N.Y. Education Law § 1110: Establishment of a special education district

§ 1110. Establishment of a special education district.

1. The board of supervisors or other governing elective body of

Westchester county shall have power to adopt a resolution by a majority

vote of the members of such board to establish within the county a

special education district which shall include all the territory within

the county. A city school district in such county having a population of

fifty thousand or more inhabitants shall be excluded from such special

education district provided the board of education of such city shall

adopt a resolution requesting that such city school district be so

excluded and file such resolution with the board of supervisors or other

governing elective body within sixty days after the establishment of

such special education district. With the approval of the county

commission for special education to be appointed as hereinafter

provided, a city school district so excluded may later become a part of

such special education district upon the written application by the

board of education of such city school district.

2. Upon the establishment of such special education district the board

of supervisors or other governing elective body shall appoint a board

which shall be known as the county commission for special education.

Such commission shall consist of five members who shall serve for a

period of five years each, except that members first appointed shall be

appointed for such terms that the term of one member will expire each

year, and their successors shall thereafter each be appointed for a full

term of five years, respectively. Vacancies occurring in such office

shall be filled by the board of supervisors or other governing elective

body for the unexpired term.

3. Members of such commission shall serve without compensation except

their actual and necessary travelling expenses incurred in the

performance of their official duties.