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SPRINGFIELD SCH. DIST. v. DEPT. OF. ED.

483 Pa. 539 (1979)

397 A.2d 1154

SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT, DELAWARE COUNTY, Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Appellee, and Joseph Scott and Helen Scott, his wife, and Alphonse Greppi and Gloria Greppi, his wife, Intervenors, and Patrick Maietta and Kathy Maietta, his wife, David Slain and Betty Slain, his wife, Bernard Connor and Joanne Connor, his wife, Angelo Borelli and Patricia Borelli, his wife, and Paul Dongilli and Patricia Dongilli, his wife, Intervenors. PEQUEA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennslyvania, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Appellee, and Fabio Pini and Patricia Pini, his wife, Allen Lefever and Doris Lefever, his wife, Christian G. Peiffer and Laverne Peiffer, his wife, and Mrs. Joseph Short, Intervenor-Appellees (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Stefanko, Sol., Persifor S. Oliver, Jr., Asst. Sol., Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Patricia A. Donovan, William B. Ball, Joseph G. Skelly, Philip J. Murren, Ball & Skelly, Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

Appellant school districts are appealing from separate orders of the Commonwealth Court affirming decisions by the Secretary of Education finding the districts to be in violation of the Act of December 29, 1972, P.L. 1726, No. 372, amending § 1361 of the Public School Code of 1949, Act of March 10, 1949, P.L. 30, Art. XIII, as amended, 24 P.S. § 13-1361 (1978-79 Supp.) (Act 372). For the following reasons we...

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