National Education Ass'n-Kansas City v. Unified School District No. 500

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is a controversy between a teachers association and a school board as to whether certain items in dispute during professional contract negotiations are mandatorily negotiable. Many of the items have been resolved in our recent decisions in NEA-Topeka, Inc. v. U.S.D. No. 501, 225 Kan. 445, 592 P.2d 93 (1979); Chee-Craw Teachers Ass'n v. U.S.D. No. 247, 225 Kan. 561, 593 P.2d 406 (1979); NEA-Parsons v. U.S.D. No. 503, 225 Kan. 581, 593 P.2d 414 (1979); and Tri-County Educators’ Ass’n v. Tri-County Special Ed., 225 Kan. 781, 594 P.2d 207…