N.Y. Education Law § 23: Severability and construction

§ 23. Severability and construction. The provisions of this article

shall be severable, and if any court of competent jurisdiction declares

any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this article to be invalid,

or its applicability to any government agency, person or circumstance is

declared invalid, the remainder of this article and its relevant

applicability shall not be affected. The provisions of this article

shall be liberally construed to give effect to the purposes thereof.