Gibbons v. New Castle Area School District

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This case presents a question regarding the meaning, more precisely the scope, of Section 1125.1(c) of the Public School Code of 1949, 24 P.S. § 11-1125.1(c). That section, added to the Code by Act 1979-97, provides that “a school entity shall realign its professional staff so as to insure that more senior employes are provided with the opportunity to fill positions for which they are certificated and which are being filled by less senior employes.” The New Castle Area School District appeals by allowance a Commonwealth Court order reversing an order of the Lawrence…