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In Grow Pennsylvania Scholarship Grant Program, further providing for definitions.
Recognizing the week of March 9 through 13, 2026, as "Civic Learning Week" in Pennsylvania.
In school health services, further providing for health services; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for State reimbursement for health services.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for exceptional children, education and training.
Repealing provisions relating to medical education loan assistance.
In school health services, providing for possession and use of prescribed pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy.
Requiring school life support coaches in Pennsylvania high schools; and imposing duties on the Department of Education and school districts.
In grounds and buildings, further providing for referendum or public hearing required prior to construction or lease.
In charter schools, further providing for contents of application.
Further providing for annual report.
Providing for comprehensive school counseling services.
In terms and courses of study, providing for recess and lunch periods.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for communism and socialism education.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for subjects of instruction and flag code.
Designating the month of November 2025 as "Indiana University of Pennsylvania Appreciation Month" in Pennsylvania.
In school safety and security, providing for purchase of firearm detection technology.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools.
In student supports, providing for policy against gender-based bullying.
In terms and courses of study, providing for credit for employment at congregate care facility.
In student supports, providing for bell-to-bell phone-free policy.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, further providing for Dual Credit Innovation Grant Program.
In terms and courses of study, providing for social media literacy education.
Making editorial changes to delete references to "approved private school" for the purpose of adding references to "approved special education school."
In Statewide system for provision of early intervention services, further providing for administration by Department of Education.
Making editorial changes to delete references to "approved private school" for the purpose of adding references to "approved special education school."
Designating the month of January 2026 as "School Director Recognition Month" in Pennsylvania.
In school safety and security, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program; and, in terms and courses of study, providing for secondary school start times.
Providing for Pennsylvania Promise Program; and establishing the Pennsylvania Promise Program Fund.
In school health services, providing for student mental health awareness.
In certification of teachers, repealing provisions relating to CPR instruction; in school safety and security, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program; and, in school health services, further providing for definitions, repealing provisions relating to automatic external defibrillators, providing for AED and CPR instruction and procedure, establishing the Automated External Defibrillator Program and providing for availability and specifications of automated external defibrillators.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for definitions and providing for mental health days.
In sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking education, prevention and response at institutions of higher education and private licensed schools, further providing for scope of article, for definitions, for education program and for follow-up; and making an editorial change.
In career and technical education, providing for governance of schools and institutes.
In taxation by school districts, further providing for definitions, providing for disposition of data center property tax revenue and further providing for school district tax notices.
Establishing the Executive Functioning and Study Skills Grant Program for public school entities and the Executive Functioning and Study Skills Fund.
Requiring certain school entities to adopt policies and procedures relating to access to school property by individuals or certain enforcement officials; and providing for training, reporting to governing bodies of school entities and for department guidelines.
In school health services, further providing for definitions, for possession and use of asthma inhalers and epinephrine auto-injectors, for school access to emergency epinephrine and for administration of epinephrine auto-injectors by school bus drivers and school crossing guards.
Recognizing November 29, 2025, as the "50th Anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" in Pennsylvania.
Providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harm suffered by designation.
Providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harms suffered by designation.
Designating the month of September 2025 as "Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Month" in Pennsylvania.
Providing for Delayed Payment Plan Program; establishing the Delayed Payment Plan Program Fund; and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
In preliminary provisions, providing for mandate waiver program.
In school finances, providing for reduction of school district debt.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for temporary emergency provisions.
Establishing the Tuition Waiver for Native American Students Program.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct an effectiveness and results audit and issue a report on all existing incentives for public school district consolidation and sharing of services, and to make recommendations related to incentivizing the reorganization, consolidation and shared services of school districts of a specific enrollment size.
In preliminary provisions, providing for innovative assessment and accountability demonstration authority.
An act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An act relating to the public school system, including certain provisions applicable as well to private and parochial schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto," in preliminary provisions, further providing for Special Education Funding Commission and for minimum number of days or hours; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for admission fees for school-sponsored activities; in intermediate units, further providing for staff; in certification of teachers, further providing for certificates qualifying persons to teach and for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department, providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and for State certificate fee reduction, further providing for standard employment application, for career and technical instructional certificate, for program of continuing professional and paraprofessional education and for postbaccalaureate certification, providing for assessment of basic skills, further providing for professional educator discipline fee and providing for career and technical administrative director certification flexibility; in pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools, for procedure when child is truant, for procedure by school when child habitually truant, for procedure upon filing of citation, for penalties for violating compulsory school attendance requirements and for study of truancy procedure, providing for department supports to prevent truancy and further providing for reports to Superintendent of Public Instruction and for exceptional children and education and training; in student supports, further providing for definitions; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions, for School Safety and Security Committee, for school safety and security assessment providers, for School Safety and Security Grant Program, for school safety and security coordinator and for school safety and security training, providing for school safety and mental health grants for 2025-2026 school year and further providing for reporting and memorandum of understanding; in school security, further providing for training, for school resource officers, for school security guards and for duties of commission; in Safe2Say Program, further providing for intent, for definitions, for Safe2Say Program and for annual report; in threat assessment, further providing for definitions, for threat assessment teams and for threat assessment guidelines, training and information materials; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Program, further providing for scope of program and selection of students and for enrollment of students; in evidence-based reading instruction, further providing for definitions and providing for school entity duties related to evidence-based reading instruction, for school entity duties related to reading screening, for reading deficiency identification and parental notification, for reading intervention plans, for grant program, for funding, for reporting, for accountability and for construction; in high schools, further providing for attendance in other districts and providing for Free Application for Federal Student Aid; in interscholastic athletics accountability, further providing for council recommendations and standards; in charter schools, further providing for funding for cyber charter schools, for enrollment and notification and for enrollee wellness checks; in career and technical education, further providing for capital reserve fund for approved purchases of equipment and facility maintenance, for career and technical education equipment grants, for Cosmetology Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program and for Barber Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program; providing for Nursing Shortage Assistance Program; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions and for Grow Pennsylvania Merit Scholarship Program; in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations; in higher education accountability and transparency, further providing for exit counseling; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, repealing provisions relating to State-related university performance-based funding model, further providing for prohibition on scholarship displacement at public institutions of higher education and providing for cooperation and for State scholarship renewals; in institutions of higher education, further providing for powers and duties of State Board of Higher Education, for definitions, for Performance-based Funding Council and for public institution of higher education reporting, providing for State-related University Performance Fund, for performance-based funding formula and for public accountability and further providing for agency duties, for grant priority and for report; in Ready-to-Succeed Scholarship, further providing for agency; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2025-2026; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding beginning with 2023-2024 school year, for extraordinary special education program expenses, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status and for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; abrogating regulations; and making an editorial change.
In student supports, providing for parental and employee notification of weapon incidents.
Providing for incarcerated students; and abrogating a regulation.
In preliminary provisions, providing for student-related injury leave.
Providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harm suffered by designation.
In certification of teachers, further providing for career and technical instructional certificate.
In preliminary provisions, providing for limitation on school mascots.
Providing for mascot transition grants; and establishing the Mascot Grant Fund.
Providing for Bilingual Educators Advancement Grant Program.
Prohibiting institutions of higher education that receive State grants or loans from entering into certain agreements; and providing for enforcement by the Office of Attorney General.
In school health services, further providing for automatic external defibrillators, providing for automated external defibrillators and training, further providing for sudden cardiac arrest and electrocardiogram testing and providing for electrocardiogram testing for interscholastic athletics; and, in terms and courses of study, further providing for cardiopulmonary resuscitation education.
In grounds and buildings, further providing for referendum or public hearing required prior to construction or lease; providing for school facilities; establishing the Public School Facility Advisory Committee; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, repealing provisions relating to building condition assessments; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.
In the State System of Higher Education, providing for educational opportunities for foster and adopted children.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a senior military college at the soon-to-close Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, and to report its findings to the General Assembly.
In Safe2Say Program, further providing for definitions and for Safe2Say Program; in postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence policy and online reporting system, further providing for definitions, for policy for postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence and for online reporting system; and making an editorial change.
Establishing the Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Pilot Grant Program.
In terms and courses of study, providing for school swimming education program; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, providing for payments on account of school swimming education program; and making an appropriation.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for when provided.
In pupils and attendance, providing for chronic absence prevention and support.
In terms and courses of study, providing for Pennsylvania Seal of Biliteracy.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a comprehensive study of the financial impacts of pooling all school district property tax revenue at the intermediate unit level and distributing that money to school districts based on their average daily membership.
In charter schools, further providing for enrollee wellness checks.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for firefighter and emergency service training.
Further providing for application for license, for issuance and renewal of license and for promulgation of rules and regulations.
In disclosure of interscholastic athletic opportunities, providing for annual evaluation.
In pupils and attendance, providing for possession and use of cell phones.
In terms and courses of study, providing for supplemental mathematics program for kindergarten through grade five.
In educational tax credits, further providing for definitions and providing for compliance with Federal tax credit for contributions to scholarship organizations.
Providing for in-State tuition for Pennsylvania residents.
In preliminary provisions, providing for Keystone Exam alternative feasibility study.
In certification of teachers, further providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department and providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels; and abrogating a regulation .
In the State System of Higher Education, further providing for Board of Governors.
