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STATEOFNEWYORKSUPREMECOURTCOUNTYOFALBANYNEWYORKSTATEUNITEDTEACHERS,byitsPresidentRICHARDC.IANNUZZI;GARYT.FERNANDO,IndividuallyandasPresidentoftheIslipTeachersAssociation;JENNIFERROMER,IndividuallyandasPresidentof
the
EastGreenbushTeachersAssociation;andSHELLYPACKER,IndividuallyandasPresidentoftheGreenburghTeachersFederation,Plaintiffs-Petitioners,-against-BOARDOFREGENTSOFTHEUNIVERSITYOFTf-IESTATEOF
NEWYORK;MERRYL
H.
TISCH,asChancelloroftheBoardofRegents;NEWYORKSTATEEDUCATIONDEPARTMENT;andJOI-IN
B.
KING,
JR.,
asCommissioneroftheNewYorkStateEducationDepartment,Defendants-Repondents,(SupremeCourt,AlbanyCountyIndexNo.4320-11RJINo.01-11-104073)(JusticeMichael
C.Lynch,
Presiding)APPEARANCES:
RICHARD
E.CASAGRANDE,ESQ.Attorneys
forPIaintiffs-
Petitioners800Troy-SchenectadyRoadLatham,NewYork12110-2455ERICT.
SCHNEIDER1v1AN
AttorneyGeneraloftheStateofNew
York
(Kelly
L.
Munkwitz,
Esq.)AttorneyforDefendants-RespondentsTheCapitolAlbany,New
York
12224-0341
 
LYNCH,1.:
Inthiscombineddeclaratoryjudgmentaction/Article78proceeding,plaintiff-petitioners(hereinafterpetitioners):challengecertainregulationsadoptedbytheBoardofRegentsonMay16,2011intendedtoimplementtheannualprofessionalperformancereviewofclassroomteachersandprincipalspursuanttoEducationLaw§3012-c.ThepartiesagreethattheenablinglegislationwaspromulgatedaspartoftheState'sinitiativetoobtainanawardundertheUnitedStatesDepartmentofEducation(USDE)"RacetotheTop"(RTTT)initiativechallengingStatestopursuecomprehensivereformintheireducationsystem.Thepartiesfurtheragreethattheyjointlydevelopedtheproposedlegislation.Thedisputecentersontheinterpretationofthestatutethroughthechallengedregulations.EducationLaw§3012-cwasadoptedonMay28,2010,effectiveJuly1,2010andestablishedanewstructurerequiringannualperformanceevaluationsofclassroomteachersandbuildingprincipals(seeL.2010c.103).ShortlyafterthelegislationwaspassedNewYorksubmittedaPhaseIIRTTTapplication.On
'PetitionersaretheNewYorkStateUnitedTeachers(NYSUT),alaborunionrepresentingapproximately600,000in-serviceandretiredteachersandschoolrelatedprofessionals(seeVerifiedComplaint/Petitionatparagraph5),threeaffiliatedlocallaborunions,andtheirrespectivepresidents.Thepresidentsofeachlocalunionarealsotenuredclassroomteachers.2
 
August24,2010,theUSDEannouncedthatNewYorkhadbeenselectedforanRTTTawardof$696,646,000.Theimplementationprocessensued.Byitsterms,theenablinglegislationdirectedrespondentstodevelopimplementingregulations,inconsultationwithanadvisorycommitteerepresentativeofteachersandschooldistricts;nolaterthanJuly1,2011(EducationLaw§3012-c[7]).ThestatutefurtherprovidesthatperformancereviewsconductedafterJuly1,2011bebasedonthisnewprogram(EducationLaw§3012-c[1]).Thesubmissionsconfirmthatanadvisorycommitteeparticipatedintheprocessfordevelopingthedraftregulations(seeExhibit"C"annexedtoAnswer).Ultimately,emergencyregulationswereadoptedonMay16,2011,effectiveJuly1,2011
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(seeExhibit"B"annexedtoAnswer).Thischallengeensued.ByOrdertoShowCause(platkin,1.)datedJune27,2011,andinitiallyreturnableJuly11,2011,petitionersappliedforapreliminaryinjunctionenjoiningrespondentsfromimplementingcertainoftheadoptedregulations.
By
letterorder
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Atoralargument,counseladvisedthattheregulationswerepublishedintheStateRegisteronJune8,2011,andwouldbecomeeffectiveafterthe45daycommentperiodonJuly23,2011.Notably,theregulationsaccountfortheprospectthat
fun
implementationmustawaitthecompletionofthecollectivebargainingprocess.Section30-2.3(a)(1)oftheregulationsrequireseachlocalschooldistricttoadoptaplanofimplementationbySeptember1,2011,whichplanisrequiredtoidentifytheitemsnotyetresolved.Theschooldistrictsareauthorizedto"fileanamendedplanuponcompletionofsuchnegotiations".
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