Derle v. North Bellmore Union Free School District

*457The petitioner, a tenured teacher, was charged with misconduct by the respondent school district and requested a hearing pursuant to Education Law § 3020-a. The school district suspended the petitioner’s salary and benefits after he requested an adjournment of the proceeding in March 1985. The Chairman of the Hearing Panel initially granted the adjournment but, on August 11, 1985, ordered the hearing to reconvene. In a previous appeal, we determined that the petitioner was not entitled to salary and benefits for the period that the hearing was adjourned between March 22, 1985 and August 11,…