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Tenured Teacher Can Not Be Compelled to Testify In a Proceeding Where Such Testimony Would Be Admissible in a Subsequent Department-of-Education Disciplinary Proceeding

In a full-fledged opinion by Justice Freedman, the First Department determined a tenured teacher could not be compelled to testify in the New York City School District’s “Special Commission of Investigation” (SCI) proceeding.  The testimony would be admissible in a Department of Education (DOE) disciplinary hearing.  Education Law 3020(1) and 3020-a provides that tenured employees shall not be required to testify at any disciplinary hearing:

Based on the above cited Education Law provisions, the [3rd] Department has held that requiring testimony of a tenured teacher in an SCI proceeding conflicted with Education Law § 3020-a because testimony or evidence obtained at such a hearing would be admissible in a DOE disciplinary hearing. That court said, “no local legislative body is empowered to enact laws or regulations which supersede State statutes, particularly with regard to the maintenance, support or administration of the educational system'” … . * * *

Accordingly, the judgment of the Supreme Court …which … denied the petition to compel respondent to comply with a subpoena ad testificandum and dismissed the proceeding … should be affirmed…  .  Matter of Condon v Sabater, 2013 NY Slip Op 08368, 1st Dept 12-12-13

 

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