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SCRANTON – Dunmore School District has abandoned litigation over the reclassification of its high school girls’ basketball program by a state athletic group.
Dunmore School District of Dunmore initially filed suit in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas on June 19 versus the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, of Mechanicsburg.
The action was removed to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on June 29.
Dunmore had contested a decision from the PIAA to promote the Dunmore High School Girls’ Basketball team from Class 3A to 4A, based on specific criteria in the organization’s new competitive balance rule.
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The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association is suing the commonwealth and the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records, alleging that it should not be subject to the state’s Right to Know Law.
The complaint, filed in Commonwealth Court on Friday, comes nearly 12 years after Pennsylvania’s Right to Know Law took effect and following what a PIAA attorney called a burdensome request. The PIAA has been considered a state-affiliated entity under the law since its inception, but it didn’t file a lawsuit over the designation until now.
SCRANTON – A federal judge has denied the attempt of Dunmore School District to secure an injunction over the reclassification of high school girls’ basketball program by a state athletic group.
Dunmore School District of Dunmore initially filed suit in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas on June 19 versus the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, of Mechanicsburg.
The action was removed to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on June 29.
Dunmore is contesting a decision from the PIAA to promote the Dunmore High School Girls’ Basketball team from Class 3A to 4A, based on specific criteria in the organization’s new competitive balance rule.