  OR  HER TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF A MEMBER OF THE
 BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM THE WARD INVOLVED.    THE  PERSON  APPOINTED  OR
 ELECTED  TO  FILL SUCH VACANCY SHALL TAKE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING
 OF HIS OR HER OFFICIAL OATH OF OFFICE WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK AND  SHALL
 HOLD HIS OR HER OFFICE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM.
   E.  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, ALL PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, ARTICLE
 FORTY-ONE, AND ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  OF  ANY  OTHER
 GENERAL  LAW  RELATING  TO  OR  AFFECTING  THE  ELECTION OF SCHOOL BOARD
 MEMBERS IN A CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT  SHALL  APPLY  TO  SCHOOL  ELECTION
 WARDS ORGANIZED AS HEREIN.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2019-S4682A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1702 & 1804, Ed L

2019-S4682A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S4682A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4682A

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to the
establishment of school election wards

 
PURPOSE:

To permit school districts located in the counties of Orange, Rockland,
Sullivan or Ulster, and organized under articles 35 and 37 of the New
York State 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:

Sections 1 and 2 of the bill authorize boards of education located in
the counties of Orange, Rockland, Sullivan or Ulster, to establish
school election wards for purposes of electing individual school board
members.

Section 3 of the bill establishes the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

Under existing law, school districts may not 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. This can lead to overrepresentation or underrepresen-
tation of one geographical area over another.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

School districts in parts of the state can encompass a wide geographical
area. There are school districts which span multiple counties and town-
ships, and serve a diverse socio-economic community.  Under existing
law, union free-school districts and central school districts, upon
their own motion, may divide into separate election districts. However,
current law does not permit a school district to restrict candidates to
run for office only in the election district where they reside or to
limit voters to elect a candidate only from the election district where
they reside. In order to prevent overrepresentation or underrepresen-
tation of one geographical area over another, this legislation would
give voters in these counties 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.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S4682A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4682--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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 the establishment of
   school election wards

   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 WHOSE BOUNDARIES ARE
 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE COUNTIES OF  ORANGE,  ROCKLAND,
 SULLIVAN  OR ULSTER MAY, BY RESOLUTION AND SUBJECT TO A MANDATORY REFER-
 ENDUM, ESTABLISH SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS FOR PURPOSES OF ELECTING INDIVID-
 UAL 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.    WITHIN  SUCH
 RESOLUTION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY REQUIRE THAT A TRUSTEE ELECTED TO
 REPRESENT A WARD SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH WARD. SUCH RESOLUTION SHALL
 ALSO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR NOMINATING PETITIONS
 CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
   B. (I) A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WHICH SHALL  BE  PASSED
 NO LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS PRIOR TO A RELATED REFERENDUM BEING
 PLACED  BEFORE  THE  QUALIFIED  VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THE
 ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION, SHALL INCLUDE AN  ASSESSMENT  AND  FINDING,
 WHICH  SHALL  TAKE  INTO  ACCOUNT  ANY  HISTORIC  DISENFRANCHISEMENT  OR
 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST  ANY  GROUP  OF  INDIVIDUALS  WITHIN  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  BASED  UPON  RACE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, RELIGION, SOCIO-ECONOMIC
 STATUS, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, INCLUDING THAT NO  DISENFRANCHISEMENT  OR
 DISCRIMINATION  WOULD  RESULT  FROM  THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED RESOL-
 UTION. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL CONDUCT NO FEWER THAN  THREE  PUBLIC
 HEARINGS ON SUCH RESOLUTION.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10900-02-9

