Schuylerville Central School District v. Commissioner of Education

OPINION OF THE COURT

Casey, J.

At issue on this appeal is whether respondent, the Commissioner of Education, has the authority to direct a Board of Education to consent to the alteration of one of its school district boundary lines. We agree with Supreme Court that the Commissioner has such authority and that a rational basis exists in this case for the exercise of such authority. The judgment dismissing the petition should, therefore, be affirmed.

Beginning in 1985, a parcel of property in the Town of Wilton, Saratoga County, was developed as a residential subdivision known as Highland Hills…