Springfield Education Ass'n v. Springfield School District No. 19

Because of inconsistencies between our previous opinion in this case, Springfield Ed. Assn v. Sch. Dist., 24 Or App 751, 547 P2d 647 (1976), and our opinion in Sutherlin Ed. Assn v. Sch. Dist., 25 Or App 85, 548 P2d 204 (1976), and the need for harmonizing the two opinions, we granted the education associations’ petition for reconsideration.

In Sutherlin we held that the Employment Relations Board (ERB) erred in holding that the statutory duty of a local school board to promulgate student discipline rules consistent with those promulgated by the State Board of Education necessitated a finding…