PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 196

PRINTER'S NO. 844

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

232

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY MUSTELLO, STRUZZI, ROWE, PISCIOTTANO AND HILL-

EVANS, JANUARY 25, 2021

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF

laws relating thereto," in school districts, further

providing for how constituted.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 201 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,

No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended to

read:

Section 201. How Constituted.--(a) All school districts

shall remain as now constituted until changed as authorized by

this act. Except as otherwise now or hereafter constituted, each

separation would constitute a third or fourth class school

district, it shall remain a part of the school district to which

it formerly belonged until the change to a new school district

is approved by the Council of Basic Education, as hereinafter

provided.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a

school district in this Commonwealth may change its name by a

majority TWO-THIRDS vote of the local board of school directors

of the school district and with approval of the Department of

Education. The local board of school directors shall hold at

least one public hearing on the proposed name change and

year and shall include a certified copy of the resolutions

adopted by the board of local school directors approving the

name change. The Department of Education shall review and

approve the name change within thirty (30) days of the school

district reporting under this subsection if the new name of the

school district is not a duplication of the name of another

school district in this Commonwealth. Upon approval, the

Department of Education shall issue a certificate stating the

approved name of the school district has been registered as the

official designation of the school district.