New York Laws
Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites
401 - Sites; Designation and Change.

§ 401. Sites; designation and change. 1. The designation of a site by
any school district meeting shall be by written resolution containing a
description thereof by metes and bounds, and such resolution must
receive the assent of a majority of the qualified voters present and
voting at said meeting, to be ascertained by taking and recording the
ayes and noes, or by ballot.

2. A board of education in a union free school district containing a
population of five thousand or more may, without a vote of the qualified
voters of said district, designate sites or additions thereto for school
houses or for any other school purpose.

3. No site of a schoolhouse shall be changed unless a majority of the
legal voters present and voting at a district meeting shall adopt a
resolution designating a new site and describing such site by metes and
bounds. Such resolution shall be adopted either by ballot or by taking
and recording the ayes and noes.

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