Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania School Boards Ass'n v. Commonwealth Ass'n of School Administrators
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 16, 2002PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice ZAPPALA.
This is a direct appeal from an order of the Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court declaring Section 4 of Act 105-1996, 71 P.S. § 371 (Act 105), unconstitutional. 1 Act 105 confers on certain school administrators the right to bargain collectively concerning terms and conditions of employment, as well as binding arbitration for resolution of impasses in the collective bargaining process. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the order of the common pleas court, finding no constitutional impediments in the law.
The Philadelphia School District and its…
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