New York Court of Appeals
In the Matter of Cohoes City School District v. Cohoes Teachers Association
December 2, 197640 N.Y.2d 774
Summary
The Court affirmed the Appellate Division, holding that a board of education cannot surrender its ultimate authority over tenure decisions and that the collective bargaining agreement provision prohibiting termination without just cause at the end of a probationary period is unenforceable as against public policy; consequently the arbitrator's award was limited to reinstating the teacher without tenure for one year.