N.Y. Education Law Section 404
Acquisition of real property

Real property may be acquired in any school district and in any city having less than seventy thousand inhabitants, for school purposes and for any other purpose for which such property may be acquired as provided in this chapter, as follows:

1.

By gift, grant, devise or purchase.

2.

By involuntary acquisition, if an agreement cannot be made with the owner for the purchase thereof. Such proceedings shall be instituted and conducted by the trustee or board of education, in the name of the district under the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law.

3.

This section does not permit the acquisition by condemnation of less than the whole of a city or village lot with the erections and improvements thereon.

Source: Section 404 — Acquisition of real property, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/404 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).

401
Sites 402
Sale of former schoolhouse or site 402‑A
Procedures for closing a school building 403
Application of proceeds of sale 403‑A
Leasing of school property 403‑B
Leasing of school buildings and facilities 404
Acquisition of real property 405
Conveyance of property to public corporations 406
Vesting of title of lands in certain cases 407
Application to certain districts 407‑A
Authorization for dormitory authority financing of capital facilities for special act school districts 407‑B
Authorization for dormitory authority financing of capital facilities for state-supported schools for blind and deaf students 408
Plans and specifications of school buildings must be approved by commissioner of education 408‑A
Plans and specifications for construction of new school buildings 408‑B
Submitting plans and specifications of school buildings with local fire and law enforcement officials 409
School building regulations in relation to health and safety 409‑A
Eye safety devices for certain students and teachers 409‑B
Use of mercury vapor or metal halide lamps within school buildings 409‑C
Athletic safety equipment 409‑D
Comprehensive public school building safety program 409‑E
Uniform code of public school buildings inspection, safety rating and monitoring 409‑F
Electrically operated partition and door safety 409‑G
Purchase and use of paradichlorobenzene deodorizers 409‑H
Requirements for notification of pesticide applications 409‑I
Procurement and use of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products 409‑J
Emergency alert notification system in public schools 409‑K
Pesticide alternatives 409‑L
Posting child abuse hotline telephone number 409‑M
Gender neutral single-occupancy bathroom facilities 410
Officials not to be interested in sales, leases or contracts 412
Condemnation of schoolhouse and erection of new schoolhouse in place thereof 413
Use of school buildings for examinations 414
Use of schoolhouse and grounds 415
No schoolhouse shall be built on town line 416
School taxes and school bonds 417
Allocation of moneys by regents for extraordinary relief to school districts 418
Purchase and display of flag 419
Display of flags in assembly rooms 419‑A
Display of flags in classrooms 420
Rules and regulations
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Accessed:
Dec. 21, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 404’s source at nysenate​.gov

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