(6) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, to
close or reconstitute a school, including the reassignment,
suspension or dismissal of professional employes[.], except that
a school in a school district of the first class may not be
closed except as provided in sections 780, 1311 and 1311.1.
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Section 780. Public Hearing Prior to Closing School.--In the
event of a permanent closing of a public school or substantially
all of a school's facilities, the board of school directors
shall hold a public hearing on the question not less than three
(3) months prior to the decision of the board relating to the
closing of the school. Notwithstanding any provision of this act
or regulation, the board of school directors or a special board
of control in a school district of the first class shall hold a
separate hearing for each school that is proposed to be
permanently closed in the school district and for each school
designated to receive an increase of thirty per centum (30%) or
more in student enrollment as the result of a school being
permanently closed. Notice of the hearing shall be given in a
newspaper of general circulation in the school district at least
fifteen (15) days prior to the date of such hearings. The board
of school directors or a special board of control in a school
district of the first class shall conspicuously post notice of
the hearing on the school district's publicly accessible
Internet website, if a website is maintained. The published and
posted notice must contain the date, time, place and purpose of
the hearing and must be in English and Spanish.
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 1311.1. Conditions for Closing Schools.--(a) In
determining whether a school is permanently closed under section
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