Providing for the Pilot Program for Homeless Youth in Higher Education.
In career and technical education, further providing for Cosmetology Training Through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program.
In career and technical education, further providing for Barber Training Through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program.
In career and technical education, further providing for Barber Training Through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program.
In career and technical education, further providing for Cosmetology Training Through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program.
Providing for comprehensive school counseling services.
Further providing for application for license, for issuance and renewal of license and for promulgation of rules and regulations.
In community colleges, further providing for definitions and for financial program and reimbursement of payments.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for when provided.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for employment certification for adjunct and part-time faculty.
Providing for "What Is Your Pennsylvania Story" guidelines for school entities; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.
In terms and courses of study, providing for proposed curriculum changes and online curriculum availability.
Urging school districts to adopt later secondary school start times.
In terms and courses of study, providing for free-play recess.
In professional employees, further providing for minimum salaries for teachers.
In children and youth, providing for child-care center assistance grants.
Establishing the Electric School Bus Grant Program and the Electric School Bus Grant Program Fund; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.
In certification of teachers, further providing for program of continuing professional and paraprofessional education.
In certification of teachers, further providing for certificates qualifying persons to teach, for standard employment application, for career and technical instructional certificate and for postbaccalaureate certification; and abrogating regulations.
In certification of teachers, providing for human trafficking awareness and prevention.
In certification of teachers, providing for State certificate fee reduction and further providing for professional educator discipline fee .
In pupils and attendance, further providing for computation of distances; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, providing for pupil transportation data.
In certification of teachers, repealing provisions relating to CPR instruction; and, in school health services, repealing provisions relating to automatic external defibrillators and providing for AED and CPR instruction and procedure, for Automated External Defibrillator Program and for availability and specifications of automated external defibrillators.
In books, furniture and supplies, providing for school library collections.
In terms and courses of study, providing for after-school reading program.
In preliminary provisions, providing for Cyber Charter School Funding and Policy Council and furthe r providing for advertising and sponsorships; in pupils and attendance, further providing for exceptional children and education and training; in charter schools, further providing for definitions, for funding for cyber charter schools, for powers and duties of department and for assessment and evaluation, providing for fund balance limits, further providing for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions, providing for cyber charter school fund balance accountability, further providing for establishment of cyber charter school, for cyber charter school application, for enrollment and notification, for enrollee wellness checks and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations and providing for cyber charter school moratorium; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for extraordinary special education program expenses.
In career and technical education, further providing for Cosmetology Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program and for Barber Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program.
In terms and courses of study, providing for instructions in firearm safety.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for grading, classification and promotion of pupils.
In certification of teachers, providing for career and technical administrative director certification flexibility.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for Nonprofit School Food Program, repealing provisions relating to school lunch and breakfast reimbursement and establishing the Universal School Meal Program and the Universal School Meal Fund; and making appropriations.
In intercollegiate athletics, further providing for definitions and providing for rights of parties, for prohibitions on institutions, for athletic associations, conferences and organizations with authority over intercollegiate sports, for NIL agreements, for athlete agents and upfront payments, for athletic program structure, for protections and right to adjudicate, for private civil action, for settlements and for severability.
In higher education accountability and transparency, providing for requirements for significant reduction of operations of State-related universities.
In higher education accountability and transparency, providing for department approval for campus closures.
In higher education accountability and transparency, providing for economic and workforce impact review by State-related universities; and imposing duties of the Department of Labor and Industry.
Establishing the Lifeline Scholarship Program and the Lifeline Scholarship Fund; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the State Treasury and Auditor General.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for broadcast of interscholastic athletic competitions.
In school health services, further providing for possession and use of asthma inhalers and epinephrine auto-injectors and providing for school administration of adrenal insufficiency medication.
In preliminary provisions, providing for financial transparency data and reporting system.
In high schools, providing for Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
In certification of teachers, providing for educator preparation admission.
In personal income tax, further providing for classes of income.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for grading, classification and promotion of pupils.
Recognizing the week of March 10 through 14, 2025, as "Civic Learning Week" in Pennsylvania.
Designating the month of March 2025 as "Music in Our Schools Month" in Pennsylvania.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, repealing provisions relating to third-party services; and, in terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020.
In school directors, further providing for eligibility and incompatible offices.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for advertising and sponsorships; and, in charter scho ols, further providing for definitions, for charter school requirements, for powers of board of trustees, for facilities, for enrollment, for funding for charter schools, for funding for cyber charter schools, for powers and duties of department, for assessment and evaluation and for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions, providing for fund balance limits and for educational management service providers, further providing for school district and intermediate unit responsibilities and for establishment of cyber charter school, providing for renewal of charters, for charter amendments and for causes for nonrenewal, revocation or termination and further providing for State Charter School Appeal Board review, for cyber charter school application, for enrollment and notification and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations.
In high schools, further providing for assessment of civic knowledge.
In evidence-based reading instruction, further providing for definitions, providing for school entity duties related to evidence-based reading instruction, for school entity duties related to reading screening, for reading deficiency identification and parental notification, for reading intervention plans, for grant program, for funding, for reporting, for accountability and for construction.
In terms and courses of study, prohibiting the integration of culturally relevant and sustaining education into education preparation, induction and continuing professional development programs; and abrogating regulations.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for school athletics, publications, and organizations.
Designating the month of April 2025 as "Community College Month" in Pennsylvania in recognition of the important role that community colleges play in the education system and economy of this Commonwealth.
In terms and courses of study, providing for foreign language.
Establishing the Integrated Student Supports Program and the Integrated Student Supports Fund; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Education.
In sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking education, prevention and respo nse at institutions of higher education and private licensed schools, further providing for scope of article, for definitions, for education program and for follow-up and providing for staff training and for enforcement and penalties; in postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence policy and online reporting system, further providing for definitions, for policy for postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence and for online reporting system, providing for sexual misconduct climate surveys, establishing the Task Force on Postsecondary Sexual Misconduct and providing for confidential resource advisors, for waivers for student victims, for data reporting requirements and for enforcement and penalties; and making editorial changes.
Providing for free speech in higher education.
In grounds and buildings, providing for temperature control standards.
In pupils and attendance, providing for restricting possession and use by students of mobile devices.
In pupils and attendance, providing for personalized education program; providing for student freedom accounts; and establishing the Student Freedom Account Program.
In certification of teachers, further providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department.
In student supports, further providing for definitions and for student supports; and, in school safety and security, further providing for definitions, for duties of committee, for standardized protocols and for reporting and memorandum of understanding.
Providing for school chaplains.
Further providing for definitions, for State Board of Private Academic Schools, for powers and duties of board, for application for license, for issuance and renewal of license, for directory of private academic schools, for requirements for licensure and operation, for enforcement, refusal, suspension or revocation of license and for promulgation of rules and regulations.
In taxation by school districts, repealing provisions relating to local tax study commission and to adoption of further referendum.
In charter schools, providing for State certification for cyber charter school professional staff members.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development; providing for access to rigorous courses of study for all students; establishing the Access to Rigorous Courses of Study for All Students Grant Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.
Urging The Pennsylvania State University and its President to use transparency in closing any of its Commonwealth campuses.
In pupils and attendance, providing for access to private pay services.
In charter schools, providing for fund balance limits.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a comprehensive study of the financial impacts of pooling all school district property tax revenue at the intermediate unit level and distributing that money to school districts based on their average daily membership.
In school health services, further providing for health services and for vision screening and examinations, providing for eye health examinations and further providing for examinations by examiners of own choice.
In charter schools, providing for moratorium on buildings.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction.
Urging the Congress of the United States to fully cooperate with Federal efforts to eliminate the United States Department of Education, reaffirming Pennsylvania's sovereign authority over its educational system and recognizing the need for State-led education solutions to improve outcomes for Pennsylvania students.
Providing for Diversity Inclusive Curriculum Pilot Program.
In school health services, further providing for seizure recognition and related first aid training.
In student supports, providing for parental notification of certain incidents required.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for prohibitions regarding ideological oaths or statements, for prohibition on diversity, equity and inclusion offices and employees, for statements required to be included in mission statement, bylaws, faculty handbook and student handbook, for certain mandatory training prohibited, for revoking tenure for diversity, equity and inclusion violations and for spending restricted; and imposing penalties.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on the state of civic education in Pennsylvania and develop recommendations on cost-efficient, feasible steps that the Commonwealth can adopt to increase the accessibility and quality of civic education opportunities for students.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for exceptional children and education and training.
Designating March 19, 2025, as "The Pennsylvania State University IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) Day" in Pennsylvania and congratulating THON for raising more than $17 million for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital to help fight pediatric cancer.
In professional and occupational licenses, further providing for definitions and providing for policy for the award of academic credit for military training; and making editorial changes.
In school watch, providing for notice of financial information to resident taxpayers.
In high schools, providing for transition coordinators in senior high schools.
In collective bargaining, providing for conflicts of interest.
In terms and courses of study, providing for prohibited review of curriculum, instructional materials and voluntary inquiry material in public school entities.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for kindergartens; in pupils and attendance, further providing for age limits and temporary residence, for definitions and for when provided; and, in early learning programs, providing for full-day kindergarten.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for Targeted Industry Cluster Certificate Scholarship Program.
