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Omnibus School Code Amendment Update
The Pennsylvania Legislature passed House Bill No. 1067 on Friday, July 4, 2008. It became
Act 61 of 2008 when signed by Governor Rendell on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. This is the annual
Omnibus School Code Amendment bill, which is retroactive to July 1, 2008.
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PSBA Testimony Presented to the Pennsylvania
House of Representatives Finance Committee by M. Janet Burkardt, Esq., The
Law Offices of Ira Weiss.
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Divided court rejects school diversity plans - CNN.com
A bitterly divided US Supreme Court issued what is likely
to be a landmark opinion -- ruling that race cannot be a factor in the assignment
of...
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Justices limit school diversity programs - Boston.com
A half-century after the Supreme Court outlawed segregated
schools, sharply divided justices clamped new limits on local school efforts
to make ...
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Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. ruled
that the base-year system of assessing property is unconstitutional.
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Judge Rules Allegheny County Base Year System Unconstitutional
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Judge: County Assessment System Unconstitutional
In a 94-page decision, Judge Wettick also ordered Allegheny County's chief
assessment officer to complete a computer-assisted reassessment of the county
by ...
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Timeline of Allegheny County Assessment Controversy
Common Pleas Court Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr.'s decision
to toss out Allegheny County's base-year assessment system is the latest
step in a ...
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PA Counties Assess Tax Shortfalls – June 10, 2007
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