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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.
Minnesota was the first state to have a charter school law and the nation's first charter school was City Academy High School, which opened in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1992. [6] California created its District of Choice program in 1993. It allows California public school district to enroll students residing outside district lines. [7]
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.
Pages in category "School districts in Indiana County, Pennsylvania" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Months after a Center for Pu blic In tegrity investigation showed that Pennsylvania school districts locked children out of class while investigating their families’ claims of homelessness, a ...
In Pennsylvania, intermediate units are regional educational service agencies, established by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.Intermediate units are public entities and serve a given geographic area's educational needs and function as a step of organization above that of a public school district, but below that of the Pennsylvania Department of Education.