CHESTER CHARTER SCH. v. COM. DEPT. OF EDUC.


996 A.2d 68 (2010)

CHESTER COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, Petitioner v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Secretary of Education Gerald L. Zahorchak, Chester-Upland School District, Chester Upland School District Education Empowerment Board, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Doyle, Media, for petitioner.

Joseph M. Miller, Asst. Chief Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondent, Department of Education.

Allison S. Petersen, Huntingdon Valley, for respondents, Chester-Upland School District and Education Empowerment Board.

BEFORE: LEAVITT, Judge, and KELLEY, Senior Judge, and FLAHERTY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

Chester Community Charter School (Chester School) has filed an action in this Court's original jurisdiction, seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of Education to withhold state subsidies from the Chester-Upland School District (School District) because it has failed to fund Chester School in the amounts required by law. Chester School also seeks a writ of prohibition, a declaratory judgment and a permanent injunction, to stop...

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