School District Liable for Retiree Health Care Benefits Contained in Prior Collective Bargaining Agreement 

In a decision with the potential to impact all Illinois school districts, the Illinois Appellate Court ruled in Henry Haake, et.al. v. Board of Education for Township High School Glenbard District 87 that the school district could not disavow its obligations to pay retirement health care benefits established under expired collective bargaining agreements (CBA).  Rather, the court held that the benefits provided by the contracts were part of the promised compensation for which the retired teachers had agreed to work, they had fully performed their obligations under those contracts, and the school district had benefitted from that performance. 

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