Dallap v. Sharon City School District

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

The appellants in this case are teachers suspended by the Sharon City School District, effective at the close of the 1981-82 school year, due to declining enrollment.1 The question is whether the School Board committed an error of law in suspending these teachers while retaining another, or others, with less seniority. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the order of the Commonwealth Court and remand to the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County for further proceedings. 105 Pa.Cmwlth. 346, 524 A.2d 546.

All agree that the applicable law is found in Section 1125.1 of…