HARRISBURG SCHOOL DIST. v. HICKOK


781 A.2d 221 (2001)

HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT, Harrisburg School Board, Joseph C. Brown, Linda M. Cammack, Kenneth Leister, Judith C. Hill, Wanda R.D. Williams, individually, and as parent and natural guardian of Rauwshan Williams, Ricardo A. Davis, individually and as parent and natural Guardian of Jeremiah Stephenson and Tiffany Davis, Clarice Chambers, Joy Ford, individually and as parent and natural guardian of Samantha Wilson, Grace Bryant, Glenise Cobb-Wingfield, individually, and as parent and natural guardian of Johnathan Wingfield and Asia Wingfield, and Citizens Concerned for Children First, By Dwayne Blount and Dale Carter, Trustees Ad Litem, Petitioners, v. Eugene W. HICKOK, Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Stephen R. Reed, Mayor of Harrisburg, Jane/John Doe I, Jane/John Doe II, Jane/John Doe III, Jane/John Doe IV, Jane/John Doe V, Potential Members of the Board of Control for the Harrisburg School District, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald M. Katzman, Harrisburg, for petitioners.

Daniel J. Doyle, Harrisburg, for respondent, Secretary of Education.

Todd P. Prugar, Harrisburg, for respondents, Mayor of Harrisburg, Jane/John Doe, et al.

Before DOYLE, President Judge, COLINS, McGINLEY, SMITH, PELLEGRINI, KELLEY, and LEADBETTER, Judges.


PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Before this Court are preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by the respondents in the above-captioned action (collectively, the Commonwealth) in response to a petition for review in the nature of a complaint in equity and declaratory judgment filed by the petitioners in the above captioned action (collectively, the Harrisburg School District) challenging the constitutionality of Act 91 of 2000 (the Amendment/Act 91), an amendment...

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