U.S.D. No. 501 v. Secy. of Kan. Dept of Human Resources

The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an appeal by Unified School District No. 501, Topeka, (school board) from a judgment of the district court of Shawnee County affirming an order of the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Human Resources (secretary), finding that the school board had violated K.S.A. 72-5430(b) by refusing to negotiate certain proposals of the National Education Association-Topeka (NEA). The present controversy arises as a result of negotiations between the school board and NEA during the 1981-82 school [235 Kan. 969]