2019 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 2 - School District Organization
Article 41 - District Meetings
Part 1 - General Provisions
2018 - Nomination of Candidates for the Office of Member of the Board of Education in All Union Free School Districts or for the Office of Member of the Boar

§ 2018. Nomination of candidates for the office of member of the board
  of  education  in  all  union free school districts or for the office of
  member of the board of trustees in all  common  school  districts  which
  have  elected  to vote for trustees at a time or place separate from the
  annual meeting.  a. In all union free school  districts  candidates  for
  the  office  of  member  of the board of education shall be nominated by
  petition. Each vacancy upon the board of education to be filled shall be
  considered a separate specific office.  A  separate  petition  shall  be
  required  to nominate a candidate to each separate office. Each petition
  shall be directed to the clerk of the school district, shall  be  signed
  by at least twenty-five qualified voters of the district, or two percent
  of  the  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 shall state the residence of each  signer,  shall
  state  the  name  and  residence of the candidate and shall describe the
  specific vacancy on the board of education for which  the  candidate  is
  nominated,  which  description  shall include at least the length of the
  term of office and the name of the last incumbent, if any. In the  event
  that  any  such  nominee  shall  withdraw  his  candidacy  prior  to the
  election, such person shall not be considered a candidate unless  a  new
  petition  nominating  such person in the same manner and within the same
  time limitations applicable to other candidates is filed with the  clerk
  of the district. Each petition shall be filed in the office of the clerk
  of  the district between the hours of nine a.m. and five p.m., not later
  than the thirtieth day preceding the school meeting or election at which
  the candidates nominated are to be elected. No person shall be nominated
  by petition for more than one separate office.
b. At any school election in such district, the electors may  adopt  a
  proposition  providing that, in all subsequent elections, vacancies upon
  the board of education shall not be considered separate specific offices
  and that the  nominating  petitions  shall  not  describe  any  specific
  vacancy  upon  the  board  of  education  for  which  the  candidate  is
  nominated.  Such  procedure  shall  be  followed  with  respect  to  all
  nominations  and  elections  in  subsequent  years until and unless such
  proposition is repealed by the electors of the  district  at  a  regular
  election by the adoption of a proposition to repeal the same.
c. In all common school districts, candidates for the office of member
  of  the  board of trustees shall be nominated by petition. Such petition
  shall not describe any specific vacancy on the board of  trustees.  Each
  petition shall be directed to the clerk of the school district and shall
  be  signed  by  at least twenty-five qualified voters of the district or
  two percent of the voters who voted in the previous annual  election  of
  the  members  of  the  board  of  trustees, whichever is greater. Such a
  petition shall state the residence of each signer, and shall contain the
  name and residence of the candidate.
d. If a candidate for whom a nominating petition  for  the  office  of
  member  of  a  board  of  education  has  been duly filed withdraws such
  petition, dies or becomes otherwise ineligible to hold such office at  a
  time which is later than fifteen days before the last day for the filing
  of  nominating  petitions  as provided in subdivision a of this section,
  the time for filing  nominating  petitions  for  such  office  shall  be
  extended  to  five p.m. on the fifteenth day after the day on which such
  candidate withdrew, died, or otherwise became ineligible  to  hold  such
  office,  provided  that  no  such nominating petition may be filed after
  five p.m. on the seventh day preceding the date of the election.