{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-2102","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 2102","heading":"Qualifications of officers","body":"§ 2102. Qualifications of officers.  Every school district officer\nmust be able to read and write and must be a qualified voter of the\ndistrict; and each member of a board of education of a union free school\ndistrict, common school district or a central school district shall have\nbeen a resident of the school district, or in the case of a person\nqualified by subdivision three of section twenty hundred twelve of this\nchapter to vote in a district election, a resident of the district or\nreservation, for at least one year prior to the election.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any other general or special law to\nthe contrary, a school district treasurer, collector or clerk need not\nbe a resident of the school district to hold such office in such\ndistrict.","path":["Education Law","Title 2. School District Organization","Article 43. School District Officers--town and County Officials","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EDN/2102","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"d25c28d9b51f59933945bef989b035d92646b77bd7b9b58b3489828345abc372","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-2101","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-2102-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}