New York Court of Appeals
Board of Education, Great Neck Union Free School District, Appellant v. Zita J. Areman, as President of the Great…
April 5, 197741 N.Y.2d 527
Summary
The New York Court of Appeals held that a board of education cannot bargain away its statutory right to inspect teacher personnel files, deeming the collective bargaining provision unenforceable as contrary to public policy. Consequently, the grievance concerning the board's inspection of files is not arbitrable and the stay of arbitration was reinstated.