Appeal of Derry Education Ass'n

This appeal arises from a decision of the New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB) that the Derry School Board (board) need not submit a fact-finder’s report on purely non-cost items to its legislative body, the Derry School District (school district) meeting. The Derry Education Association (association) appeals, arguing that the impasse-resolution procedures set out in RSA chapter 273-A (1987 & Supp. 1992) mandate the submission of the fact-finder’s report to the legislative body of the school board for a binding vote, regardless of whether the fact-finder’s report…