WILLIAM PENN SCHOOL DIST. v. DEPT. OF EDUC.

No. 587 M.D. 2014

114 A.3d 456 (2015)

WILLIAM PENN SCHOOL DISTRICT; Panther Valley School District; The School District of Lancaster; Greater Johnstown School District; Wilkes-Barre Area School District; Shenandoah Valley School District; Jamella and Bryant Miller, parents of K.M., a minor; Sheila Armstrong, parent of S.A., minor; Tyesha Strickland, parent of E.T., minor; Angel Martinez, parent of A.M., minor; Barbara Nemeth, parent of C.M., minor; Tracey Hughes, parent of P.M.H., minor; Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools; and The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-Pennsylvania State Conference, Petitioners v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; Joseph B. Scarnati III, in his official capacity as President Pro-Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate; Michael C. Turzai, in his official capacity as the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; Thomas W. Corbett, in his official capacity as the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania State Board of Education; and Carolyn Dumaresq, in her official capacity as the Acting Secretary of Education, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 21, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad M. Elias , New York, NY, for petitioners.

Lucy E. Fritz , Deputy Attorney General, Harrisburg, for respondents Pennsylvania Department of Education, Thomas W. Corbett, Pennsylvania State Board of Education and Carolyn Dumaresq.

Patrick M. Northen , Philadelphia, for respondents Joseph B. Scarnati, III, Samuel H. Smith and Michael C. Turzai.

BEFORE: DAN PELLEGRINI, President Judge, BERNARD L. McGINLEY, Judge, ROBERT SIMPSON, Judge, MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, Judge, P. KEVIN BROBSON, Judge, PATRICIA A. McCULLOUGH, Judge, and ANNE E. COVEY, Judge.


Before this Court are the preliminary objections filed by the Respondents1 to the petition for review filed by public school districts that allege that they are underfunded; individual parents of students attending public school; and organizations

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