 S. 4682--A                          2
 
   (II)  SUCH PUBLIC HEARINGS 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
 FIFTEEN 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
 FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE TIME OF THE FIRST HEARING.
   (III) FOLLOWING SUCH PUBLIC HEARINGS, A PROPOSITION  FOR  APPROVAL  OF
 SUCH  RESOLUTION AND THE BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS BY
 A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SUCH DISTRICT SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED
 AT  THE  NEXT SUCCEEDING ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION. THE DISTRICT CLERK
 SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF SUCH PROPOSITION BY PUBLISHING NOTICE PRIOR TO  THE
 ELECTION, IN THE SAME MANNER AND PUBLICATION AS THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, SET
 FORTH  IN  THIS  SECTION,  SPECIFYING  THE TIME WHEN AND PLACE OR PLACES
 WHERE SUCH ELECTION WILL BE HELD, THE HOURS DURING WHICH THE POLLS  WILL
 REMAIN  OPEN  FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING BALLOTS, AND SETTING FORTH IN
 FULL THE LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSITION TO BE APPROVED  AT  SUCH  ELECTION.
 IN  ANY  EVENT,  THERE  SHALL BE AT LEAST ONE POLLING LOCATION FOR EVERY
 FIFTEEN THOUSAND ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT AND THE  HOURS  OF  THE
 ELECTION  SHALL  COMMENCE  NO  LATER THAN SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND
 SHALL END NO EARLIER THAN NINE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.
   (IV) AT LEAST FIFTEEN DAYS PRIOR TO CONDUCTING  PUBLIC  HEARINGS,  THE
 BOARD  OF  EDUCATION SHALL DEFINE AND PUBLISH, BY RESOLUTION, BOUNDARIES
 OF EACH OF THE PROPOSED SCHOOL ELECTION  WARDS.    SHOULD  SUCH  MAP  BE
 ALTERED  AS  A  RESULT  OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, THE AMENDED MAP SHALL BE
 PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH NO LATER THAN FIFTEEN  DAYS  BEFORE
 THE  ELECTION.    SUCH  WARDS  SHALL  BE  CONTIGUOUS AND EACH WARD SHALL
 CONTAIN AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE THE SAME NUMBER OF INHABITANTS.  EACH WARD
 SHALL ALSO CONFORM AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE WITH THE  ATTENDANCE  ZONE  OF
 THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT, CONFORM AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE WITH GEOGRAPHIC AND
 OTHER PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES, AND RETAIN CONTIGUOUS COMMUNITIES  OF  INTER-
 EST.
   (V)  A  MAP  OF  EACH WARD AND THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF SHALL BE CREATED
 WITH THE ORIGINAL FILED WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK WITHIN TEN DAYS  OF  THE
 RESOLUTION  AND  COPIES  THEREOF  FILED IN THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF THE
 COUNTY.  UPON EACH ISSUANCE OF A FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, THE BOARD  OF
 EDUCATION  SHALL  EITHER: (1) MAKE A WRITTEN FINDING THAT, UPON EXAMINA-
 TION OF THE DECENNIAL CENSUS, THE CURRENT SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS  CONTAIN
 NEARLY  AS POSSIBLE THE SAME NUMBER OF INHABITANTS AND THAT NO DISCRIMI-
 NATION OR DISENFRANCHISEMENT WOULD  RESULT  IF  THE  WARDS  REMAINED  AS
 ESTABLISHED;  OR  (2)  THE  SCHOOL  ELECTION WARDS SHALL BE REDEFINED BY
 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AFTER A  PUBLIC  HEARING  THEREON,
 AND  APPROVAL  BY  THE  QUALIFIED  VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IF THE
 QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL NOT APPROVE OF THE  RESOL-
 UTION,  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  SHALL  SUBMIT A SECOND RESOLUTION FOR
 APPROVAL BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AFTER A  PUBLIC
 HEARING  THEREON,  WITHIN  NINETY  DAYS.  IF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE
 SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL NOT APPROVE OF SUCH RESOLUTION FOR A SECOND  TIME,
 THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION SHALL CONTINUE THE MEMBERSHIP AND TERMS OF THE
 CURRENT BOARD UNTIL THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION AT  WHICH  TIME
 THE  TERMS  OF  ALL CURRENT TRUSTEES SHALL TERMINATE. AT THE NEXT ANNUAL
 MEETING AND ELECTION, TRUSTEES SHALL BE ELECTED BY A VOTE OF THE  QUALI-

