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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 Pa.C.S.A. Municipalities Generally § 303. Appeal of decision by school reform commission

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 696(i) of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L. 30, No. 14),  1 known as the Public School Code of 1949, or any other provision of law to the contrary, the following shall apply:

(1) A charter school applicant may appeal a decision of a school reform commission to deny an application to establish a charter school in a school district of the first class to the State Charter School Appeal Board established under section 1721-A of the Public School Code of 1949.  2

(2) Section 1717-A(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of the Public School Code of 1949  3 shall apply to an application to establish a charter school in a school district of the first class.

(3) A school reform commission shall be considered a board of school directors or a local board of school directors as such terms are used in section 1717-A of the Public School Code of 1949.

1 24 P.S. § 6-696.
2 24 P.S. § 17-1721-A.
3 24 P.S. § 17-1717-A.
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