In THE MATTER OF ARBITRATION OF NICOLET HS DIST. v. Nicolet Ed. Ass'n

This is a review of a decision 1 of the court of appeals affirming the order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Judge William A. Jennaro, which vacated an arbitrator’s award ordering reinstatement and back pay for a teacher whose contract was not renewed. We reverse the court of appeals.

The issue presented on appeal is whether the arbitrator exceeded his authority under a collective bargaining agreement when, in determining that a school board’s decision not to renew a teacher’s contract was arbitrary, he reviewed a hearing record to determine whether the board’s decision was…