Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
(a) A school district considering itself aggrieved by the plan of organization of administrative units adopted by the county board of school directors may petition the Board for a hearing setting forth the basis for such appeal.(b) Appeal petitions shall be filed within thirty days of the date of submission of the plan to the Board by the county board of school directors.(c) The Board, upon receipt of an appeal petition, shall fix the date, time and place for a hearing.(d) Three or more members of the Board shall constitute the State Board for hearing purposes.(e) The Board may hear and consider such testimony as it may deem advisable to enable it to make a decision.(f) After reaching a decision, the Board shall enter such order as appears, either approving the plan as submitted by the county board or approving the plan in an amended form.(g) If no appeal petition is filed within thirty days of the date of submission of the plan by the county board of school directors, the plan of administrative units, as submitted, shall be deemed approved by the Board without right of appeal.(h) A school district considering itself aggrieved by the plan of administrative units approved by the Board, except those plans against which no petitions of appeals had been filed, may, within thirty days of the date of approval by the State Board, appeal to the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which the school district is located.