N.Y. Education Law Section 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. Nomination of candidates for the office of member of the board of education in all union free school districts or for the office of member of the board of trustees in all common school districts which have elected to vote for trustees at a time or place separate from the annual meeting.

a.

In all union free school districts candidates for the office of member of the board of education shall be nominated by petition. Each vacancy upon the board of education to be filled shall be considered a separate specific office. A separate petition shall be required to nominate a candidate to each separate office. Each petition shall be directed to the clerk of the school district, shall be signed by at least twenty-five qualified voters of the district, or two percent of the voters who voted in the previous annual election of the members of the board of education, whichever is greater, such number to be determined by the number of persons recorded on the poll list as having voted at such election shall state the residence of each signer, shall state the name and residence of the candidate and shall describe the specific vacancy on the board of education for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of the term of office and the name of the last incumbent, if any. In the event that any such nominee shall withdraw his candidacy prior to the election, such person shall not be considered a candidate unless a new petition nominating such person in the same manner and within the same time limitations applicable to other candidates is filed with the clerk of the district. Each petition shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the district between the hours of nine a.m. and five p.m., not later than the thirtieth day preceding the school meeting or election at which the candidates nominated are to be elected. No person shall be nominated by petition for more than one separate office.

b.

At any school election in such district, the electors may adopt a proposition providing that, in all subsequent elections, vacancies upon the board of education shall not be considered separate specific offices and that the nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the board of education for which the candidate is nominated. Such procedure shall be followed with respect to all nominations and elections in subsequent years until and unless such proposition is repealed by the electors of the district at a regular election by the adoption of a proposition to repeal the same.

c.

In all common school districts, candidates for the office of member of the board of trustees shall be nominated by petition. Such petition shall not describe any specific vacancy on the board of trustees. Each petition shall be directed to the clerk of the school district and shall be signed by at least twenty-five qualified voters of the district or two percent of the voters who voted in the previous annual election of the members of the board of trustees, whichever is greater. Such a petition shall state the residence of each signer, and shall contain the name and residence of the candidate.

d.

If a candidate for whom a nominating petition for the office of member of a board of education has been duly filed withdraws such petition, dies or becomes otherwise ineligible to hold such office at a time which is later than fifteen days before the last day for the filing of nominating petitions as provided in subdivision a of this section, the time for filing nominating petitions for such office shall be extended to five p.m. on the fifteenth day after the day on which such candidate withdrew, died, or otherwise became ineligible to hold such office, provided that no such nominating petition may be filed after five p.m. on the seventh day preceding the date of the election.

Source: Section 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..., https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/2018 (updated Aug. 5, 2022; accessed Nov. 15, 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 2018–F
Early mail ballots for school district elections by poll registration 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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Verified:
Nov. 15, 2025

Last modified:
Aug. 5, 2022

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