In student supports, further providing for policy relating to bullying.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for fire and emergency evacuation drills.
In terms and courses of study, providing for Cross-age Tutoring Program.
In school health services, providing for maintenance and use of opioid antagonists.
Providing for Pennsylvania student journalism protection.
In the State System of Higher Education, providing for free tuition for school board members.
In terms and courses of study, providing for litterbug education.
In high schools, further providing for courses of study.
In general powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare, providing for infant and toddler care professionals salary supplement; and promulgating regulations.
In professional employees, providing for Head Start Teacher Salary Supplement Pilot Program.
In school directors, further providing for compensation and oath of office.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for suspension and expulsion of pupils.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction.
In educational gratuity program, further providing for eligibility and qualification requirements.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction.
In grounds and buildings, providing for physical space for school library or information center; and, in books, furniture and supplies, providing for school library collections.
In professional employees, providing for Pre-K Teacher Salary Supplement Pilot Program.
In school directors, further providing for school director training programs.
In high schools, further providing for assessment of civic knowledge.
Establishing the Early Childhood Educator Tuition Assistance Program and the Early Childhood Educator Tuition Assistance Fund.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of the viability, benefits and costs of establishing consolidated, county-led busing of all private and public school students.
In higher education accountability and transparency, providing for notice of tuition increase.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions, for Keystone Exams and graduation requirements and for special provisions applicable to the Keystone Exams, graduation requirements and alternative competency assessment; in district superintendents and assistant district superintendents, further providing for performance review; in professional employees, further providing for definitions; in pupils and attendance, further providing for assisting students experiencing education instability; in E-chievement Program, further providing for definitions; and, in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for extended special education enrollment due to COVID-19.
Providing for capital investment needs.
In charter schools, providing for cyber charter school moratorium.
In school directors, providing for ineligibility for office of school director for delinquent tax obligations.
Urging the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Education to collaborate on conducting a Statewide study of school cafeteria services provided to every school district.
In terms and courses of study, providing for learning loss plans.
In district superintendents and assistant district superintendents, further providing for duties of superintendents.
Providing for administration of emergency anti-seizure medication.
In grounds and buildings, providing for air conditioning in student-occupied areas.
In higher education accountability and transparency, further providing for comparison tool.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development.
In terms and courses of study, providing for early human life development education.
Providing for classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and for parental notification of student health care services; and establishing cause of action for violation.
In charter schools, further providing for enrollment.
In nomination of candidates, providing for background checks for candidates for school district office.
In charter schools, providing for full-time cyber education program offered by school district.
In intermediate units, further providing for powers and duties of the intermediate unit board of directors and for capital subsidy.
In school health services, providing for eating disorder awareness and education.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for immunization required and penalty.
Establishing the Future Voter Program; providing for prevoter registration of eligible high school students; and imposing powers and duties on the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of the Commonwealth and county commissions.
Designating the month of January 2025 as "School Director Recognition Month" in Pennsylvania.
In student supports, providing for parental notification.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for dates and times of school terms and sessions and commencement.
In other required equipment, further providing for general requirements for school buses.
Recognizing the week of April 6 through 12, 2025, as "National Library Week" in Pennsylvania.
In preliminary provisions, providing for Keystone Exam alternative feasibility study.
In certification of teachers, providing for emergency certification applicants for career and technical education certification.
In terms and courses of study, providing for mindfulness techniques.
In terms and courses of study, providing for media literacy education.
In the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions and for powers and duties of councils of trustees.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for public institution of higher education policy on antisemitism.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools.
In postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence policy and online reporting syst em, further providing for policy for postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for youth suicide awareness and prevention and providing for violence prevention and social inclusion.
In grounds and buildings, providing for certified point-of-use filter required; establishing the Safe Schools Drinking Water Fund; and making an interfund transfer.
In terms and courses of study, providing for mental health check-ins.
Designating the month of February 2025 as "Career and Technical Education Month" in Pennsylvania.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for reporting of partnerships with foreign nations.
Prohibiting public school entities from engaging in certain communications and actions involving prohibited indoctrination; and providing for requirements for public contractors and for enforcement.
Providing for school counseling services.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, prohibiting certain diversity training and courses.
In professional employees, providing for professional librarian.
In the State Board of Education, further providing for definitions and providing for academic standards review; and making editorial changes.
In school health services, providing for parental notification of implementation of mental health services digital platform by school entity.
In public indecency, further providing for the offense of obscene and other sexual materials and performances.
In higher education accountability and transparency, further providing for comparison tool.
In charter schools, further providing for powers of board of trustees.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for parental notification and permission for participation in clubs and organizations.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for days schools not to be kept open and for additional holidays and vacations.
A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for the maintenance and support of public education.
In intermediate units, repealing provisions relating to psychological services; in professional employees, further providing for definitions and providing for school social workers; and, in school health services, further providing for health services and providing for school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers and school nurses.
Requiring school districts to provide annual notice relating to certain pension and other postemployment benefit obligations; and providing for property disclosure statement and for duty of State Real Estate Commission.
In school safety and security, further providing for school safety and security training.
In school health services, establishing the School Bus Driver Epinephrine Auto-injector Training Grant Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for kindergartens and providing for pre-kindergarten programs; and, in pupils and attendance, further providing for age limits and temporary residence and for definitions.
In school finances, further providing for fiscal year and for tax levy and limitations.
In sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking education, prevention and response at institutions of higher education and private licensed schools, further providing for scope of article, for definitions, for education program and for follow-up; and making an editorial change.
In certification of teachers, further providing for teacher
In school health services, providing for type 1 diabetes education parental notification.
In school health services, further providing for health services.
In preliminary provisions, prohibiting biometric identifying technology.
Providing for "What Is Your Pennsylvania Story" guidelines for school entities; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.
In professional employees, further providing for minimum salaries for teachers.
Establishing the Early Childhood Educator Tuition Assistance Program and the Early Childhood Educator Tuition Assistance Fund.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study, issue a report and make recommendations on the current status, management, structure, policies and finances of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.
In certification of teachers, providing for "What is your Pennsylvania Story" continuing professional development course; and, in terms and courses of study, further providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction.
In professional employees, providing for Head Start Teacher Salary Supplement Pilot Program.
In professional employees, providing for Pre-K Teacher Salary Supplement Pilot Program.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for admission fees for school-sponsored activities.
In preliminary provisions, establishing the Child Reunification Program in the Department of Education.
In professional employees, further providing for compensation plans for school administrators.
In terms and courses of study, providing for computer science education; and abrogating a regulation.
Designating the month of September 2024 as "Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Month" in Pennsylvania.
In school health services, providing for portable airway clearance devices.
In school safety and security, further providing for school safety and security training.
Providing for School Library Restoration Pilot Program.
Designating the month of September 2024 as "Back to School Month" in Pennsylvania.
In powers and duties, providing for continuing education tracking system.
In personal income tax, further providing for classes of income.
In school health services, further providing for seizure recognition and related first aid training.
In administrative partnerships between school entities, further providing for legislative intent and for definitions, providing for instructional programming partnerships authorized, for school district feasibility study and for construction, further providing for establishment, for application, for grant awards, for funds, for technical assistance, for reports by school entities and for reports by department; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, repealing provisions relating to administrative/instructional consolidation incentives; and making editorial changes.
Establishing the School Mental Health Screening Grant and Development Program.
In certification of teachers, providing for tuition assistance for inactive educators.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for prohibitions regarding ideological oaths or statements, for prohibition on diversity, equity and inclusion offices and employees, for statements required to be included in mission statement, bylaws, faculty handbook and student handbook, for certain mandatory training prohibited, for revoking tenure diversity, equality and inclusion violations and for spending prohibited.
In charter schools, further providing for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction.
In preliminary provisions, providing for minimum hourly wage or living wage for education support professionals; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for majority vote required and recording; and imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry.
In higher education accountability and transparency, further providing for comparison tool.
In school watch, providing for notice of financial information to resident taxpayers.
In the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions and providing for Grow Pennsylvania Merit Scholarship Program; providing for institutions of higher education, for Grow Pennsylvania Scholarship Grant Program and for intercollegiate athletics; in ready-to-succeed scholarship, further providing for agency; and making a repeal.
Providing for institutions of higher education and for Performance-based Funding Council.
In professional employees, providing for National Guard or Reserve parent student support.
In transfers of credits between
In pupils and attendance, further providing for residence and right to free school privileges.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for Nonprofit School Food Program and providing for School Meal Debt Fund; and making appropriations.
In certification of teachers, repealing provisions relating to CPR instruction; and, in school health services, repealing provisions relating to automatic external defibrillators and providing for AED and CPR instruction and procedure, for Automated External Defibrillator Program and for availability and specifications of automated external defibrillators.
In intermediate units, further providing for powers and duties of the intermediate unit board of directors, for capital subsidy and for school safety and security enhancements; and, in school safety and security, further providing for Targeted School Safety Grants for Nonpublic Schools and School Entities Program.
In safe schools, further providing for policy relating to bullying.
In the State System of Higher Education, further providing for Board of Governors.
In certification of teachers, further providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department.
