PRINTER'S NO. 380
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
429
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES AND COSTA, FEBRUARY 12, 2015
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 12, 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.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 696(n) 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.--* * *
(n) The [Secretary of Education, only upon the
recommendation of a majority of the School Reform Commission]
Governor, after proper investigation of the district's financial
condition, the administrative practices of the School Reform
Commission and other matters deemed appropriate by the Secretary
of Education, may issue a declaration to dissolve the School
Reform Commission if the Governor determines that dissolving the
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