2006 New York Code - Change In Number Of Members Of Board Of Education.

 
    § 1703. Change  in  number  of members of board of education.  1.  The
  number of members of the board of  education  of  a  union  free  school
  district  may  be  increased  or  decreased  at  an  annual meeting by a
  majority  vote  of  the  qualified  voters  present  and  voting  to  be
  ascertained  by taking and recording the ayes and noes or by ballot. The
  number of members of such board shall not be increased to more than nine
  nor decreased to less than three.
    2. No vote shall be taken upon the proposition to increase or decrease
  the number of members of such board of education unless  the  notice  of
  the  annual  meeting  shall  contain  a statement to the effect that the
  voters of such district will vote upon such proposition.  The  board  of
  education  of  any such district shall, upon the application of at least
  twenty-five voters or five percent of the number of voters who voted  in
  the  previous  annual election of the members of the board of education,
  whichever is greater, such number to be  determined  by  the  number  of
  persons  recorded  on  the  poll  list as having voted at such election,
  include in the notice  of  the  annual  meeting  a  statement  that  the
  proposition  to increase or decrease such board will be presented to the
  annual meeting for determination. If the board refuses or fails to  give
  such  notice, the notice may be given in such manner as the commissioner
  of education may direct.
    3. The additional members first elected shall be elected at a  special
  meeting  which  shall  be  called by the board and be held not less than
  thirty nor more than sixty days following the annual  meeting  at  which
  the  number  was  increased,  and  pending  the  first  election of such
  additional members no vacancy shall be deemed to exist  in  the  offices
  thereof  except  for  the  purpose  of  filling  the  same  by election,
  notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any law.