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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

No. 98-2096

DAVID POWELL; SHELEAN PARKS; PATRICE EVERAGE; JULIA A. DAVIS; YVETTE BLAND; GERALDINE NEWTON; MARIA M. RIVERA; MARY E. MILLER; GREGORY LUZAK; CATHERINE LUZAK; FU-ZHEN XIE; THE BLACK CLERGY OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY; PHILADELPHIA BRANCH NAACP; ASPIRA, INC. OF PENNSYLVANIA; PARENTS UNION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN PHILADELPHIA; PARENTS UNITED FOR BETTER SCHOOLS; DAVID W. HORNBECK, SUPERINTENDENT, The School District of Philadelphia; FLOYD W. ALSTON, PRESIDENT, Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia; B OARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA; THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA; EDWARD G. RENDELL, MAYOR, City of Philadelphia; CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS LOCAL 3; TED KIRSCH, PRESIDENT, GUARDIAN AD LITEM, Intervenors in D.C.

v.

THOMAS J. RIDGE, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; JAMES P. GALLAGHER, CHAIRPERSON, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Board of Educati on; EUGENE W. HICKOK, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION; BARBARA HAFER, TREASURER

MATTHEW J. RYAN; ROBERT C. JUBELIRER; JESS M. STAIRS; JAMES J. RHOADES, Intervenors in D.C.DAVID POWELL; SHELEAN PARKS; PATRICE EVERAGE;

JULIA A. DAVIS; YVETTE BLAND; GERALDINE NEWTON; MARIA M. RIVERA; MARY E. MILLER; GREGORY LUZAK; CATHERINE LUZAK; FU-ZHEN XIE; THE BLACK CLERGY OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY; PHILADELPHIA BRANCH NAACP; ASPIRA, INC. OF PENNSYLVANIA; PARENTS UNION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN PHILADELPHIA; PARENTS UNITED FOR BETTER SCHOOLS; DAVID W. HORNBECK; FLOYD W. ALSTON; BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA; THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA; EDWARD G. RENDELL; CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellants

No. 98-2157

DAVID POWELL; SHELEAN PARKS; PATRICE EVERAGE; JULIA A. DAVIS; YVETTE BLAND; GERALDINE NEWTON; MARIA M. RIVERA; MARY E. MILLER; GREGORY LUZAK; CATHERINE LUZAK; FU-ZHEN XIE; THE BLACK CLERGY OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY; PHILADELPHIA BRANCH NAACP; ASPIRA, INC. OF PENNSYLVANIA; PARENTS UNION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN PHILADELPHIA; PARENTS UNITED FOR BETTER SCHOOLS, INC.; DAVID W. HORNBECK, SUPERINTENDENT, The School District of Philadelphia; FLOYD W. ALSTON, PRESIDENT, Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia ; BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA; THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA; EDWARD G. RENDELL, MAYOR, City of Philadelphia; CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS LOCAL 3; TED KIRSCH, PRESIDENT, GUARDIAN AD LITEM, Intervenors in D.C., Appellants

v.

2THOMAS RIDGE, Governor of the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania; JAMES P. GALLAGHER, Chairperson Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Board of Educati on; EUGENE W. HICKOK, Secretary of Education; BARBARA HAFER, Treasurer

MATTHEW J. RYAN; ROBERT C. JUBELIRER; JESS M. STAIRS; JAMES J. RHOADES, Intervenors in D.C.

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (D. C. No. 98-cv-01223) District Judge: Hon. Herbert J. Hutton

Before: SLOVITER and MANSMANN, Circuit Judges and WARD, District Judge*

ORDER AMENDING OPINION

It is ordered that the slip opinion in the above ca se, filed August 25, 1999, be amended as follows:

Page 3, line 20 which reads:

Michael Churchill Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA 19107

should read:

Michael Churchill Thomas K. Gilhool Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA 19107

___________________________________________________ ______________ * Hon. Robert J. Ward, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.

3By the Court,

/s/ Dolores K. Sloviter

Circuit Judge

Dated: September 2, 1999

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