PRINTER'S NO. 2403
No. 270 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY METCALFE, YOUNGBLOOD, JAMES, LYNCH, BARRAR,
BASTIAN, CAPPELLI, CLARK, COLEMAN, CREIGHTON, EGOLF,
FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FORCIER, HERSHEY, LEH, MAITLAND,
R. MILLER, READSHAW, ROHRER, STERN, T. STEVENSON, THOMAS,
TIGUE AND WILT, JULY 11, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JULY 11, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Instructing the Education Committee to conduct a comprehensive
2 review of the Public School Code of 1949 and regulations of
3 the State Board of Education in order to identify regulations
4 inconsistent with that act.
5 WHEREAS, The Public School Code of 1949 is the primary
6 statutory basis for the public school system in this
7 Commonwealth; and
8 WHEREAS, The State Board of Education has promulgated a
9 myriad of regulations based upon the Public School Code of 1949;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Some of those regulations are believed to be
12 inconsistent with the Public School Code of 1949; and
13 WHEREAS, Regulations that are inconsistent with statutory law
14 are void and of no effect; and
15 WHEREAS, Inconsistent regulations of the State Board of
16 Education need to be identified; and
17 WHEREAS, Identifying these inconsistent regulations will
1 serve as a first step toward scrutinizing the matter of
2 unnecessary, unfunded and underfunded State mandates imposed on
3 school districts by regulation; therefore be it
4 RESOLVED, That the Education Committee conduct a thorough,
5 comprehensive review of the Public School Code of 1949 and
6 regulations of the State Board of Education in order to identify
7 regulations inconsistent with that act; and be it further
8 RESOLVED, That the Education Committee report to the House of
9 Representatives on its findings and recommendations by November
10 16, 2001.
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