Board of Education of Indian Prairie Community Unit School District No. 204 v. Indian Prairie Education Ass'n

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH

delivered the opinion of the court;

Plaintiff, board of education of Indian Prairie Community Unit School District No. 204 (the board), appeals from an order of the circuit court which denied its motion to stay arbitration of a dispute with defendant, Indian Prairie Education Association (the association). The board contends that the dispute is not arbitrable under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement between the parties.

We must consider in this case the relationship between the collective bargaining agreement and a “memorandum of understanding” between the…