School Committee v. Marshfield Education Ass'n

Review of the arbitration award here requires us to examine the teacher licensing and termination provisions in the Education Reform Act of 1994, St. 1993, c. 71, as well as various provisions in a collective bargaining agreement, and explain their interrelationship. Gerard O’Sullivan was employed as a teacher by the Marshfield public school district (district) for almost eight years. O’Sullivan was terminated in 2008 when the school committee of Marshfield (school committee) took the position that his employment automatically ended by operation of law when his teaching license was not…