Watrel v. Commonwealth, Department of Education

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Albert A. Watrel appeals from a decision of .the Board of Claims, which denied his breach-of-oontract claim against the Pennsylvania Department of Education. We must determine whether DOE could, as part of a settlement agreement, validly bind the Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement Board (iSERB) to accept a contribution from Watrel, and whether SERB could legally accept such a contribution.

Watrel had been the president of Slippery Rock State College, and a member of the State Employees’ Retirement System, from 1968 until the governor dismissed him June 11, 1976.…