N.Y. Education Law § 2121 (2026)

§ 2121. Duties of district clerk.  It shall be the duty of the clerk
of each school district:
  1. To record the proceedings of all meetings of the voters of his
district in a book to be provided for that purpose by the district, and
to enter therein true copies of all reports made by the trustees to the
district superintendent.
  2. To give notice, in the manner prescribed by subdivision two of
section two thousand one, of the time and place of holding special
district meetings called by the trustees.
  3. To affix a notice in writing of the time and place of any adjourned
meeting in at least five of the most public places of such district,
when the meeting shall have been adjourned for a longer time than one
month. Such notice shall be so affixed at least five days before the
time appointed for such adjourned meeting.
  4. To give the required notice of every annual district meeting.
  5. To give notice immediately to every person elected or appointed to
office of his election or appointment; and also to report to the town
clerk of the town in which the schoolhouse of his district is situated,
the names and post-office addresses of such officers, under a penalty of
five dollars for neglect in each instance.
  6. To notify the trustees of every resignation duly accepted by the
district superintendent.
  7. To keep and preserve all records, books and papers belonging to his
office and to deliver the same to his successor. For a refusal or
neglect so to do, he shall forfeit fifty dollars for the benefit of the
schools of the district, to be recovered by the trustees.
  8. In the event that the district shall be dissolved, to deposit the
books, papers and records of his office with the clerk of the successor
school district.
  9. To attend all meetings of the board of trustees when notified, and
keep a record of their proceedings in a book provided for that purpose.
  10. To call special meetings of the inhabitants whenever all the
trustees of the district shall have vacated their office.
  11. To immediately notify the county treasurer of the name and address
of persons elected to the office of district treasurer, if a treasurer
is elected, and to the office of district collector.
  12. To receive, keep and preserve any and all records, books and
papers of the respective dissolved school districts deposited with him
pursuant to section fifteen hundred nineteen of this chapter, and such
records together with any records of dissolved school districts
heretofore deposited shall be considered to be records of the successor
school district.