News & Analysis as of

Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) Public Schools

Cozen O'Connor

Broad Street Brief: Teachers Union Reaches Tentative Contract

Cozen O'Connor on

Teachers Union Reaches Tentative Contract as School Year Begins - The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers secured a tentative three-year deal with the School District that includes economic provisions, potential parental...more

FordHarrison

New Collective Bargaining Agreement for Minneapolis Teachers Will Structure Layoffs by Race

FordHarrison on

Executive Summary: Minneapolis public school teachers of color will have additional job protections this upcoming school year under a new contract allowing them to keep their jobs rather than white instructors with more...more

Miller Canfield

COVID-19: Continuity of Learning for K-12 Students under Executive Order 2020-35

Miller Canfield on

As anticipated, on April 2, 2020, Governor Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-35 (the “Order”) regarding the provision of K-12 education in Michigan for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. The 17-page order, in short,...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Court Affirms Reinstatement of A School Bus Driver Who Tested Positive For Drug Use

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on

Upper Merion Area School District v. Teamsters Local #384, 165 A.3d 56 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2017). The Commonwealth Court holds that an arbitrator’s decision to reinstate a school bus driver to her position with back pay when the bus...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Commonwealth Court Orders Teacher Reinstated When The School Board Fails To Strictly Comply With Statutory Procedures For...

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on

Vladimirsky v. School District of Philadelphia, 144 A.3d 986 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). The Commonwealth Court held that a tenured teacher has a constitutionally protected interest in his (or her) employment and can only be...more

Carlton Fields

Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Dismissal Of Plaintiff’s Procedural Due Process Claim

Carlton Fields on

In this action, plaintiff Sherri Roberts appealed a Montana federal district court’s order which granted her former employer/defendant Lame Deer Public Schools’ summary judgment motion because plaintiff’s procedural due...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Teacher’s Verbal Abuse of Student Does Not Rise to “Conscious-Shocking” Level Necessary to Support Due Process Claim

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on

L.H. and C.H. v. Pittston Area Sch. Dist., 130 F. Supp. 3d 918 (M.D. Pa 2015) (Decided September 10, 2015). The District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania determined that verbal abuse by a teacher, by itself,...more

Clark Hill PLC

Michigan Schools Can Demand Removal of Prohibited Subjects From Collective Bargaining Agreements

Clark Hill PLC on

In Ionia Public Schools v Ionia Education Association, No. 325413 (May 12, 2016), the Michigan Court of Appeals ("COA") affirmed a Michigan Employment Relations Commission ("MERC") decision and order that ruled Michigan...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Open Discussion of Pending Grievances Permitted At School Board Meetings

Abington Heights School District (Case No. PERA-C-11-221-E) (Pa. LRB 2015) (Decided December 15, 2015). A Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board hearing examiner determined that the District was permitted to openly discuss...more

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide