{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-401","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 401","heading":"Sites; designation and change","body":"§ 401. Sites; designation and change.  1. The designation of a site by\nany school district meeting shall be by written resolution containing a\ndescription thereof by metes and bounds, and such resolution must\nreceive the assent of a majority of the qualified voters present and\nvoting at said meeting, to be ascertained by taking and recording the\nayes and noes, or by ballot.\n  2. A board of education in a union free school district containing a\npopulation of five thousand or more may, without a vote of the qualified\nvoters of said district, designate sites or additions thereto for school\nhouses or for any other school purpose.\n  3. No site of a schoolhouse shall be changed unless a majority of the\nlegal voters present and voting at a district meeting shall adopt a\nresolution designating a new site and describing such site by metes and\nbounds.  Such resolution shall be adopted either by ballot or by taking\nand recording the ayes and noes.","path":["Education Law","Title 1. General Provisions Article 1 Short Title and Definitions (§§","Article 9. School Buildings and Sites"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EDN/401","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"6da7dfc2e292da52a721b2572489ca3deecefaa5e5f227b84d65d12a695386c7","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-399-a","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}