               IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                          EASTERN DISTRICT


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RICHARD ALLEN PREPARATORY          : No. 19 EAP 2017
CHARTER SCHOOL,                    :
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                Appellee           :
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          v.                       :
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,      :
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND       :
PEDRO A. RIVERA, IN HIS OFFICIAL   :
CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF           :
EDUCATION,                         :
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                Appellants


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KIPP PHILADELPHIA CHARTER          : No. 20 EAP 2017
SCHOOLS,                           :
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                Appellee           :
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          v.                       :
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,      :
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND       :
PEDRO A. RIVERA, IN HIS OFFICIAL   :
CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF           :
EDUCATION,                         :
                                   :
                Appellants
                                   ORDER



PER CURIAM



     AND NOW, this 1st day of June, 2018, the Order of the Commonwealth Court is

hereby AFFIRMED.
