North Salem Teachers Ass'n v. Board of Education

At issue in this article 78 proceeding is the granting of sabbaticals to three teacher petitioners by the respondent Board of Education, in view of the recent enactment of chapter 124 of the Laws of 1971, the obvious intention of which is declaring a moratorium on sabbaticals for a period of one year from the date of its enactment, April 12,1971. The petitioner association and the individual petitioners teachers maintain that the granting of sabbaticals was a contractual right in existence and enforceable prior to the effective date of chapter 124 of the Laws of 1971 (adding § 82 to the Civil…