Tunkhannock Area School District v. Tunkhannock Area Education Ass'n

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.

Tunkhannock Area School District (School District) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of the 44th Judicial District (Wyoming County Branch) (trial court) denying the School District’s petition to vacate an arbitration award in favor of the Tunkhannock Area Education Association (Teachers Association) that found that four School District teachers hired as “special teachers” were covered by the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

The facts of this case are not in dispute. The School District received federal grant funds and used those…