(a) Repealed by 2020, June 5, P.L. 223, No. 30, § 4, effective in 60 days [Aug. 4, 2020].

(b) The board of school directors of any school district may enter into an agreement or agreements with one or more school districts and/or intermediate units and/or with other educational institutions or agencies and/or with non-profit organizations for the joint operation of an educational television and/or radio station. In the case where the members of the board of school directors and/or intermediate unit board of directors are members of any non-profit community corporation holding a valid Federal Communications Commission broadcasting license for a television and/or radio station, these non-profit community corporations which are a part of the State Plan for Educational Broadcasting, may enter into contracts with the State Public School Building Authority for the purpose of constructing, improving, maintaining, operating, furnishing and equipping these educational broadcasting facilities as a part of the public school system of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(c) The board of school directors of any school district and any intermediate unit board of directors may enter into an agreement or agreements with one or more school districts and/or intermediate unit boards of directors and/or other educational institutions or agencies and/or non-profit or commercial organizations for broadcasting.

(d) The Department of Public Instruction¹ may enter into agreements with educational or commercial radio and/or television networks or stations, non-profit organizations radio and/or television production centers, or any intermediate units, school district or districts for the purpose of educational broadcasting.

(e) The Department of Public Instruction and boards of school directors of any school district or intermediate units, or both, may contract for educational broadcasts for children or adults, using State funds or State-administered Federal funds appropriated for that purpose, or private grants or gifts.

(f) In accordance with the State plan for educational broadcasting, the Department of Public Instruction may establish and/or operate a broadcasting station and/or purchase, produce and/or contract to purchase or produce tapes, films and/or recordings for educational broadcasting.