School Committee v. United Educators

We are asked to determine whether, in the wake of the Education Reform Act of 1993, St. 1993, c. 71 (Reform Act), the involuntary transfer of a special education teacher from one school to another is a matter that is properly arbitrable under a collective bargaining agreement between a school committee and a union representing the teacher.1 The plaintiff, the school committee of Pittsfield (school committee), appeals from a Superior Court judge’s order dismissing its application under G. L. c. 150C, § 11, to vacate an arbitration award. The arbitrator concluded that the school committee had…