* § 2002. Time and place of annual meeting. 1. The annual meeting and\nelection of each school district shall be held on the third Tuesday of\nMay in each year, provided, however that such annual meeting and\nelection shall be held on the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner\nat the request of a local school board certifies no later than March\nfirst that such election would conflict with religious observances.\nUnless the hour and place thereof shall have been fixed by a vote of a\nprevious district meeting, the same shall be held in the schoolhouse at\nseven-thirty o'clock in the evening in the case of a school district\nthat is not divided into election districts and conducts its election or\nvote by recording the ayes or noes of the qualified voters attending,\nor, in the case of all other districts, during at least six consecutive\nhours after six a.m., two of which hours shall be after six p.m. as\ndetermined by resolution of the trustees or board of education,\nprovided, however, that the trustees or board of education of any school\ndistrict that conducted its annual meeting at seven-thirty p.m. in\nnineteen hundred ninety-seven may conduct its annual election and budget\nvote at such time in nineteen hundred ninety-eight. If a district\npossesses more than one schoolhouse, it shall be held in the one usually\nemployed for that purpose, unless the trustees or board of education\ndesignate another, provided that if the school district is divided into\nelection districts such annual meeting and election shall be held at\nsuch place in each election district as the board of education may\ndesignate. If the district possesses no schoolhouse, or if the\nschoolhouse shall not be accessible or adequate, then the annual meeting\nand election shall be held at such place as the trustees or board of\neducation, or the clerk, shall designate in the notice.\n * NB Effective until March 13, 2025\n * § 2002. Time and place of annual meeting. 1. The annual meeting and\nelection of each school district shall be held on the third Tuesday of\nMay in each year, provided, however that such annual meeting and\nelection shall be held on the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner\nat the request of a local school board certifies no later than March\nfirst that such election would conflict with religious observances.\nUnless the hour and place thereof shall have been fixed by a vote of a\nprevious district meeting, the same shall be held in the schoolhouse, or\nany building owned or leased by the district, at seven-thirty p.m. in\nthe case of a school district that is not divided into election\ndistricts and conducts its election or vote by recording the ayes or\nnoes of the qualified voters attending, or, in the case of all other\ndistricts, during at least six consecutive hours after six a.m., two of\nwhich hours shall be after six p.m. as determined by resolution of the\ntrustees or board of education, provided, however, that the trustees or\nboard of education of any school district that conducted its annual\nmeeting at seven-thirty p.m. in nineteen hundred ninety-seven may\nconduct its annual election and budget vote at such time in nineteen\nhundred ninety-eight. If a district possesses more than one schoolhouse\nor building, or leases more than one building, it shall be held in the\none usually employed for that purpose, unless the trustees or board of\neducation designate another, provided that if the school district is\ndivided into election districts such annual meeting and election shall\nbe held at such place in each election district as the board of\neducation may designate. If the district possesses no schoolhouse or\nbuilding, or does not lease a building, or if the schoolhouse or\nbuilding shall not be accessible or adequate, then the annual meeting\nand election shall be held at such place as the trustees or board of\neducation, or the clerk, shall designate in the notice.\n 2. The use of any building owned or leased by a school district, as\ndescribed in subdivision one of this section, shall comply with the\naccessibility provisions set out in subdivisions one-a and one-b of\nsection 4-104 of the election law.\n * NB Effective March 13, 2025\n
§ 2002. Time and place of annual meeting. 1. The annual meeting and\nelection of each school district shall be held on the third Tuesday of\nMay in each year, provided, however that such annual meeting and\nelection shall be held on the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner\nat the request of a local school board certifies no later than March\nfirst that such election would conflict with religious observances.\nUnless the hour and place thereof shall have been fixed by a vote of a\nprevious district meeting, the same shall be held in the schoolhouse, or\nany building owned or leased by the district, at seven-thirty p.m. in\nthe case of a school district that is not divided into election\ndistricts and conducts its election or vote by recording the ayes or\nnoes of the qualified voters attending, or, in the case of all other\ndistricts, during at least six consecutive hours after six a.m., two of\nwhich hours shall be after six p.m. as determined by resolution of the\ntrustees or board of education, provided, however, that the trustees or\nboard of education of any school district that conducted its annual\nmeeting at seven-thirty p.m. in nineteen hundred ninety-seven may\nconduct its annual election and budget vote at such time in nineteen\nhundred ninety-eight. If a district possesses more than one schoolhouse\nor building, or leases more than one building, it shall be held in the\none usually employed for that purpose, unless the trustees or board of\neducation designate another, provided that if the school district is\ndivided into election districts such annual meeting and election shall\nbe held at such place in each election district as the board of\neducation may designate. If the district possesses no schoolhouse or\nbuilding, or does not lease a building, or if the schoolhouse or\nbuilding shall not be accessible or adequate, then the annual meeting\nand election shall be held at such place as the trustees or board of\neducation, or the clerk, shall designate in the notice.\n 2. The use of any building owned or leased by a school district, as\ndescribed in subdivision one of this section, shall comply with the\naccessibility provisions set out in subdivisions one-a and one-b of\nsection 4-104 of the election law.\n
