Maquoketa Valley Community School District v. Maquoketa Valley Education Ass'n

This case illustrates the problems caused when courts disagree with an agency’s construction or interpretation of the statute it administers. Here the district court disagreed with the PERB’s interpretation of “impasse item” and, in view of our subsequent decision in West Des Moines Education Association v. PERB, 266 N.W.2d 118 (Iowa 1978), erred in doing so. Now this court rejects the PERB’s determination of the effect of a late arbitration decision. The situation is further complicated by this court’s decision just last month in City of Des Moines v. PERB, 275 N.W.2d 753 (Iowa 1979), again…