1713 – Academy May Be Adopted as Academic Department.
§ 1713. Academy may be adopted as academic department. Whenever a union free school district shall be established under the provisions of article thirty-one, and there shall exist within the district an academy, the board of education, when authorized by a vote of the voters of the district, may adopt such academy as the academic […]
1705 – Annexing Territory to a Union Free School District.
§ 1705. Annexing territory to a union free school district. 1. Territory may be annexed to a union free school district as provided in this section. a. The commissioner is authorized and empowered to make and enter in the commissioner’s office orders dissolving one or more common, union free or central school districts and annexing […]
1706 – Power of Removal of Member of Board of Education.
§ 1706. Power of removal of member of board of education. For cause shown, and after giving notice of the charge and opportunity of defense, the commissioner of education may remove any member of a board of education. Wilful disobedience of any lawful requirement of the commissioner of education, or a want of due diligence […]
1707 – Annual Organizational Meetings of Boards of Education.
§ 1707. Annual organizational meetings of boards of education. 1. The annual organizational meeting of the board of education of every union free school district shall be held on the first Tuesday in July of each year, unless said day shall be a legal holiday, in which event it shall fall on the first Wednesday […]
1701 – Boards of Education Corporate Bodies.
§ 1701. Boards of education corporate bodies. The board of education of each union free school district is hereby created a body corporate and it shall, at its first meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter, elect one of its members president. It may also, in its discretion, elect one of its members vice president, […]
1702 – Board of Education; Election; Terms of Office.
§ 1702. Board of education; election; terms of office. 1. Whenever a union free school district shall be established, pursuant to the provisions of subdivision three of section fifteen hundred four of this chapter, or, pursuant to the provisions of sections fifteen hundred twenty-two and fifteen hundred twenty-three of this chapter, it shall be the […]
1703 – Change in Number of Members of Board of Education.
§ 1703. Change in number of members of board of education. 1. The number of members of the board of education of a union free school district may be increased or decreased at an annual meeting by a majority vote of the qualified voters present and voting to be ascertained by taking and recording the […]
1704 – Length of School Year, and Expenditure of Funds.
§ 1704. Length of school year, and expenditure of funds. 1. No board of education or community board in the city school district of the city of New York, except as otherwise provided by law, shall authorize or permit the expenditure of funds under its control at a rate which will exhaust the amount appropriated […]