Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M40209

C/sl

DANIEL F. LUCIANO, J.P.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

ROBERT A. LIFSON

JOSEPH COVELLO, JJ.

2005-07684 In the Matter of Mineola Union Free School District, appellant, v Mineola Teachers' Association, respondent. (Index No. 8797/04)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the New York State School Boards Association for leave to file an amicus curiae brief on an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated June 24, 2005. Separate motion by the New York State Council of School Superintendents and the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents for the same relief.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motions and the papers filed in opposition or relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motions are granted; and it is further,

ORDERED that the brief of the New York State School Boards Association which was submitted to the Clerk of this court is accepted for filing; and it is further,

ORDERED that the brief of the New York State Council of School Superintendents and the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents must be served on the parties, and nine copies filed in this court on or before June 8, 2006; and it is further,

ORDERED that no oral argument by the amicus curiae shall be permitted; and it is further,

ORDERED that the parties, if they be so advised, may file reply briefs to the amicus curiae briefs on or before June 23, 2006.

LUCIANO, J.P., RIVERA, LIFSON and COVELLO, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court