School district centralization files, 1944-1962.

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School district centralization files, 1944-1962.

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The series consists of files relating to proposed central school districts, including files for centralization proposals approved and rejected by voters. The Education Department has responsibility for supervising all educational institutions in the state and the Commissioner of Education exercises a quasi-judicial authority by which he may review actions of local school boards and officials. Applications for forming central school districts are reviewed by the State Education Department, and the orders laying out such districts are issued by the Commissioner of Education.

14 cu. ft. (including ca. 180 maps) : bulk annotated topographic print maps, some manuscript ; 86 x 71 cm or smaller.

New York State Archives

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University of the State of New York

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New York (State). Education Dept. Office of Counsel.

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The legal process of organizing a central school district is described in Chapter 820 of the Laws of 1947 (Article 37, Sections 1801-1808 of the new Education Law which replaced the earlier compilation of 1909). Previous statutes governing the centralization process were Chapter 6 of the Laws of 1944 (which permitted city and village school districts of up to 5,000 population to form central school districts) and Chapter 55 of the Laws of 1914 (which first provided for t...