Central Westmoreland Career & Technology Center Education Ass'n, PSEA/NEA v. Penn-Trafford School District

In this discretionary appeal, we examine whether the Transfer between Entities Act — a provision of the Public School Code designed to protect teachers affected by inter-school transfers of educational programs — applies where the transferred students are placed into pre-existing classes and no new classes are added.

In terms of background, the Transfer between Entities Act, 24 P.S. § 11-1113 (the “Transfer Act”), imposes hiring obligations on receiving schools when a class or program is transferred from one school to another and a teacher is suspended at the sending school. This aspect of the…