Top Pa. court to decide if SRC can cancel teachers' contract
Members of the School Reform Commission voted to cancel its contract with Philadelphia District teachers last year. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will decide whether that move was a legal one. (NewsWorks file photo)
A battle between the Philadelphia School Reform Commission and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers is heading toward the state's highest court.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will decide if the SRC has the authority to unilaterally cancel the teachers' contract.
In October, the SRC voted to cancel the teachers' contract and impose health care concessions on teachers in order to achieve $200 million in savings.
The SRC argued it had that power based on the 2001 law that took local school control away from the city.
In January, the state Commonwealth Court rejected that argument.
Now, in response to an appeal by the SRC and the District, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear the case.
No date has yet been set.
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