Changes to a state law governing enrollment in charter schools did not affect an enrollment cap imposed on a Philadelphia charter school, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
The court unanimously held that a 675-student cap the School District of Philadelphia imposed in 2005 on the Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School still held sway despite changes that were made to Section 1723-A(d)(1) of the state’s Charter School Law in 2008. Justice Seamus P. McCaffery wrote the majority opinion in School District of Philadelphia v. Department of Education, issued May 27.
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