§ 2022. Vote on school district budgets and on the election of school\ndistrict trustees and board of education members. 1. Notwithstanding any\nlaw, rule or regulation to the contrary, the election of trustees or\nmembers of the board of education, and the vote upon the appropriation\nof the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures, in any common\nschool district, union free school district, central school district or\ncentral high school district shall be held at the annual meeting and\nelection on the third Tuesday in May, provided, however, that such\nelection shall be held on the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner\nat the request of a local school board certifies no later than March\nfirst that such election would conflict with religious observances. The\nsole trustee, board of trustees or board of education of every common,\nunion free, central or central high school district and every city\nschool district to which this article applies shall hold a budget\nhearing not less than seven nor more than fourteen days prior to the\nannual meeting and election or special district meeting at which a\nschool budget vote will occur, and shall prepare and present to the\nvoters at such budget hearing a proposed school district budget for the\nensuing school year.\n 2. Except as provided in subdivision four of this section, nothing in\nthis section shall preclude the trustees or board of education, in their\ndiscretion, from submitting additional items of expenditure to the\nvoters for approval as separate propositions or the voters from\nsubmitting propositions pursuant to sections two thousand eight and two\nthousand thirty-five of this part; provided however that such\npropositions shall be subject to the requirements set forth in\nsubdivision nine of section two thousand twenty-three-a of this part.\n 2-a. Every common, union free, central, central high school district\nand city school district to which this article applies shall mail a\nschool budget notice to all qualified voters of the school district\nafter the date of the budget hearing, but no later than six days prior\nto the annual meeting and election or special district meeting at which\na school budget vote will occur. The school budget notice shall compare\nthe percentage increase or decrease in total spending under the proposed\nbudget over total spending under the school district budget adopted for\nthe current school year, with the percentage increase or decrease in the\nconsumer price index, from January first of the prior school year to\nJanuary first of the current school year, and shall also include the\ninformation required by paragraphs a and b of this subdivision. The\nnotice shall also set forth the date, time and place of the school\nbudget vote, in the same manner as in the notice of annual meeting, and\nshall also include the district's tax levy limit pursuant to section two\nthousand twenty-three-a of this part, and the estimated school tax levy,\nexcluding any levy necessary to support the expenditures pursuant to\nsubparagraphs (i) through (iv) of paragraph i of subdivision two of\nsection two thousand twenty-three-a of this part, that would result from\nadoption of the proposed budget. Such notice shall be in a form\nprescribed by the commissioner.\n a. Commencing with the proposed budget for the two thousand one--two\nthousand two school year, such notice shall also include a description\nof how total spending and the tax levy resulting from the proposed\nbudget would compare with a projected contingency budget adopted\npursuant to section two thousand twenty-three of this article, assuming\nthat such contingency budget is adopted on the same day as the vote on\nthe proposed budget. Such comparison shall be in total and by component\n(program, capital and administrative), and shall include a statement of\nthe assumptions made in estimating the projected contingency budget.\n b. Commencing with the proposed budget for the two th
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