§ 1950. Establishment of boards of cooperative educational services\npending the creation of intermediate districts. 1. The boards of\neducation and school trustees of a supervisory district which is not\npart of an intermediate district, meeting at a time and place to be\ndesignated by the district superintendent of schools, may, by a majority\nvote of their members present and voting, file with the commissioner of\neducation a petition for the establishment of a board of cooperative\neducational services for the purpose of carrying out a program of shared\neducational services in the schools of the supervisory district and for\nproviding instruction in such special subjects as the commissioner may\napprove. The commissioner, by order, may establish such a board with\nmembership of not less than five nor more than fifteen, upon such\napplication and when a vacancy occurs in the office of district\nsuperintendent of schools shall establish such a board, unless the\ncommissioner shall issue an order pursuant to section twenty-two hundred\none redistricting the county so as to provide for a lesser number of\nsupervisory districts. The commissioner, by order, may authorize a\nboard, established prior to July second, nineteen hundred sixty-five, to\nincrease its membership to not less than five nor more than fifteen.\n 2. Upon the establishment by the commissioner of such a board, boards\nof education and school trustees, by a vote pursuant to subdivision\ntwo-a of this section shall elect a board of cooperative educational\nservices. Except for elections conducted pursuant to subdivision two-a\nof this section, and the adoption of a public resolution regarding the\napproval or disapproval of the tentative administrative budget pursuant\nto subparagraph five of paragraph b of subdivision four of this section,\ncomponent districts having more than five board of education members\nshall be limited to five votes on any matters relating to the district\nsuperintendency or board of cooperative educational services. A full\nterm shall be three years to serve from July first next following\nelection. It shall be the duty of such meeting by order of such meeting\nto divide into a sufficient number of classes the terms of the members\nof the board of cooperative educational services so that as nearly as\npossible an equal number of members shall be elected to the board each\nyear. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, upon the\ndecrease of the full term of members from five to three years, the board\nof cooperative educational services shall direct that one or more\nmembers be elected for a term of one, two or four years in order to\nassure, as nearly as possible, that an equal number of members will be\nelected to the board each year. Members of such board shall be\nreimbursed for necessary expenses for attending meetings of such boards.\nThe district superintendent shall be the executive officer of the board,\nand where a board of cooperative educational services comprises two or\nmore supervisory districts the district superintendents, together with\nthe president of the board of cooperative educational services, shall\nact as an executive committee.\n 2-a. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing on and\nafter the first day of November, nineteen hundred ninety-three, the\nmembers of a board of cooperative educational services shall be elected\nin accordance with the provisions of this subdivision.\n b. Not later than the first day of February of each year the president\nof the board of cooperative educational services shall designate a\nsingle date on or after the sixteenth day and on or before the thirtieth\nday of April on which each component board, other than the board of\neducation of a central high school district, shall conduct a public\nmeeting which may be a regular or special meeting, for the purpose of\nelecting members of the board of cooperative educational services and\nadopting a p
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