 S. 4682--A                          3
 
 FIED  VOTERS  OF  THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   (VI)  AFTER A SCHOOL ELECTION WARD SYSTEM SHALL HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED,
 THE TERM OF EVERY EXISTING TRUSTEE SHALL TERMINATE ON THE THIRTIETH  DAY
 OF  JUNE NEXT SUCCEEDING THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION FOLLOWING
 VOTER APPROVAL OF THE REFERENDUM, AT  WHICH  TIME  THE  TERMS  FOR  EACH
 ELECTED SCHOOL WARD TRUSTEE SHALL COMMENCE.
   C.  THE  TERM  OF  OFFICE  OF EACH TRUSTEE FROM A SCHOOL ELECTION WARD
 SHALL BE THREE, FOUR, OR FIVE YEARS, TO BE DETERMINED AT THE  DISCRETION
 OF  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  BY  RESOLUTION  PRIOR  TO THE REFERENDUM;
 PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT THE RESOLUTION SHALL ALSO DESIGNATE  THAT  IN  THE
 FIRST  ANNUAL  MEETING  AND  ELECTION  AFTER  THE  ADOPTION  OF A SCHOOL
 ELECTION WARD SYSTEM, THE INITIAL TERMS SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO  TERMS  OF
 THREE, FOUR, OR FIVE YEARS SO THAT AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE AN EQUAL NUMBER
 OF TRUSTEES SHALL BE ELECTED EACH YEAR. IN EACH ELECTION CYCLE THEREAFT-
 ER, THE TERMS OF OFFICE SHALL BE UNIFORM.  IN EACH SCHOOL ELECTION WARD,
 THE  CANDIDATE  RECEIVING  A  PLURALITY OF VOTES IN EACH SCHOOL ELECTION
 WARD SHALL BE DECLARED ELECTED TO THAT POSITION.
   D. WHENEVER A VACANCY SHALL OCCUR OR EXIST IN THE  OFFICE  OF  A  WARD
 TRUSTEE  OF  A BOARD OF EDUCATION, SUCH VACANCY SHALL BE FILLED PURSUANT
 TO THIS ARTICLE AND PART ONE OF ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   E. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS  SUBDIVISION,  ALL  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE,  ARTICLE  FORTY-ONE, AND ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER OR
 OF ANY OTHER GENERAL LAW RELATING TO OR AFFECTING THE ELECTION OF  TRUS-
 TEES  IN  A  UNION  FREE  SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL APPLY TO SCHOOL ELECTION
 WARDS ORGANIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION  AND  TO  THE  ELECTION  OF
 TRUSTEES  BY  THE  QUALIFIED  VOTERS OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT AS ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH F AND SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF  PARAGRAPH  B  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   F.  A  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OF A UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH HAS
 ESTABLISHED SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION  MAY,  BY
 RESOLUTION  AND  SUBJECT  TO  A MANDATORY REFERENDUM, ABOLISH THE SCHOOL
 ELECTION WARD SYSTEM AND RETURN TO ELECTION OF TRUSTEES BY A VOTE OF THE
 QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.  ADOPTION,  ASSESSMENT,  PUBLIC
 HEARING  AND  NOTICE,  AND  VOTING  REQUIREMENTS  OF SUCH RESOLUTION AND
 REFERENDUM SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPHS (I),  (II),
 AND (III) OF PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   G.  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, "CONTIGUOUS COMMUNITY OF
 INTEREST" MEANS A CONTIGUOUS POPULATION WHICH SHARES COMMON  SOCIAL  AND
 ECONOMIC  INTERESTS THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN A SINGLE DISTRICT FOR
 PURPOSES OF ITS EFFECTIVE AND FAIR REPRESENTATION.
   § 2. Section 1804 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13.  A.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A
 BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A CENTRAL SCHOOL  DISTRICT  WHOSE  BOUNDARIES  ARE
 WHOLLY  OR  PARTIALLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE COUNTIES OF ORANGE, ROCKLAND,
 ULSTER OR SULLIVAN MAY, BY RESOLUTION AND SUBJECT TO A MANDATORY  REFER-
 ENDUM, ESTABLISH SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS FOR PURPOSES OF ELECTING INDIVID-
 UAL  SCHOOL  BOARD  MEMBERS.  THERE  SHALL BE FIVE, SEVEN OR NINE SCHOOL
 ELECTION WARDS WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT. ONE MEMBER SHALL BE CHOSEN FROM
 EACH WARD BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS THEREIN.  WITHIN SUCH RESOLUTION,  THE
 BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY REQUIRE THAT A MEMBER ELECTED TO REPRESENT A WARD
 SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH WARD. SUCH RESOLUTION SHALL ALSO PROVIDE FOR
 THE  SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR NOMINATING PETITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE
 APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.

