Bill > A04384

This bill modifies the process for nominating candidates for school board elections in small city school districts by requiring nominating petitions to be submitted no later than thirty days before the election, extending the deadline from the previous twenty days. Following the submission deadline, there will be a ten-day period during which qualified voters can object to a candidate's placement on the ballot for reasons such as insufficient signatures, unqualified signatories, incomplete candidate information, or late filing. The board of education then has five days to review these objections and decide whether to remove candidates from the ballot. The clerk of the board of education is responsible for finalizing the official ballot on the twentieth day before the election, after all objections have been addressed. Additionally, certain existing rules regarding the timing of the drawing for the order of names on the ballot do not apply to these small city school districts, with the drawing now occurring on the twentieth day before the election.

Education

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4384