Community Academy of Philadelphia Charter School v. Philadelphia School District School Reform Commission

OPINION BY

Judge BROBSON.

Petitioner Community Academy of Philadelphia Charter School (the Academy) petitions for review of an order of the Charter School Appeal Board (CAB), which dismissed its appeal for lack of jurisdiction.1 We now affirm.

This case raises the question of whether CAB has jurisdiction to hear an appeal by a charter school concerning an application for renewal of its charter when a majority vote of a quorum of the Philadelphia School District School Reform Commission (SRC)2 voted to renew the charter, but SRC takes the position that the vote resulted in no action being taken…