In preliminary provisions, providing for advertising and sponsorships; in intermediate units, further providing for school safety and security enhancements; in professional employees, further providing for qualifications; in certification of teachers, further providing for State certificates, for career and technical instruction and for baccalaureate certification basic skills assessment; in Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program, further providing for definitions, for program establishment and duties of agency, for eligibility and for report; in school safety and security, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program, for school safety and security coordinator, for Targeted School Safety Grants for Nonpublic Schools and School Entities Program and for school safety and security training and providing for school safety and mental health grants for 2024-2025 school year; in school security, further providing for duties of commission, providing for school security personnel and establishing School Security Personnel Fund; in school security, further providing for duties of commission and providing for school security personnel and for School Security Personnel Fund; in school health services, further providing for vision screening and examinations; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Program, further providing for establishment and payment of tuition; in administrative partnerships between school entities, further providing for legislative intent and for definitions, providing for instructional programming partnerships authorized, for school district feasibility study and for construction and further providing for establishment, for application, for grant awards, for technical assistance, for reports by school entities and for reports by department; in talent recruitment, further providing for Talent Recruitment Account; in charter schools, further providing for definitions, for charter school requirements, for powers of board of trustees, for facilities and for funding for charter schools, providing for funding for cyber charter schools, further providing for enrollment and notification and providing for enrollee wellness checks and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations; in disability inclusive curriculum, further providing for department responsibilities; in Schools-to-Work-Program, repealing provisions relating to expiration; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions, for qualification and application by organizations, for tax credits and for limitations, repealing provisions relating to opportunity scholarships and providing for economically disadvantaged school scholarships; in course materials at institutions of higher education, repealing provisions relating to College Textbook Policies Advisory Committee; in sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking education, prevention and response at institutions of higher education and private licensed schools, further providing for memorandum of understanding; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, repealing provisions relating to Public Higher Education Funding Commission; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2024-2025; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for payments on account of pupils enrolled in career and technical curriculums and for student-weighted basic education funding, providing for student-weighted basic education funding beginning with 2023-2024 school year, further providing for State reimbursement for health services, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status and for Commonwealth reimbursements for charter schools and cyber charter schools, repealing provisions relating to administrative and instructional consolidation incentives and further providing for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant; in State Board of Education, further providing for powers and duties of the board; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; in School Environmental Repairs Program, further providing for School Environmental Repairs Program Restricted Account and for School Environmental Repairs Program; and making editorial changes.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and make recommendations on non-academic barriers students face getting accepted into career and technical education programs and identifying the barriers.
Requiring disclosure of mandatory fees by institutions of higher education.
In school safety and security, establishing the Cell Phone Lockable Bag Pilot Program.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for suicide prevention hotline telephone number on student identification card; and, in school safety and security, further providing for school safety and security coordinator.
In transfers of credits between institutions of higher education, further providing for definitions and for duties of public institutions of higher education, providing for guaranteed admission, for reports to General Assembly and for dispute resolution and further providing for Transfer and Articulation Oversight Committee, for duties of department and for applicability; in higher education accountability and transparency, further providing for definitions and providing for student fee transparency; and providing for institutions of higher education and Dual Credit Innovation and Equity Grant Program.
Providing for parental consent for virtual mental health services provided by a school entity.
In student supports, providing for parental and employee notification of weapon incidents.
Providing for school facilities; establishing the School Facilities Office and the Public School Facility Advisory Committee; and repealing provisions relating to building condition assessments.
In pupils and attendance, providing for exception from compulsory education for certain children with disabilities.
In school directors, providing for ineligibility for office of school director for delinquent tax obligations.
In terms and courses of study, providing for moment of silence on September 11 anniversary.
Further providing for denial of financial assistance.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for Higher Education Task Force.
In the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions and establishing the Grow Pennsylvania Merit Scholarship Program.
In preliminary provisions, providing for advertising and sponsorships; in charter schools, further providing for definitions, for charter school requirements and for funding for charter schools, providing for funding for cyber charter schools, for cyber charter school requirements, for powers and composition of board of trustees and for educational management service providers, further providing for powers and duties of department and for assessment and evaluation, providing for annual reports and public reporting and for fund balance limits, further providing for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions and for school district and intermediate unit responsibilities, providing for access to other schools' facilities, further providing for establishment of cyber charter school, providing for renewals, for charter amendments and for causes for nonrenewal, revocation or termination, further providing for State Charter School Appeal Board review, for cyber charter school application and for enrollment and notification, providing for enrollment parameters and for enrollee wellness checks and further providing for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding, providing for adequacy and tax equity supplements and for accountability to Commonwealth taxpayers and further providing for Pennsylvania accountability grants.
In Ready-to-Succeed Scholarship, further providing for agency.
In the State System of Higher Education, providing for educational opportunities for foster and adopted children.
Establishing the Freedom Schools Grant Program; and making an appropriation.
In personal income tax, further providing for classes of income; and providing for 529 savings account employer matching contribution tax credit and tuition account programs.
In school health services, providing for student mental health awareness.
In school health services, providing for Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program; and making an appropriation.
In terms and courses of study, providing for credit for employment at congregate care facility.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction.
In school health services, providing for school access to bronchodilators.
In school directors, further providing for school director training programs.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, providing for school district reorganization study.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for school athletics, publications, and organizations.
In the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions and establishing the Grow Pennsylvania Merit Scholarship Program.
In school health services, providing for mental health awareness and model curriculum and establishing the Mental Health Education Advisory Committee.
Recognizing the week of January 28 through February 3, 2024, as "Catholic Schools Week" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the month of April 2024 as "National School Library Month" in Pennsylvania.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for publication of rules, regulations and policies.
Recognizing the week of May 6 through 10, 2024, as "Teacher Appreciation Week" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the week of April 7 through 13, 2024, as "National Library Week" in Pennsylvania.
Designating March 19, 2024, as "The Pennsylvania State University IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) Day" in Pennsylvania and congratulating THON for raising nearly $17 million for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital to help fight pediatric cancer.
In school health services, further providing for vision screening and examinations.
Designating the month of January 2024 as "School Director Recognition Month" in Pennsylvania.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development; providing for access to advanced courses for all students; establishing the Access to Advanced Courses for All Students Grant Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.
Providing for comprehensive school counseling services.
Providing for the Dual Credit Innovation and Equity Grant Program.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for admission fees for school-sponsored activities.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, providing for reimbursements for merged school districts.
Providing for school chaplains.
Further providing for immunity from liability.
In books, furniture and supplies, providing for school library collections.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, providing for reimbursements for merged school districts.
Designating the month of March 2024 as "Music in Our Schools Month" in Pennsylvania.
In higher education accountability and transparency, further providing for comparison tool.
Designating October 17, 2023, as "Kappa Alpha Psi Day" in Pennsylvania.
Designating August 21 through September 8, 2023, as "Back to School Weeks" in Pennsylvania.
In pupils and attendance, providing for exception from compulsory education for certain children with disabilities.
In child protective services, providing for information for school districts.
In terms and courses of study, providing for credit for employment at congregate care facility.
In general powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare, further providing for personal care home and assisted living residence administrators; and abrogating regulations.
In school safety and security, providing for trauma-informed records program; and imposing a penalty.
In terms and courses of study, providing for student mental health supports.
In terms and courses of study, providing for school swimming education program; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, providing for payments on account of school swimming education program; and making an appropriation.
Urging the Department of Education to expand the PAsmart initiative to include grants for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and computer science innovation ethics programs.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for youth suicide awareness and prevention and providing for violence prevention and social inclusion.
Establishing the Statewide Imagination Library Program and the Imagination Library of Pennsylvania Restricted Account; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.
In school directors, further providing for eligibility and incompatible offices.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, prohibiting certain diversity training and courses.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for reporting of partnerships with foreign nations.
In pupils and attendance, providing for possession and use of mobile devices.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for subjects of instruction and flag code.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for school athletics, publications, and organizations; in grounds and buildings, further providing for water-closets or out-houses and providing for bathroom and athletic facilities for transgender students; and, in school health services, further providing for examinations of school buildings and grounds.
In school safety and security, providing for purchase of firearm detection technology.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for excuses from attending school.
In preliminary provisions, providing for requiring students to take academic assessments online.
In grounds and buildings, providing for certified point-of-use filter required; establishing the Safe Schools Drinking Water Fund; and making an interfund transfer.
In terms and courses of study, providing for mental health check-ins.
Designating November 9, 2024, as "Antisemitism Awareness and Education Day" in Pennsylvania.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for public institution of higher education policy on antisemitism.
In terms and courses of study, providing for mindfulness techniques.
In preliminary provisions, providing for nondiscrimination awareness and prevention policy.
In interscholastic athletics accountability, providing for playoffs and championships.
In interscholastic athletics accountability, further providing for council recommendations and standards.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction.
In preliminary provisions, providing for student data security.
In safe schools, providing for policy against gender-based bullying.
Providing for Diversity Inclusive Curriculum Pilot Program.
In school safety and security, further providing for school safety and security coordinator.
In school health services, establishing the School Bus Driver Epinephrine Auto-injector Training and Grant Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for grading, classification and promotion of pupils.
In minors, further providing for use of tobacco products in schools prohibited.
In preliminary provisions, providing for minimum number of days or hours.
