School District v. Commonwealth, Department of Education

*142OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

As a result of a teachers’ strike during the 1975-76 school year, appellee School District of Pittsburgh provided its students only 173 of the 180 days of instruction mandated by section 1501 of the Public School Code of 1949, Act of March 10, 1949, P.L. 30, as amended, 24 P.S. § 15-1501 (1962). At issue on these cross-appeals is whether, under section 2502(d) of the Code, appellant Department of Education must compute appellee district’s state basic instructional subsidy as though no strike had occurred and a full 180 days of instruction had been…