The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Federation of Teachers coordinated in a deliberate attempt to break Philadelphia campaign finance law, according to a settlement reached Tuesday between the PFT and the Philadelphia Board of Ethics.

The PFT gave City Council candidate Helen Gym $11,500, Philadelphia’s per candidate contribution limit. On Feb. 26, the PFT donated exactly $11,500 to the Pennsylvania chapter of the AFT. That very same day, the Pennsylvania chapter’s executive council voted to write Gym’s campaign a check for exactly $11,500. Both the PFT and the Board of Ethics agreed this arrangement exceeded Philadelphia’s per-candidate contribution limits by $11,500.