Pursuant to Education Law § 2509 (1) (a), a teacher can apply service as a "regular substitute" toward completion of the three-year probationary term required for tenure. At issue here is whether a teacher can be credited for the time he or she substitutes for a teacher who is on leave for an indefinite period. We conclude that the ambiguous statutory term "regular substitute" should be...
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