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Assembly Bill A4382A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the election of school board members after the number of members has been increased

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2025-A4382 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6734
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1703, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6849

2025-A4382 - Summary

Provides that elections to fill an increased number of seats on a school board will be conducted at the first annual meeting after the meeting during which number of seats was increased.

2025-A4382 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4382
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in  relation to providing that
   elections to fill an increased number of seats on a school board  will
   be  conducted  at  the  annual  meeting  after the number of seats was
   increased

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 1703 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 797 of the laws  of  1957,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3. The additional members first elected shall be elected at [a special
 meeting  which  shall  be  called by the board and be held not less than
 thirty nor more than sixty days] THE ANNUAL MEETING NEXT  following  the
 annual  meeting at which the number was increased, and pending the first
 election of such additional members no vacancy shall be deemed to  exist
 in  the  offices  thereof  except for the purpose of filling the same by
 election, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05812-01-5

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2025-A4382A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6734
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1703, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6849

2025-A4382A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that elections to fill an increased number of seats on a school board will be conducted at the first annual meeting after the meeting during which number of seats was increased.

2025-A4382A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4382--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Education  -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accord-
   ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee

 AN ACT to amend  the  education  law,  in  relation  to  providing  that
   elections  to fill an increased number of seats on a school board will
   be conducted at the annual meeting  after  the  number  of  seats  was
   increased
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1703  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  797  of  the  laws  of 1957, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. The additional members first elected shall be elected at [a special
 meeting which shall be called by the board and be  held  not  less  than
 thirty  nor  more than sixty days] THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING following the
 annual meeting at which the number was increased, and pending the  first
 election  of such additional members no vacancy shall be deemed to exist
 in the offices thereof except for the purpose of  filling  the  same  by
 election, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05812-02-6

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