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- Referred to education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 35–22
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.691
- Print number 868a
- Amend and recommit to education
- Referred to education
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to education
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- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 37–24
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.642
- Referred to education
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Provides for election of members of the board of education of the Buffalo city school district in November rather than May
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Crystal Peoples-Stokes
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BILL NUMBER:S868A
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing for the election of members of the board of education of the Buffalo city school district in November
Purpose or general idea of bill
Provides for the election of members of the board of Education of the Buffalo city school district in November rather than May.
Summary of specific provisions
Subparagraph 3 of paragraph d of
Section 2553 of the education law is amended to provide for school board elections to be held in November, 2014, if the petition is filed with the Erie County Board of Elections or is postmarked on/before October 3, 2014. Furthermore, deadlines are imposed as to the filing of written objections to such petitions.
Subparagraph 3 of paragraph n of subdivision 2553 is amended to provide for a term of office of two years for each member of such board from a city school district elected in November, 2014, and four years for each member elected at large until the expiration of such terms.
Subparagraph 3 of paragraphs o and p of subdivision 2553 is amended to require board of education members to convene in January of each year to elect from their members a president, who shall serve a term of one year. The election of these members will take place on November 4, 2014, and subsequently on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Section 2, which would take effect immediately, is amended to apply only to those board members whose terms would expire on June 30, 2014.
Justification
This bill would move the Buffalo School Board elections from May to November in order to increase voter participation and lessen the costs associated with the election process. Past years elections have seen voter turnout as low as five percent of eligible voters, all at a cost of nearly $100,000 to the fiscally challenged city coffers. Currently, the cities of Rochester and Syracuse hold their school board elections in November.
Prior legislative history
Passed Senate in 2011 and 2012.
Fiscal implications
Beneficial to City of Buffalo with estimated savings of $100,000.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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