 S. 4682--A                          4
 
   B. (I) A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WHICH SHALL  BE  PASSED
 NO LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS PRIOR TO A RELATED REFERENDUM BEING
 PLACED  BEFORE  THE  QUALIFIED  VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THE
 ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION, SHALL INCLUDE AN  ASSESSMENT  AND  FINDING,
 WHICH  SHALL  TAKE  INTO  ACCOUNT  ANY  HISTORIC  DISENFRANCHISEMENT  OR
 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST  ANY  GROUP  OF  INDIVIDUALS  WITHIN  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  BASED  UPON  RACE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, RELIGION, SOCIO-ECONOMIC
 STATUS, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, INCLUDING THAT NO  DISENFRANCHISEMENT  OR
 DISCRIMINATION  WOULD  RESULT  FROM  THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED RESOL-
 UTION. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL CONDUCT NO FEWER THAN  THREE  PUBLIC
 HEARINGS ON SUCH RESOLUTION.
   (II)  SUCH PUBLIC HEARINGS 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 PUBLIC HEARINGS SHALL BE  HELD
 AT A SCHOOL DISTRICT BUILDING OR OTHER APPROPRIATE BUILDING, EACH WITHIN
 A  DIFFERENT  PROPOSED  SCHOOL  ELECTION  WARD.  IF  THERE  IS NO SCHOOL
 DISTRICT BUILDING OR OTHER APPROPRIATE BUILDING  WITHIN  THREE  SEPARATE
 PROPOSED  SCHOOL  ELECTION  WARDS, A MEETING SHALL BE HELD AT THE SCHOOL
 BUILDING OR OTHER APPROPRIATE  BUILDING  CLOSEST  IN  PROXIMITY  TO  THE
 PROPOSED  SCHOOL  ELECTION  WARD  OR WARDS CONTAINING NO SCHOOL DISTRICT
 BUILDINGS OR OTHER APPROPRIATE BUILDINGS. THE DISTRICT CLERK SHALL  GIVE
 NOTICE  OF  THE  PUBLIC HEARING BY PUBLISHING A NOTICE FIVE TIMES WITHIN
 FIFTEEN DAYS PRECEDING THE HEARINGS, 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
 FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE TIME OF THE FIRST HEARING.
   (III)  FOLLOWING  SUCH  PUBLIC HEARINGS, A PROPOSITION FOR APPROVAL OF
 SUCH RESOLUTION AND THE BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS  BY
 A  MAJORITY  OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SUCH DISTRICT SHALL BE SUBMITTED
 AT THE NEXT SUCCEEDING ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION. THE  DISTRICT  CLERK
 SHALL  GIVE NOTICE OF SUCH PROPOSITION BY PUBLISHING NOTICE PRIOR TO THE
 ELECTION, IN THE SAME MANNER AND PUBLICATION AS THE PUBLIC HEARING,  SET
 FORTH  IN  THIS  SECTION,  SPECIFYING  THE TIME WHEN AND PLACE OR PLACES
 WHERE SUCH ELECTION WILL BE HELD, THE HOURS DURING WHICH THE POLLS  WILL
 REMAIN  OPEN  FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING BALLOTS, AND SETTING FORTH IN
 FULL THE LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSITION TO BE APPROVED AT SUCH ELECTION. IN
 ANY EVENT, THERE SHALL BE  AT  LEAST  ONE  POLLING  LOCATION  FOR  EVERY
 FIFTEEN  THOUSAND  ELIGIBLE  VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT AND THE HOURS OF THE
 ELECTION SHALL COMMENCE NO LATER THAN SIX O'CLOCK  IN  THE  MORNING  AND
 SHALL END NO EARLIER THAN NINE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.
   (IV)  AT  LEAST  FIFTEEN DAYS PRIOR TO CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS, THE
 BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL DEFINE AND PUBLISH, BY  RESOLUTION,  BOUNDARIES
 OF  EACH  OF  THE SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS. SHOULD SUCH MAP BE ALTERED AS A
 RESULT OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, THE AMENDED MAP SHALL BE PUBLISHED PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH NO LATER THAN FIFTEEN DAYS  BEFORE  THE  ELECTION.
 SUCH  WARDS SHALL BE CONTIGUOUS AND EACH WARD SHALL CONTAIN AS NEARLY AS
 POSSIBLE THE SAME NUMBER OF INHABITANTS. EACH WARD SHALL ALSO CONFORM AS
 CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE WITH THE ATTENDANCE ZONE  OF  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,
 CONFORM AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE WITH GEOGRAPHIC AND OTHER PHYSICAL BOUND-
 ARIES, AND RETAIN CONTIGUOUS COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.
   (V)  A  MAP  OF  EACH WARD AND THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF SHALL BE CREATED
 WITH THE ORIGINAL FILED WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK WITHIN TEN DAYS  OF  THE
 RESOLUTION  AND  COPIES  THEREOF  FILED IN THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF THE
 COUNTY.  UPON EACH ISSUANCE OF A FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, THE BOARD  OF

