Updating a blog from earlier this month, which was on the subject of the William Penn case we detailed in an October 2016 Policy Brief, the board opted to vote and join the lawsuit. The case was appealed from Commonwealth Court in May of 2015 and the most recent action in the case was last week on matters unrelated to Erie’s decision.
The resolution approving the District’s joining of the lawsuit notes that the District has closed three schools, eliminated 200 positions and halved administrative staff and asked the Department of Education for $31 million in funding, a request that was rejected. The resolution states that if the Supreme Court allows the case to go forward (which would send it back down to Commonwealth Court) then the District would authorize its solicitors would join the lawsuit.
