School Committee of Hull v. Hull Teachers Ass'n

The school committee of Hull (committee) appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court affirming an arbitrator’s award. The arbitrator concluded that the committee had violated the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) by failing to comply with certain requirements for the evaluation of Alice Haseltine, *861a teacher who had not attained professional teacher status.1 The committee argues that the Education Reform Act of 1993 (Act) made substantial changes in school committee governance and that, as a result, Haseltine’s grievance was not arbitrable because it involved a decision not to renew the…