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ALAICA v. RIDGE

784 A.2d 837 (2001)

Joanne M. ALAICA, Hope L. Fuller, Larry A. Jackson, Catherine V. Vaccaro, Cynthia Goffman, Deborah A. Marshall, Richard P. Livingston, Linda L. Kavish, Thomas Knaus, Roger Kostley, Richard W. Askey, Joyce Brackbill, Mary Furhman, Susan Grimm McCoy, Tracey R. Weller, Sayre G. Turney, Kendra V. Hoffman, Lenni J. Elhajj, Mary Ann Clouser, Howard Duerr, Robert Homer, Paul J. Urbani, Michael L. Evans, Barbara Ann Bell, Janice Elerby, Donna Howard, Janice A. Laird, Jeanne Becker Walton, and Andrew Martin, Petitioners, v. Thomas J. RIDGE, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Eugene W. Hickok, Secretary of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 9, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Hebe, Wellsboro, for petitioners.

Daniel J. Doyle, Harrisburg, for respondents.

Linda J. Shorey, Harrisburg, for intervenors, Senator Jubelirer and Speaker Ryan.

Wayne Wynn, Philadelphia, for intervenors, Phila. Federation of Teachers, et al.

Before DOYLE, President Judge, COLINS, McGINLEY, SMITH, PELLEGRINI, KELLEY and LEADBETTER, JJ.

LEADBETTER, Judge.

A group of teachers, parents and taxpayers filed the present petition for review, in our original jurisdiction, challenging the constitutionality of the Act of May 10, 2000, P.L. 44, No. 16, 24 P.S. §§ 17-1701-B through 17-1716-B, known as the Education Empowerment Act, which amended the Public School Code.1 Before this court are the preliminary objections filed by...

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