New York A 6385: Requires the board of education in the city of Buffalo to submit the school district budget to the voters for approval prior to adoption

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A06385 Summary:

BILL NOA06385 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPeoples-Stokes

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2531, Ed L

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Requires the board of education in the city of Buffalo to submit the school district budget to the voters for approval prior to adoption.

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BILL NOA06385 

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03/04/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6385

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 4, 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 requiring the board of
 education in the city of Buffalo to submit the school district budget
 to the voters for approval prior to adoption

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2531
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 2531. Adoption of the school district budget in the city of Buffalo.
 4 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board of education in
 5 the city of Buffalo shall provide for the submission of a budget for
 6 approval of the voters pursuant to the provisions of this section.
 7 2. The board of education shall conduct all annual and special school
 8 district meetings for the purpose of adopting a school district budget
 9 in the same manner as a union free school district in accordance with
 10 the provisions of article forty-one of this title, except as otherwise
 11 provided by this section. The annual meeting and election of the Buffalo
 12 school district shall be held on the third Tuesday of May in each year,
 13 provided, however that such annual meeting and election shall be held on
 14 the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner at the request of a local
 15 school board certifies no later than March first that such election
 16 would conflict with religious observances, and any school budget revote
 17 shall be held on the date and in the same manner specified in subdivi-
 18 sion three of section two thousand seven of this title. The provisions
 19 of section twenty-six hundred three of this title, governing the quali-
 20 fication and registration of voters, and procedures for the nomination
 21 and election of members of the board of education shall continue to
 22 apply, and shall govern the qualification and registration of voters and
 23 voting procedures with respect to the adoption of a school district
 24 budget.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01790-01-5

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 1 3. The board of education shall prepare a proposed school district
 2 budget for the ensuing year in accordance with the provisions of section
 3 seventeen hundred sixteen of this chapter, including all provisions
 4 relating to required notices and appendices to the statement of expendi-
 5 tures. No board of education shall incur a school district liability
 6 except as authorized by the provisions of section seventeen hundred
 7 eighteen of this chapter. Such proposed budget shall be presented in
 8 three components: a program component, a capital component and an admin-
 9 istrative component which shall be separately delineated in accordance
 10 with regulations of the commissioner after consultation with local
 11 school district officials. The administrative component shall include,
 12 but need not be limited to, office and central administrative expenses,
 13 traveling expenses and all compensation, salaries and benefits of all
 14 school administrators and supervisors, including business administra-
 15 tors, superintendents of schools and deputy, assistant, associate or
 16 other superintendents under all existing employment contracts or collec-
 17 tive bargaining agreements, any and all expenditures associated with the
 18 operation of the board of education, the office of the superintendent of
 19 schools, general administration, the school business office, consulting