§ 47-a. Superintendent of schools. The term "superintendent of
schools" shall mean the chief school officer of a school district other
than the city school district of the city of New York or a community
school district therein. Except for purposes of section one thousand
seven hundred eleven of the education law, any reference in any law,
ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation, proceeding, process, notice,
order, decree, judgement, record or other public document or paper to
the terms "district principal", "supervising principal" or "principal of
the district" shall be deemed to mean "superintendent of schools".