Jacobson v. Board of Education

Recent legislation, enacted since the granting of the order appealed from, temporarily sanctions until July 1, 1943, the very acts respondents complain of, to wit, the assigning and appointing of persons to teach Spanish who, while duly licensed to teach other subjects, hold no specific license to teach Spanish. (L. 1942, chs. 728, 729 and 760.) Respondents attack the constitutionality of this legislation. In our opinion Matter of Davis v. Board of Education (288 N. Y. 330), upholds the constitutionality of the statutes in question. Consequently, the word “forthwith” should be struck from the…