 S. 4682--A                          5
 
 EDUCATION  SHALL  EITHER: (1) MAKE A WRITTEN FINDING THAT, UPON EXAMINA-
 TION OF THE DECENNIAL CENSUS, THE CURRENT SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS  CONTAIN
 NEARLY  AS POSSIBLE THE SAME NUMBER OF INHABITANTS AND THAT NO DISCRIMI-
 NATION  OR  DISENFRANCHISEMENT  WOULD  RESULT  IF  THE WARDS REMAINED AS
 ESTABLISHED; OR (2) THE SCHOOL ELECTION  WARDS  SHALL  BE  REDEFINED  BY
 RESOLUTION  OF  THE  BOARD OF EDUCATION, AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON,
 AND APPROVAL BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT.  IF  THE
 QUALIFIED  VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL NOT APPROVE OF THE RESOL-
 UTION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION  SHALL  SUBMIT  A  SECOND  RESOLUTION  FOR
 APPROVAL  BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AFTER A PUBLIC
 HEARING THEREON, WITHIN NINETY DAYS. IF  THE  QUALIFIED  VOTERS  OF  THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT SHALL NOT APPROVE OF SUCH RESOLUTION FOR A SECOND TIME,
 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL CONTINUE THE MEMBERSHIP AND  TERMS  OF  THE
 CURRENT  BOARD  UNTIL THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION AT WHICH TIME
 THE TERMS OF ALL CURRENT MEMBERS SHALL TERMINATE.  AT  THE  NEXT  ANNUAL
 MEETING  AND  ELECTION, MEMBERS SHALL BE ELECTED BY A VOTE OF THE QUALI-
 FIED VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE  FORTY-THREE  OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   (VI)  AFTER A SCHOOL ELECTION WARD SYSTEM SHALL HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED,
 THE TERM OF EVERY EXISTING MEMBER SHALL TERMINATE ON THE  THIRTIETH  DAY
 OF  JUNE NEXT SUCCEEDING THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION FOLLOWING
 VOTER APPROVAL OF THE REFERENDUM, AT  WHICH  TIME  THE  TERMS  FOR  EACH
 ELECTED SCHOOL WARD MEMBER SHALL COMMENCE.
   C.  THE  TERM  OF  OFFICE  OF  EACH  SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FROM A SCHOOL
 ELECTION WARD SHALL BE THREE, FOUR, OR FIVE YEARS, TO BE  DETERMINED  AT
 THE  DISCRETION  OF  THE  BOARD  OF EDUCATION BY RESOLUTION PRIOR TO THE
 REFERENDUM; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT THE RESOLUTION  SHALL  ALSO  DESIGNATE
 THAT  IN  THE  FIRST ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION AFTER THE ADOPTION OF A
 SCHOOL ELECTION WARD SYSTEM, THE INITIAL TERMS  SHALL  BE  DIVIDED  INTO
 TERMS  OF  THREE,  FOUR,  OR FIVE YEARS SO THAT AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE AN
 EQUAL NUMBER OF TRUSTEES SHALL BE ELECTED EACH YEAR.  IN  EACH  ELECTION
 CYCLE THEREAFTER, THE TERMS OF OFFICE SHALL BE UNIFORM. IN EACH ELECTION
 WARD, THE CANDIDATE RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF VOTES IN EACH ELECTION WARD
 SHALL BE DECLARED ELECTED TO THAT POSITION.
   D.  WHENEVER  A VACANCY SHALL OCCUR OR EXIST IN THE OFFICE OF A MEMBER
 OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, SUCH VACANCY SHALL BE FILLED PURSUANT TO THIS
 ARTICLE AND PART ONE OF ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   E. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS  SUBDIVISION,  ALL  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE,  ARTICLE  FORTY-ONE, AND ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER OR
 OF ANY OTHER GENERAL LAW RELATING TO OR AFFECTING THE ELECTION OF SCHOOL
 BOARD MEMBERS IN THE CENTRAL  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL  APPLY  TO  SCHOOL
 ELECTION  WARDS  ORGANIZED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  AND  TO THE
 ELECTION OF MEMBERS BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS  OF  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AS
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH F AND SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF PARAGRAPH B
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   F.  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION OF THE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH HAS
 ESTABLISHED SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION  MAY,  BY
 RESOLUTION  AND  SUBJECT  TO  A MANDATORY REFERENDUM, ABOLISH THE SCHOOL
 ELECTION WARD SYSTEM AND RETURN TO ELECTION OF TRUSTEES BY A VOTE OF THE
 QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.  ADOPTION,  ASSESSMENT,  PUBLIC
 HEARING  AND  NOTICE,  AND  VOTING  REQUIREMENTS  OF SUCH RESOLUTION AND
 REFERENDUM SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPHS (I),  (II),
 AND (III) OF PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   G.  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, "CONTIGUOUS COMMUNITY OF
 INTEREST" MEANS A CONTIGUOUS POPULATION WHICH SHARES COMMON  SOCIAL  AND

 S. 4682--A                          6
 
 ECONOMIC  INTERESTS THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN A SINGLE DISTRICT FOR
 PURPOSES OF ITS EFFECTIVE AND FAIR REPRESENTATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S4682A

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