New York Court of Appeals
In the Matter of David Abramovich v. Board of Education of Central School District No. 1 of the Towns of Brookhaven…
February 13, 197946 N.Y.2d 450
Summary
The Court affirmed that a tenured teacher may voluntarily waive the procedural due‑process protections of Education Law § 3020‑a through a settlement, provided the waiver is knowing, voluntary, and without duress, thereby overruling the earlier Boyd decision.