Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, the petition is denied, and the parties are directed to proceed to arbitration.
It is well settled that if it is determined that an arbitration clause is broad enough to encompass the subject matter of the dispute, "[t]he question of the scope of the substantive provisions of the contract is itself a matter of contract interpretation and application, and hence it must be deemed a matter for resolution by the arbitrator" (Board of Educ. v. Barni, 49 N.Y.2d 311, 314; see also, Matter of Franklin Cent. School [Franklin Teachers Assn.], 51 N.Y.2d 348, 355; Board of Educ. v Cattaraugus Teacher's Assn., 84 A.D.2d 685, affd 55 N.Y.2d 951).
Contrary to the contentions of the petitioner, Board of Education of the West Babylon Union Free School District, the arbitration clause of the parties' collective bargaining agreement is broad enough to encompass the grievances sought to be arbitrated, and arbitration of these grievances would not be violative of public policy (see, Matter of Enlarged City School Dist. [Troy Teachers Assn.], 69 N.Y.2d 905; cf., Matter of Riverhead Cent. School Dist. v. Riverhead Cent. Faculty Assn., 140 A.D.2d 526).
Accordingly, the petition to stay arbitration should have been denied.
Bracken, J.P., Sullivan, Santucci and Altman, JJ., concur.