Dunellen Bd. of Ed. v. Dunellen Ed. Assn.

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Chancery Division’s summary judgment, holding that the consolidation of the Social Studies and English chairmanships was a matter of educational policy not subject to mandatory bargaining or binding arbitration under N.J.S.A. 34:13A-5.3. The dispute therefore falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Education, and the Board could not lawfully submit it to arbitration.