Torrance Education Assn. v. Board of Education

Act (Ed. Code, § 13080 et seq.) prohibits a school employer from requiring teachers who are members of an employee organization to attend faculty meetings where administrators discuss matters which are among the permissible subject matter of “meet and confer” sessions between the administration and the employee organization. By a judgment on the pleadings the superior court answered that question in the negative. We affirm the judgment.

For the purposes of this decision we must assume the truth of allegations of fact in plaintiff’s second amended complaint, but the alleged facts must be distinguished from the pleader’s legal conclusions which require evaluation by the court. (Faulkner v. Cal. Toll Bridge Authority (1953) 40 Cal.2d 317, 329 [ 253 P.2d 659 ].) The pertinent portions of the complaint will be summarized.

Plaintiff is an organization of public school employees. Its primary purpose is to represent its members “with respect to all matters relating to employment conditions and employer-employee relations.” Defendants are the governing body of the Torrance Unified School District (hereinafter the Board), and a number of individuals connected with the…