§ 314. State plan for school district reorganization 1. The\ncommissioner of education is hereby authorized to continue the\ninvestigations, study and review carried on by the joint legislative\ncommittee on the state education system in order to bring up to date the\nstate plan for school district reorganization (legislative document\nnumber twenty-five of nineteen hundred forty-seven, formerly referred to\nas the Master Plan for School District Reorganization in New York\nState); to make such studies and surveys as are necessary to review\nperiodically and maintain such plan currently; to hold hearings in\nrelation to affected areas for the purpose of eliciting the expression\nof opinion, cooperation and assistance of the inhabitants of such areas;\nand to make recommendations for school district reorganization so as to\nassure the most efficient and economical provision of education\nfacilities for such areas and in the best educational interests of the\nchildren in the area. Such recommendations shall be principally directed\ntoward the reorganization of areas in and around the city school\ndistricts of cities having less than one hundred twenty-five thousand\ninhabitants, the reorganization of the remaining common and union free\nschool districts not included in such urban and suburban areas and the\nreorganization of the smaller central school districts.\n 2. At any such time as the commissioner shall determine that an area\nor areas should be reorganized to assure and provide the best, most\nefficient and most economical educational facilities for such area or\nareas and that the best educational interests of the children in the\narea will be served by such reorganization, the commissioner shall\nformally announce or reaffirm such plan of reorganization stating his\nreason therefor by orders made by him and entered in his office. Such\norder shall identify the affected school districts and shall designate\nall school districts by name, number or such other description as the\ncommissioner shall deem proper. The commissioner shall forward a copy of\nsuch order to the clerk or in the event there is no clerk, the trustee\nor trustees of such school district located in the affected area or\nareas.\n 3. (a) Any school district scheduled for reorganization, and not\nreorganized, desiring a change in the established plan of reorganization\nas promulgated pursuant to subdivision two hereof, may petition to the\ncommissioner for a formal public hearing stating the changes desired\nwith the supporting papers, data and information. Such petition shall be\nfiled with the commissioner by the board of education of a city school\ndistrict or by the trustee or board of trustees or board of education in\nother types of school districts upon the motion of a majority of the\nvoters of such school district, present and voting at an annual or\nspecial school district meeting or election adopting a resolution\ndirecting the school board or trustees to file such petition.\n (b) The commissioner within thirty days after receipt of such a\npetition for a formal public hearing shall designate by written notice\nthe place of such hearing and fix a date therefor not less than thirty\nnor more than sixty days from the date of such notice. Such notice shall\ninclude (1) the time and place of the formal public hearing, (2) set\nforth the petitioner's proposed change or changes, (3) the established\nplan of reorganization.\n (c) Upon receipt of such notice of such hearing from the commissioner,\nthe petitioning district shall publish a copy of such notice in one\nnewspaper having a general circulation in such district, such\npublication to be at least twenty days before such hearing, but if there\nbe no such newspaper, a copy of said notice shall be posted in at least\ntwenty public places in said district twenty days before such hearing.\n (d) Hearing. The formal public hearing shall be held at the time and\nplace specified in such notice or ame
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