BD. OF ED., ETC. v. PHILADELPHIA FED., ETC.


464 Pa. 92 (1975)

346 A.2d 35

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellant, v. PHILADELPHIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS LOCAL NO. 3, AFT, AFL-CIO.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Salandria, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Leonard M. Sagot, Randall J. Sommovilla, Thomas W. Jennings, Philadelphia, for appellee, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Local No. 3, AFT, AFL-CIO; Teitelman, Sagot, Herring, Jennings & Luber, Philadelphia, of counsel.

Before EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This appeal presents the important question of whether a school district may agree in a collective bargaining agreement to submit to arbitration the propriety of discharging a non-tenured teacher. The court of common pleas held that it may do so. We agree, and therefore affirm.

The collective bargaining agreement between the Philadelphia Board of Education and the Philadelphia...

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