ANNEXATION FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES
§ 2.21. Conditions for approval of annexations.
(a) Changes in the boundaries of school districts, to coincide with changes in municipal boundaries already made, will be approved by the Council of Basic Education, in original applications, unless:
(1) The change would seriously impair the educational program of either the losing school district or the annexing school district.
(2) The loss to the losing school district in assessed valuation and tax income would impair the ability of the residual area to amortize existing debts or support its educational program.
(3) Approval would impose an undue transportation inconvenience on the pupils of the annexed area.
(b) The Board, when considering an annexation appeal taken from a decision of the Council of Basic Education, may make its determination upon the basis of evidence presented at the hearing before the Council of Basic Education committee and any supplemental briefs or materials it may authorize or require.
(c) The Council of Basic Education and the Board, as the case might be, reserve the discretionary right, prior to any action, to advise all school districts concerned in the annexation, that a just and proper adjustment of property, real and personal, including funds, indebtedness and rental obligations, if any, shall be made to and among the school districts, as prescribed in sections 271—277 of the Public School Code (24 P.S. § § 2-271—2-277).
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