Ashbourne Educational Services Inc. v. Commonwealth, Department of Education

Opinion by

Judge Colins,

Ashbourne Educational Services, Inc. (Ashbourne) appeals from an order of the Secretary of Education (’Secretary) which dismissed its exceptions to a decision of a Department of Education (Department) hearing examiner and adopted the examiner’s findings of fact and conclusions of law.

Ashbourne is a profit-making, licensed private day school approved by the Department for the receipt of state funding for the special education of children suffering from severe social and/or emotional problems, brain damage, and other debilitating conditions, pursuant to the Public School…