N.Y. Education Law § 1801: Formation and changes of central school districts

§ 1801. Formation and changes of central school districts. 1. The

commissioner of education is hereby authorized and empowered to lay out

central school districts for the establishment of central schools to

give instruction in elementary or elementary and high school subjects

and to fix, determine and define the boundaries of said districts as

hereinafter provided.

2. The commissioner is authorized and empowered to make and enter in

his office orders laying out territory in new central school districts

or annexing to existing central school districts territory not contained

within a city school district in a city having a population of more than

ten thousand inhabitants, and not contained within a city school

district having a full valuation of taxable real estate per public

school pupil residing in the district of more than fifteen thousand

dollars; provided, however, that no territory contained within a city

school district in a city having a population of ten thousand

inhabitants or less may be included in new central school districts or

annexed to existing central school districts after July first, nineteen

hundred fifty-five. The commissioner of education is authorized and

empowered to make and enter in his office orders dissolving and annexing

a central school district or districts to another central school

district, pursuant to the provisions of subdivision two of section

eighteen hundred two of this chapter. The commissioner in laying out

such central school districts and in fixing and defining the boundaries

thereof shall include only territory of suitable size conveniently

located for the attendance of pupils and having a sufficient number of

pupils for the establishment of a central school. The commissioner shall

designate all central school districts by such simplified name as he

shall deem proper.

3. Within ten days after the making and entry of the order pursuant to

this section, the commissioner shall transmit a certified copy thereof

to the clerk, or in the event there is no clerk, to the trustee or

trustees of each school district the territory of which is affected by

said order. The clerk, the trustee or trustees, as the case may be,

shall, within five days after receipt of such order, post a copy thereof

in five conspicuous places in such district.

4. No central school district laid out by order of the commissioner

shall operate as a central school district, nor be entitled to receive

the benefits of a central school district until it has been organized by

the qualified voters of the district in accordance with the provisions

of this article, provided, however, a central school district which was

organized prior to April seventh, nineteen hundred forty-four, or

pursuant to the provisions of this section and to which territory may be

annexed shall not be required to again organize.

5. The commissioner of education is hereby authorized and empowered to

make and enter in his office an order annexing the territory of common

school district number three of the town of Wilmington, Essex county to

central school district number two of the town of North Elba, Essex

county, together with such territory of common school district number

one of the town of Wilmington, Essex county as will provide contiguity

between the aforementioned Wilmington common school district number

three and North Elba central school district number two.