Annual School Budget Vote and Election scheduled for May 19, 2026.

Rye City School District CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RYE, NEW YORK RECOMMENDATION: BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION PROCEDURES The proposed resolution relative to the 2026 Budget Vote and Election Procedures reads as follows: WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2604 of the Education Law, as amended, the City School District of Rye, New York was declared to be a single school election district by resolution of the Board of Education of said district adopted on March 21, 1952, and as provided by said Section 2604 the School Election District thus formed will continue in existence until modified by resolution of the Board of Education; and WHEREAS, other provisions for conducting the Annual School Election for the City School District of Rye, New York in May, 2026 should be the subject of further resolutions of the Board of Education; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That, as provided by Section 2602 of the Education Law, as amended, the Annual School Budget Vote and Election, for the City School District of Rye, New York, be held on May 19, 2026 and the polls shall be open from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.; and be it further RESOLVED: That the District Clerk of the City School District of Rye, New York, cause to be published in a newspaper of record the weeks of April 3, 2026, April 10, 2026, April 24, 2026 and May 8, 2026 a notice of the Annual School Budget Vote and Election to be held on May 19, 2026 in accordance with the requirements of Section 2605 of the Education Law, as amended, which shall state the day of the budget vote and election, the hours, and that an accurate description of the boundaries of the school election district comprising said City School District of Rye, New York is on file and may be inspected in the office of the Board of Education, 555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Suite B-101, Rye, New York, and the Rye Middle School where the election is to be held; and which shall include a Notice of Registration and that such notice shall state that at a place and hour designated above for that purpose the Board of Registration shall meet to prepare the school election register, and that any person who did not register for said preceding general election or register thereafter, may, in order to be entitled to vote, present himself personally for registration on April 21, 2026 or April 29, 2026 but no later than May 5, 2026; and which shall further state when the School Election District Register has been filed and the place at which it is on file and the hours during which it will be open for inspection on each school day up to May 19, 2026; and which shall include that all referenda to be petitioned for the ballot must be submitted, in the form and manner as required by Election Law, to the District Clerk of the City School District of Rye, New York, on behalf of the Board of Education of said District, no later than April 20, 2026; and be it further RESOLVED: That pursuant to Section 2607 of the Education Law, as amended, there be appointed at least two qualified voters per voting machine used residing in the school election district constituting the City School District of Rye, New York to act as Inspectors of Election in such School Election District, with compensation not to exceed the basic compensation paid at the preceding General Election per hour to each such inspector, and that the District Clerk be authorized and directed to arrange for the employment of such Inspectors of Election; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Board of Registration be and it hereby is directed to meet at Osborn School, 10 Osborn Rd., Rye, NY on April 21, 2026 between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., at the Administration Office, 555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Suite B-101, Rye, NY between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and at the Administration Office, 555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Suite B-101, Rye, NY on April 29, 2026 between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of adding registers for the City of Rye, New York, as prepared by the Board of Registration of said City for the November general election, as furnished by the Board of Elections, White Plains, New York, the names of such additional qualified voters who shall present themselves personally for registration for the Annual School Election to be held on May 19, 2026; and a) That said Board of Registration is directed to prepare for the City School District of Rye, New York Election District a register for said annual budget vote and election to be held May 19, 2026 which shall so far as is practicable be in the same form as registers of voters in an election district for a general election in a city or village having 5,000 inhabitants or more under the election law and shall be arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the surname, with a statement of the place of residence by street and number; there shall be used as the basis of such City School Election District Register, copies of the registers of the City of Rye, New York for the November, 2025 general election, as supplied by the Board of Elections, which copies of the registers shall be placed in the custody of the Board of Education of the City School District, and to which copies of said Board shall add the names, addresses and such other data as required by law of all other qualified voters who may present themselves personally for registration as provided in this resolution; it being provided, however, that only those whose names do not appear on copies of the register for the aforementioned, November, 2025 general election registers, shall be required to personally present themselves for registration in order to qualify for voting at said May 19, 2026 City School District of Rye, New York election. b) That the school election district register, prepared as provided above, shall immediately upon completion and not later than May 5, 2026, be filed in the office of the District Clerk, and thereafter, on Mondays through Fridays until May 19, 2026, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., school holidays excepted, shall be open to inspection by any qualified voter of the school district; and upon the filing of such register; and c) That any person who is duly qualified to vote and who registered for said preceding general election and whose name was by mistake, error or neglect of the Board of Registration omitted from the school election district register, may at any time, either before or during election day, request the District Clerk to place the name of such voter on the school election district register and the District Clerk shall then proceed as provided in Subdivision 7 of Section 2606 of the Education Law, as amended; and d) That challenges of voters prior to the day of election shall be made and dealt with as provided in Subdivision 8 and 9 of Section 2606 of the Education Law; and e) That the District Clerk is directed to cause the school election district registers to be delivered on May 19, 2026, before the opening of the polls to the Inspectors of Election; and f) That no person shall be entitled to vote whose name does not appear upon said school election district register; and that all persons whose names appear upon the register prepared for such elections as residing in such school election district shall be permitted to vote in such election. and Further notice is hereby given that applications for absentee or early mail ballots may be obtained at the office of the District Clerk, 555 Theodore Fremd Ave., Suite B-101, Rye, NY 10580 or by calling that office (967-6100, ext. 1132), or by printing an application from the District's web site, www.ryeschools.org, Family & Community, Voter Information. An application for an absentee or early mail ballot must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the Annual Election. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent in person at the Office of the School District Clerk. Upon receiving a timely application for a mailed absentee or early mail ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address designated on the application by no later than six (6) days before the Annual Election. Absentee and early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5 p.m. on the date of the election. A list of persons to whom absentee and early mail ballots are issued will be available for inspection in the office of the District Clerk during business hours. Any qualified voter present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making his/her challenge and the reasons therefor known to the inspector of election before the close of the polls. A challenge to an early mail voter may not be made on the basis that the voter should have applied for an absentee ballot. RESOLVED