Lehigh Val Dual Lang Ch Sch v. Beth. Area S.D., Pet ( 2015 )

43 MAP 2015 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT LEHIGH VALLEY DUAL LANGUAGE : No. 756 MAL 2014 CHARTER SCHOOL : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the v. : Order of the Commonwealth Court : : STATE CHARTER SCHOOL APPEAL : BOARD : : : BETHLEHEM AREA SCHOOL : DISTRICT, : Intervenor : : : PETITION OF: BETHLEHEM AREA : SCHOOL DISTRICT, : : Intervenor : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 6th day of May, 2015, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issues set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are: (1) Whether or not the Panel's Majority Opinion and Order presents issues of first impression to the extent that it permits a charter school to open a second location by amending its charter and/or confers CAB with jurisdiction to hear a charter school's appeal from any and all denials to amend a charter school's charter? (2) Whether or not the Majority's Opinion and Order has departed from accepted judicial practices or abused its discretion when it misapplied the rules of statutory construction and/or relied on dicta? [756 MAL 2014] - 2