After noting the NEA's adoption of a resolution establishing guidelines for the settlement of impasses during school board/teacher negotiations, the paper discusses five ways California public school boards can regard employee strikes. They may view strikes as (1) illegal; (2) illegal, but necessitating procedures to deal with situations that normally lead to strikes; (3) illegal in part -- depending on the situation; (4) legal, but necessitating procedures to control the impact of strikes on education of youth; and (5) outside the issue of legality, but necessitating efforts to improve negotiations procedures and to eliminate strike threats. (LLR)