National Education Ass'n-Wichita v. Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

This is a declaratory judgment action to determine the terms of employment of certain teachers. The trial court ruled in favor of the teachers and the defendant school board appeals.

Plaintiff National Education Association-Wichita (hereinafter referred to as NEA-W) is the exclusive representative of all teachers employed by Unified School District No. 259. The defendant is the Board of Education of Unified School District No. 259 (hereinafter referred to as Board). In May, 1976, NEA-W and the Board negotiated and ratified a two-year…