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Cent. Westmoreland Career & Tech. Ctr. Educ. Ass'n v. Penn-Trafford Sch. Dist., PICS Case No. 16-0240 (Pa. Feb. 16, 2016) Saylor, J. (10 pages).

By | February 26, 2016
A pool of teachers furloughed when students at a vocational school were transferred back to their home school districts for math classes were entitled to hiring preferences under the Transfer Between Entities Act. Order of the Commonwealth Court reversed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Tishok v. Dep't of Educ., PICS Case No. 16-0215 (Pa. Commw. Feb. 4, 2016) Colins, S. J. (13 pages).

By | February 26, 2016
Alumnae of a college had no standing to challenge the Department of Education's order approving an amendment of the college's articles of incorporation to make the college fully coeducational. Petition for review dismissed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

W. Phila. Achievement Charter Elementary Sch. v. Sch. Dist. of Philadelphia, PICS Case No. 16-0246 (Pa. Feb. 16, 2016) Saylor, C. J., Baer, J., dissenting (26 pages).

By | February 26, 2016
The court held that §696(i)(3) of the School Code was unconstitutional because it violated the nondelegation rule of the state constitution and that the Philadelphia School Reform Commission's actions in suspending parts of the Charter School Law were null and void.
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The Recorder

Sweetwater Union School District v. Gilbane Building Company

By | February 25, 2016
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National Law Journal

Michigan State University College of Law Names Ponoroff Next Dean

Lawrence Ponoroff will be the next dean of Michigan State University College of Law, university officials announced Tuesday after the board of trustees unanimously approved the appointment. Ponoroff, who teaches commercial law at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, served as that school's dean from 2009 to 2012.
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Law.com

Non-Ivy League Law Schools Hope for First SCOTUS Alum

Graduates of Harvard Law School and Yale Law School have dominated the court for the past two decades, and each sitting justice attended one of those schools. (Ruth Bader Ginsburg graduated from Columbia Law School after transferring from Harvard.) But about half of the potential nominees now garnering attention would break out of the Harvard and Yale mold.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Justices' Ruling on Phila. Schools Creates Pressing Questions

In striking down as unconstitutional a section of the Public School Code that granted broad powers to the School Reform Commission, which oversees the Philadelphia School District, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court this week ignited a series of questions about how the district will adapt and what might happen at other distressed schools.
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The Recorder

Lawsuit Spurs New Student Privacy Proposal

Lawmakers are moving to limit data collection after Judge Kimberly Mueller ordered schools to turn over years of records in a disability rights case.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Calif. Judge Killed Crossing Street Had Strong Ties to D.C.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge who was killed Monday while crossing the street had a long career in Washington, most recently as a partner at Hogan Lovells.
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National Law Journal

How Scalia's Death Reshapes the Term's Landscape

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia triggers immediate questions for the high court and the nation about the outcome of significant challenges this term that involve abortion, immigration, affirmative action, union fees and redistricting.
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