Legal Opinion
Girard School District v. Pittenger
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 5, 1978No. 73PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
This appeal requires us to determine whether certain regulations adopted by the Pennsylvania State Board of Education (herein “State Board” or “Board”) pertaining to student conduct and discipline are void and unenforceable for want of authority in the State Board to adopt them. The Commonwealth Court held that the State Board lacked authority and gave judgment for the plaintiff School Districts, appellees here. We, on the contrary, are convinced that ample authority for the action of the Board is to be found in the Administrative Code of 1929 (herein…
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