North Providence School Committee v. North Providence Federation of Teachers, Local 920

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• holding decision to reduce workforce arbitrable during terms of collective bargaining agreement because not aimed at improving educational mission
• holding even in the absence of statutory mandates \school committees are vested with a plethora of powers and responsibilities that relate to the essence of the educational mission that may not be bargained away[]\
• stating school committees vested with plethora of powers and responsibilities even without statutory authorization
• “We review arbitral awards under an exceptionally deferential standard as a means of ensuring that parties may benefit from arbitration * * *.”
• \We review arbitral awards under an exceptionally deferential standard as a means of ensuring that parties may benefit from arbitration as a relatively informal and expedient alternative to litigation in the court system.\

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