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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. If a district superintendent, by notice in writing, shall require the attendance of the other district superintendents, at a joint meeting for the purpose of altering or dissolving a joint district, and a majority of all the superintendents shall refuse or neglect to attend, such superintendents attending, or any one of them, may call a special meeting of such school district for the purpose of deciding whether such district shall be altered or dissolved.
2. If such special meeting shall vote to alter or dissolve the district, the district superintendent or superintendents who called such meeting may make an order altering or dissolving the district and shall recite in such order the refusal or neglect of the other district superintendents, his call of the special meeting and the action taken at such meeting.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 1516. Special meeting of joint district to act regarding alteration or dissolution - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/education-law/edn-sect-1516/
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