Poor Judgment, Bad Timing Helped Push San Jose's Schools into Bankruptcy.

Cramer, Jerome

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Publication Date: 1984

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Poor Judgment, Bad Timing Helped Push San Jose's Schools into Bankruptcy.

Cramer, Jerome

American School Board Journal, v171 n5 p39-42 May 1984

Following a 1980 strike by San Jose, California, public school teachers, the San Jose school board was embarrassed by a $6.2 million budget surplus into granting a teacher contract beyond its fiscal capacity. The school board's subsequent decision to declare bankruptcy established a controversial precedent for similar actions elsewhere. (JBM)

Descriptors: Administrator Role, Arbitration, Board of Education Role, Collective Bargaining, Financial Problems, Fiscal Capacity, Labor Demands, Labor Relations, Negotiation Agreements, Negotiation Impasses, Teacher Associations, Teacher Militancy, Teacher Strikes, Unions

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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