Shearer v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

George Shearer petitions this Court for review of the back pay allowance provisions of an order of the Secretary of Education which has reinstated him as a teacher with Elizabeth Forward School District. The *268Secretary ordered back pay covering tbe period following the now-overtnrned discharge of the petitioner, but not for the suspension period which preceded it.

Petitioner, a professional employee, had been arrested on August 2,1977, and charged with possession of marijuana and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Despite receiving notice of the arrest, the school…