Dubuque Community School District v. Public Employment Relations Board

NEUMAN, Justice.

In May 1985, the Dubuque Education Association (DEA) petitioned the Iowa Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to amend its collective bargaining unit to add substitute teachers qualifying for inclusion under the Public Employment Relations Act (Act), Iowa Code chapter 20 (1987). The Dubuque Community School District (school district) resisted the amendment on two grounds. First, it claimed the substitute teachers sought to be included in the bargaining unit were precluded from coverage under the Act by section 20.4(5) which excludes “[temporary public employees employed…