IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
EASTERN DISTRICT
PHILADELPHIA FEDERATION OF : No. 95 EAL 2015
TEACHERS, AFT, LOCAL 3, AFL-CIO :
AND JERRY JORDAN, :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the
Respondents : Order of the Commonwealth Court
:
:
v. :
:
:
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA, :
THE SCHOOL REFORM COMMISSION, :
WILLIAM J. GREEN, FEATHER :
HOUSTOUN, FARA JIMENEZ, :
MARJORIE NEFF, AND SYLVIA SIMMS, :
IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS :
MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL REFORM :
COMMISSION, AND DR. WILLIAM R. :
HITE, JR., IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY :
AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF :
SCHOOLS, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF :
PHILADELPHIA, :
:
Petitioners :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 10th day of August, 2015, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all
remaining issues. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:
Whether Sections 693 and 696 of the Distressed School Law and Act 46 of 1998
authorized the School Reform Commission and the School District of
Philadelphia to cancel their collective bargaining agreement with the Philadelphia
Federation of Teachers and impose new economic terms?
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