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

No. 587 M.D. 2014.

243 A.3d 252 (2020)

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; Bryan Cutler, in his official capacity as the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; Tom W. Wolf, in his official capacity as the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania State Board of Education; and Pedro Rivera, in his official capacity as the Acting Secretary of Education, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed: August 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad M. Elias , New York, NY, Daniel Urevick-Ackelsberg , Philadelphia, and Maura McInerney , Philadelphia, and Michael Churchill , Philadelphia, for Petitioners.

Patrick M. Northen , Philadelphia, for Respondent Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler.

Sarah A. Hyser-Staub , Harrisburg, for Chairman Stanley E. Saylor.

BEFORE: HONORABLE RENÉE COHN JUBELIRER, Judge.


Presently before the Court are applications for protective orders filed by Respondent Bryan Cutler, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and Stanley E. Saylor, a nonparty and Chairman of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, seeking to prevent Petitioners from taking...

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