N.Y. Education Law Section 2005
Special meeting to transact business of annual meeting

Whenever the time for holding the annual meeting in a school district shall pass without such meeting being held, a special meeting, to be held on the date specified for a school budget revote pursuant to subdivision three of § 2007 (Special meeting in union free school district)section two thousand seven of this part, shall thereafter be called by the trustees or by the clerk of such district for the purpose of transacting the business of the annual meeting; and if no such meeting be called by the trustees or the clerk within ten days after such time shall have passed, the district superintendent of the supervisory district in which said school district is situated or the commissioner of education may order any inhabitant of such district to give notice of such meeting in the manner provided in § 2001 (Notice of first meeting of district)section two thousand one of this part, and the officers of the district shall make to such meeting the reports required to be made at the annual meeting, subject to the same penalty in case of neglect; and the officers elected at such meeting shall hold their respective offices only until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and shall have qualified. Notice of such annual meeting shall comply with the requirements of section two thousand three or section two thousand four of this part by publishing such notices once in each week within the two weeks next preceding such special meeting, the first publication to be at least fourteen days before such meeting and any required posting to be fourteen days before the time of such meeting. If the qualified voters at such special district meeting defeat the school district budget, the trustees or board of education shall adopt a contingency budget pursuant to § 2023 (Levy of tax for certain purposes without vote)section two thousand twenty-three of this part. Notwithstanding any other provision in law, the trustees or board of education following the adoption of a contingency budget may call a special district meeting for a second vote on the proposed budget pursuant to the requirements of subdivision three of section two thousand seven or subdivision three of section two thousand six of this chapter.

Source: Section 2005 — Special meeting to transact business of annual meeting, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/2005 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 18, 2025).

2001
Notice of first meeting of district 2002
Time and place of annual meeting 2003
Notice of annual meeting in common school district 2004
Notice of annual meeting in union free school district 2005
Special meeting to transact business of annual meeting 2006
Special meeting in common school district 2007
Special meeting in union free school district 2008
Call of special district meeting by district superintendent 2009
Additional requirements of notice where tax to be authorized to be levied in installments 2010
Effect of want of due notice of district meetings 2011
Duty to attend district meetings 2012
Qualifications of voters at district meetings 2014
Registration of voters 2015
Register to be filed 2016
Review of registration procedure by supreme court or county judge 2017
Division of union free school district into election districts 2018
Nomination of candidates for the office of member of the board of education in all union free school districts or for the office of membe... 2018‑A
Absentee ballots for school district elections 2018‑B
Absentee ballots for school district elections by poll registration 2018‑C
Additional voting procedures 2018‑D
Military voters 2018‑E
Early mail ballots for school district elections 2019
Declaration in case of challenge of voter 2019‑A
Voting by persons whose names are not in the registration poll ledgers 2020
Penalty for false declaration or unauthorized vote 2021
Powers of voters 2022
Vote on school district budgets and on the election of school district trustees and board of education members 2023
Levy of tax for certain purposes without vote 2023‑A
Limitations upon school district tax levies 2023‑B
Certification of compliance with tax levy limit 2024
Reference to commissioner of education 2025
Procedures at school district meetings 2029
Poll list 2030
Ballot box 2031
Election of officers 2031‑A
Electioneering within one hundred feet of polling place prohibited 2032
Ballots for election of school district officers 2033
Voting after closing of polls 2034
Canvass of votes 2035
Use of voting machines at school district meetings or elections 2036
Effect of failure to appoint or elect qualified voters as district meeting or election officials 2037
Determination of meeting or election disputes 2038
Application of article 2039
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Accessed:
Jan. 18, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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