Legal Opinion
Central Westmoreland Area Vocational-Technical School v. Scanlon
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 31, 1980No. Appeal, No. 2004 C.D. 1979PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Bogers,
The Joint Operating Committee of the Central Westmoreland Area Vocational-Technical School has appealed from an order of the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education reversing the Committee’s termination of Kenneth Bichar dson’s employment with the Vo-Tech School as a tenured professional employee, and ordered his reinstatement. The issue is whether the Committee’s action was a dismissal of Bichardson *437vesting the Secretary with jurisdiction to review it, or whether it was a suspension as to which the Secretary had no power of review.
The facts are not in dispute. The Vo-Tech…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kaplan v. Philadelphia School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Doebler v. MincemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Crestwood School District v. RedgateCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Downey v. Board of Directors of the Northern Potter School District, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Potter County1983