Pennsylvania Act 1969-74 — CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
                  Act of Jul. 23, 1969, P.L. 181, No. 74              Cl. 24
                                  AN ACT

     Creating the Department of Education and transferring to it the
        powers and duties of the Department of Public Instruction;
        providing that the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
        be ex officio, the Secretary of Education; and transferring
        personnel, appropriations, allocations, contracts,
        agreements, equipment, files, obligations and other material
        from the Department of Public Instruction to the Department
        of Education.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  There is hereby created a Department of
     Education. All of the functions, powers and duties of the
     Department of Public Instruction are hereby transferred to the
     Department of Education.
        Section 2.  The Department of Education shall be administered
     by a Secretary of Education. The Superintendent of Public
     Instruction shall ex officio be the Secretary of Education.
        Section 3.  (a) Whenever in any law reference is made to the
     Department of Public Instruction such reference shall be deemed
     to refer to and include the Department of Education.
        (b)  Whenever in any law reference is made to the
     Superintendent of Public Instruction or to the Secretary of
     Education, such reference shall be deemed to refer to the
     Superintendent of Public Instruction as ex officio Secretary of
     Education.
        Section 4.  All personnel, appropriations, allocations,
     contracts, agreements, equipment, files, obligations and other
     material which relate to the administration and enforcement of
     the laws of this Commonwealth as they relate to the Department
     of Public Instruction are hereby transferred to the Department
     of Education with the same force and effect as if the
     appropriations had been made to the Department of Education in
     the first instance, and said contracts, agreements, and
     obligations of the Department of Public Instruction had been
     incurred or entered into by said Department of Education.
        Section 5.  This act shall take effect immediately.