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The policy for school choice is implied in section 1327 of Act No. 14 of the Pennsylvania school code of 1949 which states "to preserve the primary right and obligation of the parent or parents, or person or persons in loco parentis to a child, to choose the education and training for such child." [1]
Text of Minersville School District v. Gobitis, 310 U.S. 586 (1940) is available from: Cornell CourtListener Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio) Billy Gobitas' letter to Minersville, Pennsylvania, school directors, explaining why the young Jehovah's Witness refused to salute the American flag, 5 November 1935.
In 1911, the School Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania modified the existing system to include a Board of Public education that would oversee sixty-one sub-districts and two central boards. The Public School Code (Title 22) of 1949 further regulated the provisions and establishment of Pennsylvania state schools. [1]
There are 500 school districts in Pennsylvania, administered by the Pennsylvania Public School Code of 1949. School districts can comprise one municipality, like the School District of Philadelphia, or multiple municipalities. School districts have the sole responsibility to instruct the school-aged population of the Commonwealth.
Saint Maria Goretti High School (Pennsylvania) Saint Pius X High School (Lower Pottsgrove Township, Pennsylvania) St. Rose Academy (Mayfield, Pennsylvania) Schenley High School; Scranton Central High School; Scranton State School for the Deaf; Sewickley High School; Walter George Smith School; Spring Garden School No. 1; St. Gregory's Academy
William Penn School District et al. v. Pennsylvania Department of Education et al. was a landmark decision of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania on funding for public education by the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The Court ruled that the underfunding of rural and underprivileged school districts violated the Pennsylvania Constitution. [1]
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Circa the late 1960s the number of school districts was 2,277. The state government had passed laws encouraging these districts to merge with one another, so the figure fell to 669, and then 501, in the 1970s and then in 1981. [1] There are approximately 500 public school districts in Pennsylvania as of 2023.