Berkshire Hills Regional School District Committee v. Berkshire Hills Education Ass'n

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• staying arbitration of claimed Violation of contract provision granting district employees preference over outsiders for principal position, because such preference conflicted with school committee’s non-delegable authority, and was not “a question of adherence ... to procedures”
• decision on appointment of a principal is committed to the nondelegable authority of a school committee
• issues within employer’s exclusive and nondelegable statutory authority are not proper subject for collective bargaining or arbitration
• collective bargaining provision granting district employees preference over outside applicants for supervisory positions held invalid under earlier statute
• where the subject of the proposed arbitration is within the employer’s exclusive and nondelegable statutory authority, it is not a proper subject for collective bargaining or arbitration
• appointment of school officials within school committee’s managerial prerogatives

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