Veteran Invokes Pa. Preference Law in Suit Over Teaching Job

By Joanna Richardson

A Vietnam veteran who is suing for a teaching job in a Pennsylvania school district has the state's educators worried that their hiring practices could be overruled by a 100-year-old state law.

Lawyers for Gordon Brickhouse are trying to convince the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that the veteran is entitled to a job as a public school teacher on the basis of veterans' preference--a state law that gives veterans of military service special consideration for public employment.

Mr. Brickhouse meets the state's minimum requirements for teaching: He has a state teaching certificate and graduated from an accredited teacher education...

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