Chester Community Charter School Enrollment Cap Ruling- WPHL Fox 29

On Friday, January 18, in a 4-to-1 decision, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a trial court's Order that declared illegal and unenforceable the Chester-Upland School District's attempt to impose enrollment caps on charter schools in the School District. The Commonwealth Court's decision constituted an agreement with the September 4, 2007 Order of Delaware County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Joseph P. Cronin, Jr. determining that limits on enrollment at charter schools in the School District are illegal and unenforceable and enjoining the School District from enforcing them.

Widener Partnership Charter School, Chester Community Charter School and a number of parents of students in the Chester-Upland School District initiated litigation challenging the legality of the caps shortly after they were imposed following vocal opposition to the caps prior to their imposition. A ruling by the Commonwealth Court was necessitated by a complaint filed with the trial court that was brought by the Chester Community Charter School (CCCS), in which the school challenged the legality of the School District's enrollment cap resolution.

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Education

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• enrollment cap
• protest
• charter school
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania