The process by which Pennsylvania’s Department of Education permits school districts to appeal determinations made pursuant to the federal No Child Left Behind Law is unconstitutional, a Commonwealth Court panel has ruled.

Since the NCLB was passed, state education officials across the country have been reviewing the annual yearly progress (AYP) of individual schools in local districts. Schools that do not meet federal AYP requirements are subject to the first of a series of sanctions.

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