BD. OF TRUSTEES v. ILL. ED. LABOR REL. BD.

Nos. 4-87-0472, 4-87-0505 cons.

173 Ill. App.3d 395 (1988)

527 N.E.2d 538

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE, Petitioner, v. ILLINOIS EDUCATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al., Respondents. — DE KALB COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT 428, Petitioner, v. DE KALB CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 4328, IFT-AFT, AFL-CIO, et al., Respondents.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed July 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Kula and Linda L. Eyestone, both of Scariano, Kula, Ellch, & Himes, Chartered, of Chicago Heights, for petitioner Board of Trustees, Prairie State College.

Robert H. Ellch and Linda L. Eyestone, both of Scariano, Kula, Ellch & Himes, Chartered, of Chicago Heights, for petitioner De Kalb Community Unit School District 428.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Shawn W. Denney, Solicitor General, William D. Frazier, Assistant Attorney General, and Randi Hammer Abramsky, of Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, all of Chicago, of counsel), for respondent Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board.

Gilbert Feldman, of Cornfield & Feldman, of Chicago, for respondent Prairie State Federation of Teachers.

J. Dale Berry, of Cornfield & Feldman, of Chicago, for respondent De Kalb Classroom Teachers Association.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE SPITZ delivered the opinion of the court:

The principal question involved in these consolidated appeals is whether the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, pars. 1701 through 1721) divests the circuit court of its traditional jurisdiction to determine the arbitrability of educational labor disputes and instead vests such jurisdiction exclusively in the Illinois Educational...

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