UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                      FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
                           ___________
                                 
                           No. 94-5090
                           ___________

     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

          SHARON TAXMAN, Plaintiff-Intervenor

               vs.

     BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PISCATAWAY,

                             Appellant


                           ___________

                           No. 94-5112
                           ___________

     SHARON TAXMAN,

               Appellant

          v.

     BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PISCATAWAY
                           ___________


                           ___________
                                 
          Appeal from the United States District Court 
                 for the District of New Jersey 
                  (D.C. Civil No. 92-cv-00340) 
                           ___________
                                 
                              Argued
                        November 29, 1995
                 Before:  SLOVITER,* Chief Judge,
               MANSMANN and MCKEE, Circuit Judges.
                           ___________

                         Reargued In Banc
                           May 14, 1996

        Before:  SLOVITER, Chief Judge, BECKER, STAPLETON,
          MANSMANN, GREENBERG, SCIRICA, COWEN, NYGAARD,
             ALITO, ROTH, LEWIS, McKEE and SAROKIN,**
                         Circuit Judges.

                      (Filed August 8, 1996)

*    The Honorable William D. Hutchinson was a member of the
original panel which heard argument in this appeal on January 24,
1995.  He died on October 8, 1995, before the appeal was resolved;
Chief Judge Sloviter was designated to serve in his place on the
reconstituted panel.

**   Judge Sarokin heard argument but retired from office prior to
the issuance of the opinion.     


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                   ORDER AMENDING SLIP OPINION

                        ------------------


     In accordance with the order of the Court entered August 20,
1996, it is hereby O R D E R E D that the slip opinion filed in the
above-entitled appeals on August 8, 1996 be amended to delete the
reference in the caption to the United States as a party to appeal
No. 94-5090.  The caption of the opinion is therefore amended to
read:


                           ___________
                                 
                           No. 94-5090
                           ___________


          SHARON TAXMAN, Plaintiff-Intervenor

               vs.

     BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PISCATAWAY,

                             Appellant


                           ___________

                           No. 94-5112
                           ___________

     SHARON TAXMAN,

               Appellant

          v.

     BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PISCATAWAY








                                        FOR THE COURT:


                                        /s/ P. Douglas Sisk
                                                            
                                                 Clerk



DATED:  August 21, 1996