PRINTER'S NO. 1466
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1122
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY KINSEY, D. COSTA, BISHOP, V. BROWN, McNEILL,
ACOSTA, C. PARKER, THOMAS, SCHWEYER, KIRKLAND, COHEN,
MAHONEY, SCHREIBER, BROWNLEE AND PASHINSKI, MAY 6, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 6, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in school finances, further providing
for distress in school districts of the first class; in
grounds and buildings, further providing for public hearing
prior to closing school; and, in pupils and attendance,
providing for conditions for closing schools.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 696(i)(6) of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
amended October 30, 2001 (P.L.828, No.83), is amended to read:
Section 696. Distress in School Districts of the First
Class.--* * *
(i) In addition to all powers granted to the superintendent
by law and a special board of control under section 693 and
notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the School Reform
Commission shall have the following powers:
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