EASTERN UNI. v. SCH. DIST. OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 16 EAP 2021.

265 A.3d 300 (2021)

EASTERN UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, Appellant v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: December 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Vittore Annecharico, Esq. , David Charles Hussey, Esq. , for Appellant.

Kevin Michael McKenna, Esq. , Mark G. Morford, Esq. , for Appellant Amici Curiae Agora Cyber Charter School, Antonia Pantoja Charter School, ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber Charter School, John B. Stetson Charter School, MaST Community Charter School, New Foundations Charter School, Olney Charter High School, Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School, Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School, School Lane Charter School, Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School, Commonwealth Charter Academy Charter School.

James Joseph Munnelly, Esq. , for Appellant Amicus Curiae Agora Cyber Charter School, Antonia Pantoja Charter School, ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber Charter School, John B. Stetson Charter School, MaST Community Charter School, New Foundations Charter School, Olney Charter High School, Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School, Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School.

BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

In this appeal by allowance, we consider whether Section 1729-A(a) of the Charter School Law, 24 P.S. § 17-1729-A(a), imposes a mandatory deadline by which a school district must decide to renew or not renew a charter school's charter. For the reasons that follow, we find that the legislature...

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