Mahopac Teachers Ass'n v. Board of Education

Involved in this article 78 proceeding, once again is a question as to the effective date of chapter 124 of the Laws of 1971, relating to a one-year moratorium on sabbatical leaves. (See our determination in North Salem Teachers Assn. v. Board of Educ., 67 Misc 2d 315.) Unlike the North Salem case this court would be constrained to find on the facts presented in the instant proceeding that the procedures for the granting of a sabbatical had not proceeded to such a stage as to give rise to the status of a “ contractual right * # * in existence and enforceable prior to the effective date of…