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History
- Signed chap.431
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.137
- Substituted for A10407
- Referred to education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1222
- Referred to rules
Companion bill
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Relates to Buffalo city school district petitions for nomination of school board members
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Crystal Peoples-Stokes
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7605
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to Buffalo city school district petitions for nomination of school board members
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill would amend paragraphs f and g of subdivision 10 of section 2553 of the education law to remove petition requirements that were deemed unconstitutional by the New York State Supreme Court.
Summary of specific provisions
Amends paragraphs f and g of subdivision 10 of section 2553 of the education law pertaining to Buffalo School Board candidate petitions for nomination by removing language requiring signatories to provide their residence at the time of the last election and their former city school subdistrict, ward and election district.
Justification
This bill would conform the Buffalo School Board candidate petition process to comply with a 2010 New York State Supreme Court decision which declared the petition requirements to be unconstitutional (Matter of Mary Ruth Kapsiak vs. Ralph M. Mohr and Dennis E. Ward, Commission- ers, Erie County Board of Elections). According to the ruling, the current petition requirement that signatories provide their residence at the time of the last general election in addition to their former city school subdistrict, ward and election district, "... is a severe burden on petitioners First Amendment right to political speech which does not advance any legitimate or compelling State interests." This court deci- sion has not been appealed. This bill would remove these requirements as stipulated in education law to meet the constitutional provision cited in the Court's decision.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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