Matter of Carow v. Bd. of Education

The petitioner’s name was placed upon an eligible list for kindergarten teacher in February, 1929, after the petitioner had taken a competitive examination conducted by the Board of Examiners of the Board of Education. At that time the Education Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 16), section 871, provided in part that “ no eligible lists, except a principals’ eligible list shall remain in force for a longer period than three years.” The statute was amended in 1931 so as to provide that all eligible lists in existence on April 1,1931, except a principals’ eligible fist, shall remain in force for a period…