What is the probationary period for a substitute teacher?
The following excerpt is from Carpenter v. Board of Educ. of Locust Valley Cent. School Dist., 522 N.E.2d 1030, 527 N.Y.S.2d 733, 71 N.Y.2d 832 (N.Y. 1988):
Education Law 2509(1)(a) provides that a teacher shall be appointed for a probationary period of three years, after which the teacher may be recommended for tenure. However, for a teacher who has rendered two years of satisfactory service as a regular substitute, the probationary period is limited to one year (Education Law 2509[1][a] ). Moreover, a period of service as a regular substitute teacher of less than two years may be applied to reduce the three-year probationary period proportionately ( Matter of Robins v. Blaney, 59 N.Y.2d 393, 398, 465 N.Y.S.2d 868, 452 N.E.2d 1196). A separate section of the Education Law also applicable here--section 3012(1)(a)--repeats the provision for a
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