N.Y. Education Law Section 412
Condemnation of schoolhouse and erection of new schoolhouse in place thereof

1.

A district superintendent, upon the direction of the commissioner, may make an order condemning a school house, if he or she finds upon examination that such schoolhouse is wholly unfit for use and not worth repairing. He or she shall deliver such order to a trustee of the district and transmit a copy thereof to the commissioner. He or she shall also state in such order the date on which it shall take effect and the sum which in his or her opinion will be necessary to erect a school building available to the needs of the district.

2.

Immediately upon the receipt of said order, the trustees of such district shall call a special meeting of the voters of said district, to consider the question of building a new schoolhouse therein. Such meeting shall have power to determine the size of said schoolhouse, the material to be used in its erection, and to vote a tax to build the same. But such meeting shall have no power to reduce the estimate made by the district superintendent aforesaid by more than twenty-five per centum of such estimate.

3.

And where no tax for building such schoolhouse shall have been voted by such district within thirty days from the time of holding the first meeting to consider the question, it shall be the duty of the trustees of such district to contract for the building of a schoolhouse capable of accommodating the children of the district, and to levy a tax to pay for the same, which tax shall not exceed the sum estimated as necessary by the district superintendent aforesaid, and which shall not be less than such estimated sum by more than twenty-five per centum thereof. But such estimated sum may be increased at any subsequent school meeting legally held in the district.

Source: Section 412 — Condemnation of schoolhouse and erection of new schoolhouse in place thereof, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/412 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 27, 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
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Accessed:
Apr. 27, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 412’s source at nysenate​.gov

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