Legal Opinion
Board of Education v. Fernandez
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 15, 1993PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
We must decide whether the superintendent selection process established by New York City’s public schools chancellor impermissibly interferes with the statutory power of local community school boards to employ a community superintendent. We conclude that it does not.
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Under the Decentralization Law (Education Law art 52-A; L 1969, ch 330, as amended) supervision and control of New York City’s public schools is shared between an appointed, seven-member central Board of Education (city board) and 32 local community boards, whose members are elected by the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jackson v. New York State Urban Development Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1986
- James v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- New York City School Boards Ass'n v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Ocean Hill-Brownsville Governing Board v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Board of Education v. FernandezNew York Supreme Court · 1990
3Cited by6 opinions
- Brock v. SandsDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1996
- Maldonado v. CrewAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Community School Board Nine v. CortinesNew York Supreme Court · 1994
- Amos Winbush III and Tiffany Winbush, individually and on behalf of their minor children, K.W. and S.J.W. v. New York City Department of Education; Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York; New York City Community School District 2; Maggie Siena, in her individual capacity; and Casey Corey, in her individual capacityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2025
- Board of Education of Community School District No. 24 v. FernandezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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