Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 3 of Huntington v. Associated Teachers of Huntington, Inc.

Chief Judge Fuld.

We are called upon to decide (1) whether a school board has the authority to enter into a collective bargaining agreement granting economic benefits to schoolteachers, absent specific statutory authorization to do so and (2) whether such a board lacks the power to enter into a collective bargaining agreement containing a clause which provides for the arbi*125tration of disputes concerning disciplinary action taken against tenure teachers.

The facts are undisputed. The plaintiff: (hereafter called the “ Board ”), as a public employer under the Taylor Law (Civil Service Law, art.…