Spearfish Education Ass'n v. Spearfish School District 40-2

[¶ 44.] I respectfully dissent. The Association has failed to establish that the District committed a grievable action when it honored binding contracts it entered into with individual teachers in accordance with state law and the terms of the District’s then current agreement with the Association.

[¶ 45.] A grievance is “a complaint by a public employee or group of public employees based upon an alleged violation, misinterpretation, or inequitable application of any existing agreements!)]” SDCL 3-18-1.1. The District issued individual contracts to teachers hired while negotiations were in…