Summit School, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

A “Petition for Review in the Nature of Mandamus” initiated a request by the Summit School (Sum*625mit) that the Pennsylvania Department of Education ■ (Department) be compelled to act upon an application for Department approval of Summit’s special education program for socially and emotionally disturbed, students. An Answer and Summit’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings followed.

Summit is a private school for handicapped children licensed by the State Board of Non-Public Schools.1 For a number of years it has had specific licensure for the special education of…