ยง 1713. Academy  may  be  adopted as academic department.   Whenever a
  union free school district shall be established under the provisions  of
  article  thirty-one,  and  there  shall  exist  within  the  district an
  academy, the board of education, when authorized by a vote of the voters
  of the district, may adopt such academy as the  academic  department  of
  the  district,  with  the  consent  of  the trustees of the academy, and
  thereupon the trustees by a resolution to be attested by the  signatures
  of the officers of the board and filed in the office of the clerk of the
  county,  shall  declare  their  offices  vacant, and thereafter the said
  academy shall be the academic  department  of  such  union  free  school
  district.    The board of education when thereto authorized by a vote of
  the qualified voters of the district may lease said  academy  and  site,
  and  maintain the academic department of such union free school district
  therein and thereon.
Structure New York Laws
Title 2 - School District Organization
Article 35 - Union Free School Districts
1701 - Boards of Education Corporate Bodies.
1702 - Board of Education; Election; Terms of Office.
1703 - Change in Number of Members of Board of Education.
1704 - Length of School Year, and Expenditure of Funds.
1705 - Annexing Territory to a Union Free School District.
1706 - Power of Removal of Member of Board of Education.
1707 - Annual Organizational Meetings of Boards of Education.
1708 - Regular Meetings; Visitation of Schools.
1709 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Education.
1709-A - Powers of Boards of Education to Ban Fraternities, Sororities and Other Secret Societies.
1710 - Boards of Education Have Powers of Trustees of Common Schools and Trustees of Academies.
1711 - Appointment of Superintendent of Schools.
1712 - Kindergartens; Nursery and Night Schools.
1713 - Academy May Be Adopted as Academic Department.
1714 - Contracts With Academies.
1715 - Retransfer of Academy to Its Former Trustees.
1716 - Estimated Expenses for Ensuing Year.
1717 - Corporate Authorities Must Raise Tax Certified by Board of Education.
1718 - Limitation Upon Expenditures.
1719 - Deposit, Custody and Payment of Moneys in Villages.
1720 - Moneys and Accounts in Union Free School Districts.
1722 - Application of Article.
1723-A - Temporary Investment of School Moneys.
1724 - Form and Audit of Claims.
1725 - Lease of Personal Property.
1725-A - Powers of Boards of Education; Instructional Equipment.