Cole v. Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION of the court
Titone, J.
A school district which abolishes a position for economic reasons is required by statute to discontinue “the services of the teacher having the least seniority in the system *420within the tenure of the position abolished” (Education Law, § 2510, subd 2; § 2585, subd 3;1 Steele v Board of Educ., 40 NY2d 456, 462). After the appellant school district restructured its schools prospectively so that subjects formerly included in separate horizontal tenure areas at the junior (grades 7-9) and senior (grades 10-12) high school levels are now encompassed in separate…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Mtr. Lezette v. Bd. of Educ., HudsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Board of Education v. NyquistNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Baer v. NyquistNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Ricca v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Steele v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Matter of Cole v. Bd. of Educ., S. Huntington Union Free Sch. Dist.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Kohler v. Board of Education, South Huntington Union Free School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- Mahony v. Board of Education of Mahopac Central School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Schoenfeld v. Board of Cooperative Educational ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Freeman v. Board of Education of the Hempstead School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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