HARRISBURG — A judge gave approval Friday to a bid by Gov. Tom Corbett’s outgoing administration to take over the troubled York City School District and place it in receivership, a decision that was quickly appealed by the district and is opposed by the labor union and state school boards association.

The decision by York County President Judge Stephen Linebaugh gives more authority to the Corbett administration’s appointee to carry out a plan to make York City’s public schools the first in Pennsylvania to be turned into privately run charter schools.

If upheld, the about 7,500-student district would become the third Pennsylvania school district to be placed into receivership.

Gov.-elect Tom Wolf, a Democrat who takes office Jan. 20, opposes what he calls “charterization” of York’s schools. Corbett, a Republican, has sought to open avenues for more public school students to attend private, parochial and charter schools, frequently bringing him into conflict with public school boosters.

The appointee, David Meckley, became the district’s chief recovery officer in late 2012 after it met guidelines in legislation signed months earlier by Corbett designating it as in need of help.