In school health services, further providing for dental examinations and dental hygiene services.
In terms and courses of study, providing for calculation of average daily membership for a dual credit course.
In school safety and security, further providing for school
In preliminary provisions, further providing for Special Education Funding Commission, for Basic Education Funding Commission and for Commission on Education and Economic Competitiveness and providing for public job posting database, for instructional vacancy data and for data transparency; providing for Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; in drug and alcohol recovery high school program, further providing for scope of program and selection of students, providing for enrollment of students and further providing for academic programs; in terms and courses of study, further providing for Economic Education and Personal Financial Literacy Programs; in early learning programs, providing for quarterly reporting; in high schools, further providing for attendance in other districts; in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions; in credit card marketing, further providing for regulation of on-campus credit card marketing; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status; and abrogating regulations.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for special provisions applicable to limited school years; in duties and powers of board of school directors, further providing for additional schools and departments; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in school directors' associations and county boards of school directors, further providing for powers and duties; in intermediate units, further providing for visual services and for school safety and security enhancements; in certification of teachers, further providing for substitute teaching permit for prospective teachers and for locally issued temporary certification for substitute teachers, repealing provisions relating to permit for classroom monitors and providing for permit for classroom monitors; providing for the Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program; in pupils and attendance, further providing for compulsory education of physical defectives, for school lunch and breakfast reimbursement, for dependent children, for actual cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children in the four chartered schools for education of the deaf and the blind, for payment of cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children, for transfer of funds for transferal programs and for children under six with defective hearing and parent or guardian advised of schools, etc.; in safe schools, further providing for definitions and for Office for Safe Schools, repealing provisions relating to regulations and to reporting, further providing for policy relating to bullying and for maintenance of records and repealing provisions relating to Safe Schools Advocate in School Districts of the First Class, to standing, to enforcement and to construction of article and other laws; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions and for school safety and security committee, providing for duties of committee, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program, providing for Targeted School Safety Grants for Nonpublic Schools and School Entities Program, for standardized protocols, for county safe schools' collaborative and for school mental health grants for 2023-2024 school year, further providing for school safety and security coordinator training and providing for reporting and memorandum of understanding, for safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class and for enforcement; in school security, further providing for definitions, for school police officers, for annual report and for school security guards; in character education program, further providing for character education program; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions, for qualification and application by organizations and for limitations; in school districts of the first class, further providing for qualifications of principals and teachers; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2023-2024; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for definitions and for payments on account of pupils enrolled in career and technical curriculums, for payments on account of courses for exceptional children, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status, for payments, for payments on account of pupil transportation, for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant and for payment of required contribution for public school employees' Social Security; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; providing for School Environmental Repairs Program; and making an editorial change.
Providing for the Pennsylvania Promise Pilot Program; prescribing powers and duties of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency; providing for scholarships for tuition and fees, scholarships for room and board and aid for adult reeducation; and establishing the Pennsylvania Promise Pilot Program Fund.
Establishing the Electric School Bus Grant Program and the Electric School Bus Grant Program Fund; providing for duties of the Department of Education; and making an appropriation.
In pupils and attendance, providing for personalized education program; providing for student freedom accounts; and establishing the Student Freedom Account Program.
In school safety and security, further providing for school safety and security coordinator; and, in school security, further providing for duties of commission and providing for school security personnel.
In safe schools, further providing for Office for Safe Schools; establishing the Safe Schools Fund; and making an interfund transfer.
In high schools, further providing for courses of study; and abrogating regulations.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for suspension and expulsion of pupils.
In certification of teachers, further providing for certificates qualifying persons to teach and providing for special temporary certificate for veterans.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for dates and times of school terms and sessions and commencement.
In Safe2Say Program, further providing for definitions and for Safe2Say Program; in postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence policy and online reporting system, further providing for definitions, for policy for postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence and for online reporting system; and making an editorial change.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for subjects of instruction and flag code and providing for voting rights instruction; and, in high schools, further providing for assessment of civic knowledge and providing for voter registration efforts.
In pupils and attendance, providing for military child advance enrollment.
In professional employees, repealing provisions relating to religious garb, insignia, etc., prohibited and penalty.
Establishing the Tuition Waiver for Native American Students Program.
In school health services, providing for parental notification of implementation of mental health services digital platform by school entity.
Providing for school counseling services.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for firefighter and emergency service training and establishing the Secondary Education Fire Training Pilot Program and the Fire Training Fund.
In terms and courses of study, providing for parental control relating to instructional materials and books containing sexually explicit content.
Providing for display of the Preamble of the Constitution of Pennsylvania in each school building.
Providing for display of the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States in each school building.
In terms and courses of study, providing for online curriculum availability.
Amending the act of December 15, 1982 (P.L.1266, No.287), entitled "An act conferring limited residency status on military personnel, their dependents and civilian personnel assigned to an active duty station in Pennsylvania," further providing for residency of students.
In safe schools, further providing for definitions, for reporting, for policy relating to bullying and for maintenance of records; and, in Safe2Say Program, further providing for intent, for definitions and for Safe2Say Program and providing for reporting and remediating bullying.
In safe schools, further providing for definitions and for policy relating to bullying and providing for parental responsibility in bullying.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for Basic Education Funding Commission and for special provisions applicable to limited school years, establishing the Child Reunification Program in the Department of Education and providing for minimum number of days or hours, for public job posting database, for instructional vacancy data and for data transparency; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for additional schools and departments; in school finances, providing for school district budget timeline for 2024 and for procedure for securing approval of electors; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in school directors' associations and county boards of school directors, further providing for powers and duties; in intermediate units, further providing for visual services and for school safety and security enhancements; in professional employees, repealing provisions relating to religious garb, insignia, etc., prohibited and penalty; in certification of teachers, further providing for substitute teaching permit for prospective teachers, for locally issued temporary certification for substitute teachers and for permit for classroom monitors; providing for Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program; in pupils and attendance, further providing for compulsory education of physical defectives, for dependent children, for cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children in approved institutions, for payment of cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children, for transfer of funds for transferal programs and for children under six with defective hearing and parent or guardian advised of schools, etc.; in safe schools, further providing for definitions and for Office for Safe Schools, repealing provisions relating to regulations and to reporting, further providing for policy relating to bullying and for maintenance of records, repealing provisions relating to safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class, to standing, to enforcement and to construction of article and other laws; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions and for School Safety and Security Committee, providing for duties of committee, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program, providing for Targeted School Safety Grants for Nonpublic Schools and School Entities Program, for standardized protocols, for county safe schools' collaborative and for school mental health grants for 2023-2024 school year, further providing for school safety and security coordinator training and providing for reporting and memorandum of understanding, for safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class and for enforcement; in school security, further providing for definitions, for school police officers, for annual report and for school security guards; in school health services, further providing for dental examinations and dental hygiene services and providing for eating disorder awareness and education; in drug and alcohol recovery high school program, providing for enrollment of students; in terms and courses of study, providing for calculation of average daily membership for a dual credit course and further providing for Economic Education and Personal Financial Literacy Programs; in early learning programs, providing for quarterly meetings; in character education program, further providing for character education program; providing for the Dual Credit Innovation and Equity Grant Program; in high schools, further providing for attendance in other districts; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in educational tax credits, further providing for qualification and application by organizations, for limitations and for low-achieving schools; in school districts of the first class, further providing for qualifications of principals and teachers; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2023-2024; in credit card marketing, further providing for regulation of on-campus credit card marketing; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for definitions and for payments on account of pupils enrolled in career and technical curriculums, providing for Level-Up Supplement for 2022-2023 school year, further providing for payments on account of courses for exceptional children, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status, for payments, for payments on account of pupil transportation, for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant and for payment of required contribution for public school employees' Social Security; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; providing for School Environmental Repairs Program; abrogating a regulation; and making an editorial change.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for parental notification and permission for participation in clubs and organizations.
In certification of teachers, further providing for child abuse recognition and reporting training; and, in terms and courses of study, providing for child abuse awareness and prevention.
In high schools, further providing for assessment of civic knowledge.
In Treasury Department, establishing the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success Scholarship Program and the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success Scholarship Fund; in bonus and tax reports and returns and reports and records relating to tax collections, further providing for confidential information; in tax credits, further providing for Department of Community and Economic Development; in 2022-2023 budget implementation, further providing for Department of Education; and making a repeal.
In terms and courses of study, providing for deaf and hard of hearing education.
In terms and courses of study, providing for parental control relating to instructional materials and books containing sexually explicit content.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for kindergartens; in pupils and attendance, further providing for age limits and temporary residence, for definitions and for when provided; and providing for full-day kindergarten.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development; providing for access to advanced placement courses for all students; establishing the Advanced Placement Teacher Training Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Education and on school entities.
In certification of teachers, providing for temporary certification for associate substitute teachers.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for possession of weapons prohibited; and, in safe schools, further providing for sworn statement and for transfer of records.
In terms and courses of study, providing for recess and lunch periods.
In charter schools, further providing for enrollment.
In high schools, providing for transition coordinators in senior high schools.
Providing for State-related university performance-based funding incentive.
