Bokhair v. Board of Education

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

The responsibility for determining whether a school system employs a sufficient number of attendance teachers to assure compliance with the compulsory education provisions of the Education Law is committed to the professional judgment and discretion of those responsible for administration of public schools. (James v Board of Educ., 42 NY2d 357.) Questions of this sort are inappropriate for resolution by the courts. Where this lawfully delegated discretion has been exercised by the board of…