United Teachers of Los Angeles, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Los Angeles Unified School District, Defendant And…

Summary

The court held that a school district and union may not compel arbitration of collective bargaining provisions that directly conflict with the Education Code by annulling, replacing, or setting aside statutory requirements. It also held that an arbitrator may not deny or revoke a charter, but concluded that the record did not identify with sufficient specificity which bargaining provisions UTLA sought to enforce or whether those provisions conflicted with the Education Code. The judgment was therefore reversed and remanded for UTLA to clarify its claims and for the trial court to determine arbitrability.