In preliminary provisions, providing for advertising and sponsorships; in charter schools, further providing for definitions and for funding for charter schools, providing for funding for cyber charter schools, for cyber charter school requirements, for powers and composition of board of trustees and for educational management service providers, further providing for powers and duties of department and for assessment and evaluation, providing for annual reports and public reporting and for fund balance limits, further providing for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions and for school district and intermediate unit responsibilities, providing for access to other schools' facilities, further providing for establishment of cyber charter school, providing for renewals, for charter amendments and for causes for nonrenewal, revocation or termination, further providing for State Charter School Appeal Board review, for cyber charter school application and for enrollment and notification, providing for enrollment parameters and for enrollee wellness checks and further providing for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations.
In terms and courses of study, providing for conflict resolution instruction.
Designating the month of May 2023 as "Academic Achievement Month" in Pennsylvania and honoring those who have exemplified academic success in their courses of study.
In fostering independence through education, further providing for definitions, for fostering independence waiver program, for outreach and for report.
In grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; and, in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for definitions, for school construction and renovation approval process, for high-performance building standards, for maintenance program, for building condition assessments, for project reimbursement and for applicability.
In preliminary provisions, providing for public job posting database, for instructional vacancy data and for data transparency; and establishing the Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program.
In professional employees, further providing for qualifications; and, in certification of teachers, further providing for State certificates.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools.
Providing for Digital Mental Health Services Pilot Program.
In high schools, providing for Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
In intermediate units, repealing provisions relating to psychological services; in professional employees, further providing for definitions and providing for school social workers; and, in school health services, further providing for health services and providing for school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers and school nurses.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on board member selection for the Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education and the Board of Trustees of each State-related institution of higher education.
Providing for State System of Higher Education; and, in State-related institutions, further providing for contents of report.
In terms and courses of study, providing for prohibited review of curriculum, instructional materials and voluntary inquiry material in public school entities.
In educational tax credits, further providing for definitions, for qualification and application by organizations, for limitations and for opportunity scholarships and providing for economically disadvantaged school scholarships.
In Ready-to-Succeed Scholarship, further providing for agency; and adding provisions relating to funding for higher education by providing for limitation on funding for University of Pittsburgh, for limitations on funding for supplemental support to the agency and the State System of Higher Education and for study for divestiture of University of Pittsburgh.
In charter schools, providing for funding for cyber charter schools; and imposing penalties.
In charter schools, further providing for funding for charter schools.
Encouraging the creation of urban teaching programs.
Amending the act of February 22, 1855 (P.L.46, No.50), entitled "An act to incorporate the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania," further providing for management by board of trustees, for membership of board of trustees, name and style of board and power of board to take and dispose of property and for first meeting of trustees, term of office and election to choose successors.
Establishing the Lifeline Scholarship Program and the Lifeline Scholarship Fund.
In terms and courses of study, providing for moment of silence on September 11 anniversary.
In pupils and attendance, providing for use of geolocation system for attendance in cyber school program.
In certification of teachers, further providing for program of continuing professional and paraprofessional education.
In certification of teachers, further providing for program of continuing professional and paraprofessional education.
In terms and courses of study, providing for books and other educational resource materials.
In terms and courses of study, providing for proposed curriculum changes and online curriculum availability.
Establishing the Pennsylvania Opportunity Pathways Program to distribute grants to in-need schools and underrepresented schools; providing for duties of Department of Community and Economic Development; and establishing the Pennsylvania Opportunity Pathways Program Fund.
Establishing the Behavioral Welfare Educational Loan Lenience Program; and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
In school health services, further providing for dental examinations and dental hygiene services.
In terms and courses of study, providing for cross-age tutoring program.
In professional employees, providing for educator data collection and reporting; and making an editorial change.
Providing for Pennsylvania student journalism protection; and abrogating regulations.
In high schools, providing for free application for Federal student aid and graduation requirements.
In pupils and attendance, providing for shared table school nutrition initiative.
In terms and courses of study, prohibiting the integration of culturally relevant and sustaining education into education preparation, induction and continuing professional development programs; and abrogating regulations.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for payments on account of pupil transportation.
In terms and courses of study, providing for supplemental mathematics program for grades kindergarten through five.
In safe schools, providing for school safety blueprint requirement.
In school health services, further providing for possession and use of asthma inhalers and epinephrine auto-injectors and providing for school administration of adrenal insufficiency medication.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for exceptional children, education and training.
In school health services, further providing for sudden cardiac arrest and electrocardiogram testing.
In grounds and buildings, providing for automated external defibrillator placement, inspection, maintenance and plan; in school health services, further providing for automatic external defibrillators; and, in charter schools, further providing for provisions applicable to charter schools and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations.
In pupils and attendance, providing for attendance at intermediate units.
Urging the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Education to collaborate on conducting a Statewide study of school cafeteria services provided to every school district.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for Economic Education and Personal Financial Literacy Programs; in credit card marketing, further providing for regulation of on-campus credit card marketing; and abrogating regulations.
Providing for the Pilot Program for Homeless Youth in Higher Education.
In talent recruitment, further providing for Talent Recruitment Account; and establishing the Grow-Your-Own Educators Grant Program and grow-your-own educator career pathways; and imposing duties of the Department of Education.
Establishing the PA Teacher Pipeline Scholarship Program; and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency and certain institutions of higher education.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for exceptional children and education and training.
In school health services, providing for eating disorder awareness and education.
In pupils and attendance, providing for school building closure requirements.
Designating the month of April 2023 as "Community College Month" in Pennsylvania in recognition of the important role that community colleges play in the education system and economy of this Commonwealth.
In educational tax credits, further providing for school participation in program.
Providing for married, pregnant, lactating and parenting pupils.
Providing for in-State tuition rate for undocumented individuals.
Providing for evidence-based reading instruction.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for kindergartens and providing for pre-kindergarten programs; and, in pupils and attendance, further providing for age limits and temporary residence and for definitions.
Providing for paraprofessional-to-teacher certification program; and establishing the Paraprofessional-To-Teacher Grant Program.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development and for program of continuing professional and paraprofessional education.
In charter schools, further providing for funding for charter schools, for provisions applicable to charter schools and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations.
In the State Board of Education, further providing for membership.
In charter schools, providing for invoices for special education services.
In preliminary provisions, providing for restorative approaches for student discipline.
Establishing the Read to Succeed Program.
In school finances, providing for reduction of school district debt.
In professional employees relating to revised rating system, further providing for definitions; and providing for Student-Centered Assessment Pilot Program.
In safe schools, further providing for definitions, for Office for Safe Schools and for reporting.
Providing for new and optimizing variations of education and learning (NOVEL) schools.
Providing for the Building Opportunity Through Out-of-School Time Grant Program; establishing the Building Opportunity Through Out-of-School Time Fund; and making an appropriation.
In school health services, providing for menstrual hygiene products.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for dates and times of school terms and sessions and commencement.
Providing for Delayed Payment Plan Program; establishing the Delayed Payment Plan Program Fund; and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development; providing for access to advanced placement courses for all students; establishing the Advanced Placement Teacher Training Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Education and on school entities.
In terms and courses of study, providing for Asian-American and Pacific Islander history instruction.
In terms and courses of study, providing for African-American and Latino history instruction.
In the State System of Higher Education, providing for performance audit by Auditor General.
Providing for mascot transition grants; and establishing the Mascot Grant Fund.
In preliminary provisions, providing for homeless youth at institutions of higher education; and, in fostering independence through education, providing for housing priority.
Providing for Affordability of College Education Scholarship Program.
Providing for the Universal School Meal Program; establishing the Universal School Meal Fund; and making an interfund transfer and an appropriation.
In charter schools, further providing for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations relating to cyber charter schools.
In school finances, further providing for fiscal year.
In terms and courses of study, providing for bullying prevention education.
In school finances, further providing for distress in school districts of the first class; in grounds and buildings, further providing for public hearing prior to closing school; and, in pupils and attendance, providing for conditions for closing schools.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for definition of children with exceptionalities, reports and examination.
In safe schools, providing for parental notification of certain incidents.
Providing for comprehensive school counseling services.
Establishing the Safe Schools Partnership; conferring powers and imposing duties on the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education; providing for a bullying identification, prevention and intervention model plan; and imposing duties on schools and school districts.
Providing for Child and Adult Care Food Program Supplement; and making an appropriation.
In professional employees, providing for professional librarian.
In terms and courses of study, providing for litterbug education.
Further providing for definitions, for State Board of Private Academic Schools, for powers and duties of board, for application for license, for issuance and renewal of license, for directory of private academic schools, for requirements for licensure and operation, for enforcement, refusal, suspension or revocation of license and for promulgation of rules and regulations.
Establishing and providing for the implementation and administration of the Beginning Educator Support and Training (BEST) Program; and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Education.
In pupils and attendance, providing for evaluation of potentially hazardous walking routes; and imposing duties on the Department of Transportation.
In charter schools, further providing for funding for charter schools.
In organization meetings and officers of boards of school directors, further providing for solicitor and other appointees.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for fire and emergency evacuation drills.
In school health services, further providing for health services and for vision screening and examinations, providing for eye health examinations and further providing for examinations by examiners of own choice.
In terms and courses of study, providing for nonpublic school and home education program exemption.
