N.Y. Education Law Section 702
Requisites for change

1.

When a text-book shall have been designated for use in a school district or city as provided in subdivision one of section seven hundred one, it shall not be lawful to supersede such text-book by any other book within a period of five years from the time of such designation, except upon a three-fourths vote of the board of education, trustees or of such body or officer as performs the function of such board.

Source: Section 702 — Requisites for change, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/702 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).

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