Dickinson Education Association v. Dickinson Public School District

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] The Dickinson Public School District (“District”) appealed from a district court judgment granting the Dickinson Education Association’s (“Association”) petition for a writ of mandamus and ordering the District to offer the Association a one-year negotiated agreement for the 2013-2014 school year. We conclude the district court did not err in limiting the District’s authority to unilaterally issue last-offer contracts to a one-year period and did not abuse its discretion in issuing the writ of mandamus. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] For several years before the 2013-2014…