The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether the Philadelphia School Reform Commission has the authority to cancel expired collective bargaining agreements with the teachers’ union as negotiations are ongoing.

The justices granted allocatur in Philadelphia Federation of Teachers v. School District of Philadelphia on Aug. 10 specifically to address whether Sections 693 and 696 of the Public School Code and Act 46 of 1998 authorize the SRC and the Philadelphia School District to cancel the collective bargaining agreement with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and impose new economic terms.

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