Centennial School District v. Commonwealth, Department of Education

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

As a result of a teachers’ strike during the 1976-77 school year, appellee Centennial School District provided its kindergarten and secondary students in grades seven through eleven 158 days of instruction, its elementary students 159.2 days and its twelfth grade students 177 days. Based on these numbers of days of instruction provided, the Commonwealth’s Department of Education determined appellee district is entitled to a state basic instructional subsidy of $6,169,399.84. Appellee district disputed the Department’s subsidy calculation. Appellee district…