N.Y. Education Law § 3810: No costs to plaintiffs in certain cases

§ 3810. No costs to plaintiffs in certain cases. 1. In any action

against school officers, including supervisors of towns, in respect to

their duties and powers under this chapter, for any act performed by

virtue of or under the color of their offices, or for any refusal or

omission to perform any duty enjoined by law, and which might have been

the subject of an appeal to the commissioner of education, no costs

shall be allowed to the plaintiff, in cases where the court shall

certify that it appeared on the trial that the defendants acted in good

faith.

2. The provision of subdivision one of this section shall not extend

to suits for penalties, nor to suits or proceedings to enforce the

decisions of the commissioner of education.