N.Y. Educ. Law § 2102

§ 2102. Qualifications of officers. Every school district officer\nmust be able to read and write and must be a qualified voter of the\ndistrict; and each member of a board of education of a union free school\ndistrict, common school district or a central school district shall have\nbeen a resident of the school district, or in the case of a person\nqualified by subdivision three of section twenty hundred twelve of this\nchapter to vote in a district election, a resident of the district or\nreservation, for at least one year prior to the election.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any other general or special law to\nthe contrary, a school district treasurer, collector or clerk need not\nbe a resident of the school district to hold such office in such\ndistrict.\n