Central Bucks School District v. Central Bucks Education Ass'n

BECKERT, J.,

— This case comes before us on Central Bucks School District’s petition seeking to have us vacate an arbitration award entered in favor of respondent Central Bucks Education Association. The issue dealt with by the arbitrator, and resolved in the affirmative, is whether the school district violated the Pennsylvania Public School Code of 1949, as amended, 24 P.S. §11-1101 et seq., by failing to grant salary-step credit to permanent contracted employees for their previous service to the school district as long-term substitute teachers.

By way of factual background, the Central Bucks…