In certification of teachers, further providing for CPR instruction and providing for procedures regarding response to cardiac arrest and for donations for use related to CPR and AED instruction; and, in school health services, repealing provisions relating to automatic external defibrillators and providing for availability and specifications of automated external defibrillators.
Providing for individual empowerment scholarship accounts; and establishing the Pennsylvania Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program, the Department of Education Empowerment Scholarship Fund and the State Treasurer Empowerment Scholarship Fund.
Providing for the display of the national motto "In God We Trust" in classrooms and other areas in public school buildings.
In general provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in relations with private affiliated entities, further providing for scope of chapter and for applicability, providing for expenditure of funds and further providing for status.
In professional employees, further providing for transferred programs and classes.
In terms and courses of study, providing for media literacy education.
In terms and courses of study, providing for mental health education.
Establishing the Pennsylvania Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program.
In books, furniture and supplies, providing for purchase and use of green cleaning products.
Establishing the Governor's School of Urban Teaching; and providing for duties of the Department of Education.
In charter schools, further providing for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations relating to cyber charter schools.
In the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions.
In terms and courses of study, providing for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., nonviolence and civil rights instruction.
Providing for community college educational assistance.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, repealing provisions relating to third-party services; and, in terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for immunization required and penalty.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in safe schools, establishing the School Student Mental Health Assistance Augmentation Account; and making a repeal.
Providing for voluntary student expression of religious viewpoints in public schools; requiring public school districts to allow religious expression in class assignments, to provide students with the freedom to organize religious groups and activities and to provide a limited public forum for student speakers at nongraduation and graduation events; and providing for a model policy for voluntary religious expression in public schools.
In intermediate units, repealing provisions relating to psychological services; in professional employees, further providing for definitions and providing for school social workers; and, in school health services, further providing for health services and providing for school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers and school nurses.
In safe schools, further providing for reporting.
Providing for classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and for parental notification of student health care services; and establishing cause of action for violation.
Providing for capital investment needs.
A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for the maintenance and support of public education.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of the viability, benefits and costs of establishing consolidated, county-led busing of all private and public school students.
Establishing the Integrated Student Supports Program and the Integrated Student Supports Fund; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Education.
In school directors, further providing for school director training programs.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on the impact of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking on Commonwealth students enrolled in grades 6 through 12 and postsecondary institutions and issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
In school directors, further providing for compensation and oath of office.
In high schools, further providing for assessment of civic knowledge.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for extended special education enrollment due to COVID-19.
In the State System of Higher Education, providing for free tuition for school board members.
In preliminary provisions, providing for Keystone Exam Alternative Feasibility Study.
In the State Board of Education, further providing for definitions and providing for academic standards review; and making editorial changes.
Prohibiting public school entities from engaging in certain communications and actions involving prohibited indoctrination; and providing for requirements for public contractors and for enforcement.
Providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harms suffered by designation.
In charter schools, providing for study of charter school academic and financial practices.
Providing for free speech in higher education.
Requiring school districts to provide annual notice relating to certain pension and other postemployment benefit obligations; and providing for property disclosure statement and for duty of State Real Estate Commission.
In charter schools, providing for full-time cyber education program offered by school district.
In construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for maintenance program.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding and for special education payments to school districts.
In charter schools, further providing for powers of board of trustees.
In school finances, further providing for fiscal year and for tax levy and limitations.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for days schools not to be kept open and for additional holidays and vacations.
Establishing the Adult Education Workforce Recovery Grant Program and the Adult Education and Workforce Recovery Grant Program Fund; and making a transfer.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for broadcast of interscholastic athletic competitions.
Providing for Shared Services Grant Program.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools.
In terms and courses of study, providing for books and other educational resource materials in public school entities.
In school security, providing for school armed guards.
In organization meetings and officers of boards of school directors, further providing for solicitor and other appointees.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for actual cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children in the four chartered schools for education of the deaf and the blind; making a repeal; and making editorial changes.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development; providing for access to advanced placement courses for all students; establishing the Advanced Placement Teacher Training Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Education and on school entities.
In the State System of Higher Education, providing for free tuition for school board members.
In school directors, further providing for school director training programs.
In school directors, further providing for compensation and oath of office.
In open campus initiatives, further providing for legislative intent, for definitions, for open campus initiatives, for cooperative agreements, for reimbursements by the Commonwealth and for parental and public information.
In terms and courses of study, providing for menstruation education.
In pupils and attendance, providing for military child advance enrollment.
In terms and courses of study, providing for economics and personal finance course graduation requirement and further providing for economic education and personal financial literacy programs; and abrogating regulations.
In terms and courses of study, providing for moment of silence on September 11 anniversary.
A Concurrent Resolution designating October 20, 2022, as "Lights on Afterschool Day" in Pennsylvania.
In preliminary provisions, providing for school mascots; and, in duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for school athletics, publications and organizations.
Providing for mascot transition grants; and establishing the Mascot Grant Fund.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, establishing parent involvement programs and policies in school districts; and, in school health services, establishing the school health services task force.
In postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence policy and online reporting system, further providing for policy for postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for temporary emergency provisions.
In school safety and security, providing for trauma-informed records program.
In terms and courses of study, providing for in-person instruction or tuition grant program required.
Providing for the Universal School Meal Program; establishing the Universal School Meal Fund; and making an appropriation.
Providing for classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and for parental notification of student health care services; and establishing cause of action for violation.
In terms and courses of study, providing for mental health awareness education.
In preliminary provisions, providing for School-Based Mental Health Services Pilot Grant Program.
In school security, providing for school safety certification.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development and for program of continuing professional education.
In terms and courses of study, providing for economics and personal finance course graduation requirement and further providing for economic education and personal financial literacy programs; and abrogating inconsistent regulations.
In pupils and attendance, providing for possession of cell phones.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for Keystone Exams and graduation requirements, for special provisions applicable to the Keystone Exams, graduation requirements and alternative competency assessment and for Special Education Funding Commission and providing for Commission on Education and Economic Competitiveness; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in professional employees, providing for locally titled positions; in certification of teachers, providing for out-of-State applicants for career and technical education certification, further providing for program of continuing professional education and for continuing professional education for school or system leaders, providing for teacher support in the Structured Literacy Program, repealing provisions relating to certificates issued by other states and providing for out-of-State applicants for certification and for prekindergarten through grade twelve dance certificate; in pupils and attendance, further providing for definitions, for Home Education Program, for assisting students experiencing education instability, for Nonprofit School Food Program, for exceptional children and education and training and for extended special education enrollment due to COVID-19; in school safety and security, further providing for School Safety and Security Committee, providing for survey of school mental health services, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program, for school safety and security coordinator and for school safety and security training and providing for school safety and security grants for 2022-2023 school year, for school mental health grants for 2022-2023 school year, for school safety and security coordinator training, for school safety and security training in educator, administrator and supervisory preparatory programs and for School-based Mental Health Internship Grant Program; in threat assessment, further providing for threat assessment teams; in school health services, further providing for health services; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Pilot Program, further providing for definitions, for establishment of Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Pilot Program and for scope of program and selection of students, repealing provisions relating to term of Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Pilot Program and further providing for reporting; in terms and courses of study, further providing for agreements with institutions of higher education; providing for talent recruitment and establishing the Committee on Education Talent Recruitment, the Talent Recruitment Grant Program and the Talent Recruitment Account; providing for educational and professional development online course initiative, establishing the Online Course Clearinghouse Account and imposing penalties; in charter schools, providing for abolition of rulemaking and further providing for regulations; providing for disability inclusive curriculum and establishing the Disability Inclusive Curriculum Pilot Program; in career and technical education, providing for Cosmetology Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program and for Barber Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in rural regional college for underserved counties, further providing for reports; in the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions, for establishment of the State System of Higher Education and its institutions, for board of governors and for council of trustees and providing for integrated councils; in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions, for qualification and application by organizations, for application by business firms, for tax credits, for limitations and for opportunity scholarships; in transfers of credits between institutions of higher education, further providing for definitions and for duties of public institutions of higher education; in sexual violence education at institutions of higher education, further providing for scope of article, for definitions and for education program, providing for consent to sexual activity, further providing for follow-up and for report and providing for memorandum of understanding; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, further providing for Public Higher Education Funding Commission and providing for State-related university performance-based funding model and for prohibition on scholarship displacement at public institutions of higher education; in ready-to-succeed scholarship, further providing for agency; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2022-2023; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for payments on account of pupils enrolled in career and technical curriculums and for student-weighted basic education funding, providing for level-up supplement for 2021-2022 school year and further providing for payments to intermediate units, for special education payments to school districts, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status, for approved reimbursable rental for leases hereafter approved and approved reimbursable sinking fund charges on indebtedness and for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; and making editorial changes.
Providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harms suffered by designation.
Providing for child-care expense considerations in financial aid determinations by postsecondary educational institutions.
In certification of teachers, repealing provisions relating to certificates issued by other states and providing for out-of-state applicants for certification.
Providing for student well-being.
In terms and courses of study, providing for parental notification relating to instructional materials and books containing sexually explicit content.
Providing for State-related university performance-based funding incentive.
Establishing the Lifeline Scholarship Program.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for home education program.
In high schools, providing for voter registration efforts.
