§ 2553. Board of education; eligibility; how chosen; term of office;\nvacancies. 1. No person shall be eligible to the office of member of a\nboard of education who is not a citizen of the United States, who is not\nqualified to register for or vote at an election in accordance with the\nprovisions of section 5-106 of the election law, and who, in the case of\nthe city school district of the city of Yonkers, has not been a resident\nof the city school district for which he is chosen for a period of at\nleast three years immediately preceding the date of his election or\nappointment and who, in the case of the city school district of the city\nof Buffalo, in the case of a member to be elected at large is not a\nqualified voter of such city school district and who has not been a\nresident of such district for a period of at least three years\nimmediately preceding the date of his election and in the case of a\nmember elected from a city school subdistrict is not a qualified voter\nof such city school subdistrict and has not been a resident of the city\nschool district for three years and a resident of the city school\nsubdistrict which he represents or seeks to represent for a period of\none year immediately preceding the date of his election, and who, in the\ncase of the city school district of the city of Rochester, is not a\nqualified voter under section 5-102 of the election law of such city\nschool district; and who in the case of the city school district of the\ncity of Syracuse has not been a qualified voter under section 5-102 of\nthe election law of such city school district for at least ninety days\nimmediately preceding the date of his election or appointment.\n 1-a. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply\nto ex officio board members, as described in subdivision eleven of this\nsection.\n 2. In the city school districts of the cities of Rochester and\nSyracuse the members of such board of education shall be chosen by the\nvoters at large at either a general or municipal election, or at both.\nIn the city school district of the city of Buffalo the members of such\nboard of education shall be chosen pursuant to the provisions of\nsubdivision ten of this section.\n 2-a. Upon the certification of election results and the completion of\nthe voter history file after each election, each school district that\nholds school board elections pursuant to this article shall transmit\ncopies of the records required to be transmitted pursuant to section\n3-112 of the election law in a manner and time provided for in such\nsection.\n 3. In the city school district of the city of Yonkers members of the\nboard of education shall be appointed from the city at large by the\nmayor and shall be for terms of five years each, to begin on the first\nTuesday in May.\n 4. In the city school districts of the following cities, the terms of\nsuch members shall be as follows:\n a. Rochester: Four Years;\n b. Syracuse: Four Years;\n c. Yonkers: Five Years.\n 5. The terms of one-fifth of all the members of a board of education,\nor of a fraction as close to one-fifth thereof as possible, shall expire\nannually on the first Tuesday in May, except in the city school\ndistricts of the cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.\n 6. If a vacancy occurs other than by expiration of term in the office\nof a member of a board of education in a district in which such members\nare elected at a general or municipal election, such vacancy shall be\nfilled by appointment by the mayor until the next general or municipal\nelection is held, and such vacancy shall then be filled at such election\nfor the unexpired portion of such term, except that in the city school\ndistrict of the city of Rochester any such vacancy shall be filled\npursuant to the provisions of subdivision nine of this section and\nexcept further that any such vacancy on the board of education of the\ncity school district of the city of Buffalo shall be filled pu
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