Serotte v. New York State Education Department

This is an article 78 proceeding against the State of New York Education Department in which petitioner seeks, among other things, to compel respondent to provide State aid pursuant to section 4407 of the Education Law.

Petitioner is the father of Michael I. Serotte who has been diagnosed as a handicapped child caused by cerebral dysfunction with hyperactivity and learning disabilities, as well as problems of an emotional nature. The child was enrolled in the Amherst School District No. 18 in September of 1963 and continued through the second grade during which grade serious behavior problems…