Cumberland Valley Education Ass'n v. Cumberland Valley School District

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The present appeal concerns the validity and enforceability of the sabbatical leave provision of the collective bargaining agreement between Cumberland Valley Education Association, Appellant, and Cumberland Valley School District, Appellee.

The controversy arose when two employees of the School District applied for sabbatical leave at full pay for one-half of the 1974-1975 school year under the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement. These applications were denied by Appellee on the ground that the sabbatical leave provision of the collective…