East County Bargaining Council v. Centennial School District No. 28JT

*148MEMORANDUM OPINION

Petitioner seeks review of a decision of the Court of Appeals affirming an order of the Employment Relations Board. ERB ruled that respondent school district did not commit an unfair labor practice in refusing to bargain about petitioner’s proposal to include in the parties’ contract a provision for teacher evaluation procedures identical to evaluation procedures required by a statute, ORS 342.850.

ERB held that it would disregard the statute and that under its “balancing test,” see Springfield Education Association v. School District, 290 Or 217, 621 P2d 547 (1980), the…