Legal Opinion
Chambers v. Board of Education
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 7, 1979PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
When the position of a tenured teacher is abolished and the teacher can be retained on a regular teaching schedule only by assignment to teach a course outside the teacher’s area of certification, the board of education is not required to arrange such a schedule, although permitted under regulations of the Commissioner of Education, when it demonstrates that such a schedule is not educationally or financially feasible.
Permanently certified to teach Latin and French, in 1963 petitioner was appointed as a full-time teacher of those subjects by the Board of Education…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Amos v. Board of Education of Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- Amos v. Board of Education of Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- MATTER OF CLAYTON v. ClementNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Steele v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- Colonial Pipeline Co. v. State Board of Equalization & AssessmentNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Cole v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Fischman v. AmbachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Forrest v. AmbachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Mahony v. Board of Education of Mahopac Central School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Rappold v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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