New York A 6302: Makes provisions regarding appointment of members of the board of education for the city of Buffalo

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A06302 Summary:

BILL NOA06302 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPeoples-Stokes

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2552 & 2553, Ed L

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Increases from 9 to 11 the number of members on the board of education for the city school district of Buffalo; provides for appointment of two members by the Mayor of the city of Buffalo.

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BILL NOA06302 

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03/03/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6302

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing for the
 appointment of members of the board of education in the city of
 Buffalo

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 2552 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 138 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 a. City school district of the city of Buffalo: [nine] eleven
 5 members.
 6 § 1-a. Subdivision a of section 2552 of the education law, as amended
 7 by chapter 311 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 8 a. City school district of the city of Buffalo: [nine] eleven
 9 members.
 10 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2553 of the education law, as separately
 11 amended by chapters 211 and 441 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read
 12 as follows:
 13 1. No person shall be eligible to the office of member of a board of
 14 education who is not a citizen of the United States, who is not quali-
 15 fied to register for or vote at an election in accordance with the
 16 provisions of section 5-106 of the election law, and who, in the case of
 17 the city school district of the city of Yonkers, has not been a resident
 18 of the city school district for which [he] such member is chosen for a
 19 period of at least three years immediately preceding the date of [his]
 20 such member's election or appointment and who, in the case of the city
 21 school district of the city of Buffalo, in the case of a member to be
 22 elected or appointed at large is not a qualified voter of such city
 23 school district and who has not been a resident of such district for a
 24 period of at least three years immediately preceding the date of [his]

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02087-01-5

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 1 such member's election or appointment and in the case of a member
 2 elected from a city school subdistrict is not a qualified voter of such
 3 city school subdistrict and has not been a resident of the city school
 4 district for three years and a resident of the city school subdistrict
 5 which [he] such member represents or seeks to represent for a period of
 6 one year immediately preceding the date of [his] such member's election,
 7 and who, in the case of the city school district of the city of Roches-
 8 ter, is not a qualified voter under section 5-102 of the election law of
 9 such city school district; and who in the case of the city school
 10 district of the city of Syracuse has not been a qualified voter under
 11 section 5-102 of the election law of such city school district for at
 12 least ninety days immediately preceding the date of [his] such member's
 13 election or appointment.
 14 § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 10 of section 2553 of the education
 15 law, as added by chapter 242 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as
 16 follows:
 17 a. The members of the board of education of the city school district
 18 of the city of Buffalo shall be elected or appointed by the qualified
 19 voters of such city as provided herein.
 20 § 4. Paragraph c of subdivision 10 of section 2553 of the education
 21 law, as added by chapter 242 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as
 22 follows:
 23 c. The members of the board of education of the city school district
 24 of the city of Buffalo shall be [elected] chos