§ 1804. Board of education; election; powers and duties. 1. Each such\ncentral school district shall be managed by a board of education\nconsisting of five, seven or nine members, which board shall have the\nsame powers and duties as boards of education in union free school\ndistricts as prescribed by this chapter. Except as provided in this\narticle, all the provisions of this chapter or of any other general law\nrelating to or affecting union free school districts shall apply to\ncentral districts organized as herein provided. The corporate existence\nof any city school district the territory of which is enlarged by the\nformation of a central school district pursuant to this article shall\ncontinue and such central school district shall be and shall be\ndesignated as a city school district and shall be subject to the\nprovisions of article fifty-one of this chapter and to those provisions\nof this article which are not inconsistent with the provisions of\narticle fifty-one.\n 2. The first board of education shall be elected at the meeting at\nwhich the resolution organizing such central school district and\nestablishing a central school is adopted or in case the alternative\nvoting procedure authorized by section eighteen hundred three-a of this\nchapter has been adopted, at the meeting referred to in subdivision\nseven of such section. It shall be the duty of such meeting to elect\nfive, seven or nine members of the board of education who shall by order\nof such meeting be divided into a sufficient number of classes so that\nas nearly as possible an equal number of members shall be elected to the\nboard each year.\n 3. The number of members of the board of education of an organized and\nexisting central school district may be increased to seven or nine\nmembers in the same manner as increases are made in union free school\ndistricts. The number of members of a board containing nine members may\nbe decreased to seven or five members and the number of members of a\nboard containing seven members may be decreased to five members in the\nsame manner as decreases are made in union free school districts.\n 4. The annual meeting and election in each central school district\nshall be held on the third Tuesday of May provided, however that such\nannual meeting and election shall be held on the second Tuesday in May\nif the commissioner at the request of a local school board certifies no\nlater than March first that such election would conflict with religious\nobservances, and any school budget revote shall be held on the date\nspecified in subdivision three of section two thousand seven of this\ntitle. Such annual meeting and school budget revote shall be conducted\nand the election of members of the board shall be held in the same\nmanner as in union free school districts organized and operating under\nthe provisions of this chapter. The board of education of each central\nschool district shall hold a budget hearing not less than seven nor more\nthan fourteen days prior to the annual or special district meeting at\nwhich a school budget vote will occur, and shall prepare and present to\nthe voters at such budget hearing a proposed school district budget for\nthe ensuing school year.\n 5. a. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive any\nexisting school district of the property belonging to such district, or\nto affect the indebtedness of said district. An existing district within\nthe meaning of this article shall be construed to mean a district that\nlies within the boundaries of a central school district. Each such\nexisting district shall be deemed to continue to exist in law for the\npurpose of paying all its just debts, including obligations lawfully\nissued prior to the organization of such central school district,\ntogether with all interest thereon as the same shall fall due. In\nlevying the annual school tax upon the property of such central school\ndistricts, the board of education shall also assess and
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