Legal Opinion
Belasco v. Board of Public Education
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 3, 1986No. 49-51, Appeal Docket 1985PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
The School District of the City of Pittsburgh appeals from an order of the Commonwealth Court affirming, and modifying in part, a decision of the Secretary of Education (Secretary) which reversed the School Board’s dismissal of appellees, David J. Belasco (Belasco) and Edward R. Powers (Powers), as professional employees and reinstated them to their respective teaching positions in the appellant School District. At issue is the essence of the review powers of the Secretary in an appeal from a decision of a School Board. We are asked to decide the nature of…
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