The Taj Mahal Act

In 1973, Senator John Stauffer, (Democrat) then Joint Chairman of the Public Commission on PA Public School Buildings and co-sponsor of the precursor to ACT 34 testified "the power to approve an expensive school building should rest in the hands of those who are going to assume the long term debt." (History of Senate Bills, 1973). The purpose of the ACT 34 "Taj Mahal Act" of 1973 was to give taxpayers the opportunity to weigh in on school construction decisions.