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All eight of the Dover school board members who were up for re-election on November 8, 2005, were defeated by a set of challengers who opposed the teaching of intelligent design in a science class. (The ninth member was not up for re-election.) The new school board president subsequently stated that the board did not intend to appeal the ruling ...
Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963), [1] was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court decided 8–1 in favor of the respondent, Edward Schempp, on behalf of his son Ellery Schempp, and declared that school-sponsored Bible reading and the recitation of the Lord's Prayer in public schools in the United States was unconstitutional.
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.
Henderson County voters apparently were fed up 75 years ago − or perhaps they thought they weren’t getting paid enough for their votes.
The Pennsylvania school code, section 1327, policy for school choice is, "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]
Students in Pennsylvania public school districts could go to school just four days a week. Legislation signed into law in December amended the Pennsylvania School Code to eliminate the requirement ...
During the election, Tarnowski said school choice was a central issue in the swing state of New Hampshire. Republicans made universal school choice a central issue and saw gains in the state capitol.
The Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are the official compilation of session laws enacted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly. [1] Pennsylvania is undertaking its first official codification process. [2] [3] It is published by the Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau [4] (PALRB or LRB). [5] Volumes of Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes ...