(File Photo: Source for Photo: Students catch their bus near Ambridge Area Senior High School, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, in Ambridge, Pa. Pennsylvania school districts will soon be allowed to modify or end the mask mandate for K-12 students in January, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 saying it is “time to prepare for a transition back to a more normal setting.” (Andrew Rush /Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Montgomery County, PA) A Pennsylvania lawmaker has the intention to make a draft of legislation to consolidate school districts in the state. According to a cosponsorship memorandum by State Representative Greg Scott, his legislation would consolidate and reorganize Pennsylvania school districts from 500 to 100. This was submitted last Tuesday and back in 2009, Governor Ed Rendell tried to do the same action. Central Valley School District was merged from Center Area and Monaca school districts that same year.