South Bend Community School Corp. v. National Education Ass'n-South Bend

HOFFMAN, Presiding Judge.

On August 15, 1980, the South Bend School Corporation through the Board of School Trustees (Trustees) entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the National Education Association-South Bend (NEA-SB). The collective bargaining agreement was incorporated by reference into all the contracts of the individual teachers of the South Bend school system. Effective at the beginning of the 1980-81 school year, the agreement was to terminate at the end of the 1982-83 school year.

In the summer of 1981 it became apparent that the school would have financial difficulties…