Discovery Charter School v. School District of Philadelphia

OPINION

JUSTICE BAER

This appeal requires us to examine the Charter School Law (“CSL”)1 to determine the propriety of the charter amendment procedure adopted by the Commonwealth Court. We must also determine whether the Charter School Appeal Board (“CAB”) has jurisdiction over a school district’s failure to act on a charter school’s request to amend its charter to increase maximum student enrollment. Upon review of the CSL, we conclude that the statute does not set forth a procedure for amending the material terms of a charter or a standard for evaluating an amendment request, and the…