UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist.

United Teachers Los Angeles (the union) appeals from an order denying its petition to compel arbitration of a dispute with Los Angeles Unified School District (the district) over alleged collective bargaining agreement violations. The alleged violations of the collective bargaining agreement concern the district's approval of a charter school petition, which was made pursuant to the Charter Schools Act of 1992. (Ed. Code, [1] § 47600 et seq.) The district refused to submit the dispute to arbitration on the ground the charter school provision of the collective bargaining agreement either violated or was preempted by section 47611.5, subdivision (e). Citing Board of Education v. Round Valley Teachers Assn. (1996) 13 Cal.4th 269, 277-288 [ 52 Cal.Rptr.2d 115 , 914 P.2d 193 ], the trial court agreed with the district and denied the union's petition to compel arbitration. We reverse the order denying the petition to compel arbitration.

On May 11, 2007, Green Dot Public Schools filed a charter petition with the district. The petition sought to convert Alain Leroy Locke Senior High School (Locke high school) to a charter school. The district's education board granted the…