In re Appeal of Rose Tree Media School District

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

In 1978, Mary Margaret Hamill, a teacher in the Rose Tree Media School District (District), attended a course given by the Indiana State University of Pennsylvania and thereafter filed a request with the District for tuition reimbursement. The Superintendent denied her request on the ground that it was not “consistent with the qualifications as written in Article VI(I).(1)” of the collective bargaining agreement, which provides, in pertinent part, as follows:

Board shall reimburse 100% of tuition up to $250. per teacher per year for all teachers who *150have completed two or…