Matter of Bd. of Trs. of Common Sch. Dist. No. 2 of the Town of Dickinson v. Comm'r of Educ. of the State of New York

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs. The State Education Department, its governing body, the Board of Regents, the Committee of Regents, designated ad hoc as provided by law, and the Commissioner of Education are integrally related (Education Law, § 101). Indeed, it is doubtful but not necessary to decide whether the Committee of Regents was a continuing or suable entity separate from the larger Board of Regents. Under these circumstances, and because the notice and petition served on the Commissioner of Education as the chief administrative…