In certification of teachers, providing for out-of-State applicants for career and technical education certification.
In certification of teachers, providing for dance teaching certificates.
In terms and courses of study, providing for mental health instruction study.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for extended special education enrollment due to COVID-19.
In pupils and attendance, providing for expungement of suspension from disciplinary records.
In school health services, providing for portable airway clearance devices.
Providing for paraprofessional-to-teacher certification program; and establishing the Paraprofessional-To-Teacher Grant Program.
Providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harm suffered by designation.
In educational tax credits, further providing for definitions.
In the State System of Higher Education, further providing for Board of Governors.
In ready-to-succeed scholarship, further providing for agency; and providing for the Higher Education Alternative Student Grant Program.
Providing for Building Opportunity Through Out-of-School Time Grant Program; establishing the Building Opportunity Through Out-of-School Time Fund; and making an appropriation.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, prohibiting scholarship displacement at public institutions of higher education under certain circumstances.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for third-party services.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the feasibility of paying student teachers and student social workers for field placements, internships and student teaching.
In community colleges, further providing for definitions, for powers and duties of State Board of Education and for degrees.
In certification of teachers, providing for a "What is your Pennsylvania Story" continuing professional development course; and, in terms and courses of study, further providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for Targeted Industry Cluster Certificate Scholarship Program.
Providing for Educational and Professional Development Online Course Initiative; and establishing the Online Course Clearinghouse Restricted Account.
Prohibiting public school entities from engaging in certain communications and actions involving prohibited indoctrination; and providing for requirements for public contractors and for enforcement.
Establishing the Nellie Bly Scholarship Program and the Nellie Bly Scholarship Program Restricted Account.
Providing for healthy school buildings and establishing the Healthy School Buildings Committee within the Department of Health, the Healthy School Buildings Grant Program and the Healthy School Buildings Fund.
In school safety and security, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program and providing for student mental health focused grants.
In safe schools, further providing for policy relating to bullying.
In safe schools, providing for policy relating to clear backpacks.
In preliminary provisions, providing for county assessments of student performance.
An act amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Adult Education Workforce Recovery Grant Program, establishing the Adult Education and Workforce Recovery Grant Program Fund and making an appropriation.
Providing for the treatment and prevention of anaphylaxis in schools and child care centers.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for menstrual hygiene products.
A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for the maintenance and support of public education.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, providing for level-up supplemental basic education funding for the 2021Â-2022 school year.
Requiring disclosure of mandatory fees by institutions of higher education.
In the State System of Higher Education, providing for equalization of appropriations.
Providing for the posting of annual financial information for public school entities.
In the State System of Higher Education, providing for performance audit by Auditor General.
Establishing the PA Teach Scholarship Program; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency and the State System of Higher Education; and making an appropriation.
Providing for military education opportunity account.
In terms and courses of study, providing for supplemental mathematics program for grades kindergarten through five.
Providing for Affordability of College Education Scholarship Program.
In school districts, further providing for how constituted.
In licensing of drivers, providing for private driver education and training schools; and making a related repeal.
In school health services, further providing for dental examinations and dental hygiene services.
In professional employees, repealing provisions relating to religious garb, insignia, etc., prohibited and penalty.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to establish an advisory committee to conduct a study on training mandates on public school entities.
In pupils and attendance, providing for attendance at intermediate units.
Providing for child and adult care food supplement; and making an appropriation.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for definition of children with exceptionalities, reports and examination.
In charter schools, further providing for term and form of charter and for multiple charter school organizations.
In fostering independence through education, further providing for definitions, for fostering independence waiver program, for outreach and for report.
In pupils and attendance, providing for assisting students experiencing education instability.
In the State Board of Education, further providing for definitions and providing for academic standards review; and making editorial changes.
Amending the act of February 22, 1855 (P.L.46, No.50), entitled "An act to incorporate the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania," further providing for management by board of trustees, for membership of board of trustees, name and style of board and power of board to take and dispose of property and for first meeting of trustees, term of office and election to choose successors.
Establishing the Pandemic Relief Grant Program and the COVID-State Fiscal Recovery Restricted Account; and imposing powers and duties on the State Treasurer.
Establishing the Pennsylvania Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program.
In certification of teachers, providing for teacher support in the Science of Reading Program.
Establishing the Grow Our Own Educators Program; providing for grants to eligible school entities; and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Education and the State Board of Education.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020.
In general provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in relations with private affiliated entities, further providing for scope of chapter and for applicability, providing for expenditure of funds and further providing for status.
Providing for student loan forgiveness.
In the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions.
In terms and courses of study, providing for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., nonviolence and civil rights instruction.
Providing for high-impact tutoring.
In terms and courses of study, providing for handwriting instruction required; and, in charter schools, further providing for provisions applicable to charter schools and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations.
In terms and courses of study, providing for online curriculum availability.
In preliminary provisions, providing for special provisions applicable to limited school years; in professional employees, providing for day-to-day substitutes; in certification of teachers, further providing for substitute teaching permit for prospective teachers, for program of continuing professional education and for locally issued temporary certification for substitute teachers and providing for permit for classroom monitors and for substitute teaching policy; and, in Safe2Say Program, further providing for false reports.
Establishing the Pennsylvania Opportunity Pathways Program to distribute grants to schools in need and underrepresented schools; providing for duties of Department of Community and Economic Development; and establishing the Pennsylvania Opportunity Pathways Program Fund.
In educational tax credits, further providing for definitions.
In charter schools, further providing for funding for charter schools.
In pupils and attendance, providing for transfer of attendance records to another school entity or nonpublic school; in charter schools, further providing for definitions, for powers of charter schools, for charter school requirements, for powers of board of trustees, for establishment of charter school, for contents of application, for term and form of charter, providing for amendments and further providing for State Charter School Appeal Board, for facilities, for enrollment, for multiple charter school organizations, for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions, for school district and intermediate unit responsibilities, for establishment of cyber charter school and for cyber charter school application; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for Commonwealth reimbursements for charter schools and cyber charter schools.
In school health services, providing for parent educational information regarding eating disorders.
In school health services, providing for school access to bronchodilators.
In school finances, further providing for distress in school districts of the first class; in grounds and buildings, further providing for public hearing prior to closing school; and, in pupils and attendance, providing for conditions for closing schools.
Providing for free school media.
Establishing the Behavioral Welfare Educational Loan Lenience Program and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
In school health services, providing for seizure recognition and related first aid training.
In school directors, providing for liability.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for extended special education enrollment due to COVID-19.
Establishing a pilot program for homeless youth in higher education.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for broadcast of interscholastic athletic competitions.
In terms and courses of study, providing for program of accelerated learning following COVID-19 pandemic.
In pupils and attendance, providing for extended special education enrollment due to COVID-19.
In terms and courses of study, providing for free-play recess and lunch periods.
In preliminary provisions, providing for advertising.
In school health services, further providing for health services.
In safe schools, further providing for definitions, for Office of Safe Schools, and for reporting.
In school safety and security, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program and providing for COVID-19 disaster emergency school health and safety grants for 2021-2022 school year and for COVID-19 disaster emergency targeted health and safety grants for 2021-2022 school year.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for Keystone Exams and graduation requirements.
In school health services, providing for face covering or mask mandate opt out.
A Concurrent Resolution designating October 28, 2021, as "Lights On Afterschool Day" in Pennsylvania.
Providing for disability inclusive curriculum.
In school health services, providing for menstrual hygiene products.
Establishing the Pennsylvania Retaining Educated Workers Incentive Program (PREWIP) and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
In professional employees relating to revised rating system, further providing for definitions; and providing for Student-Centered Assessment Pilot Program.
In terms and courses of study, providing for African-American and Latino history instruction.
In school health services, further providing for school access to emergency epinephrine.
In terms and courses of study, providing for a tutoring program.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of the viability, benefits and costs of establishing a consolidated, county-led busing of all private and public school students.
Providing for capital investment needs.
In terms and courses of study, providing for Asian-American and Pacific Islander history instruction.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for dates and times of school terms and sessions and commencement.
In pupils and attendance, providing for evaluation of potentially hazardous walking routes; and imposing duties on the Department of Transportation.
In educational tax credits, further providing for school participation in program.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to study the effectiveness of the Department of Education's Office for Dispute Resolution.
Requiring school districts to provide annual notice relating to certain pension and other postemployment benefit obligations; and providing for property disclosure statement and for duty of State Real Estate Commission.
Providing for comprehensive school counseling services.
Providing for disability inclusive curriculum.
In terms and courses of study, providing for litterbug education.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding and providing for student-weighted basic education funding formula.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for immunization required and penalty.
Providing for married, pregnant, lactating and parenting pupils.
In charter schools, further providing for powers of board of trustees.
Establishing the Safe Schools Partnership; imposing powers and conferring duties on the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education; providing for a bullying identification, prevention and intervention model plan; and imposing duties on schools and school districts.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for definition of children with exceptionalities and reports and examination.
Establishing and providing for the implementation and administration of the Beginning Educator Support and Training (BEST) Program; and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Education.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for fire and emergency evacuation drills.
In safe schools, providing for parental notification of certain incidents.
Declaring youth violence as a public health epidemic and supporting the establishment of Statewide trauma-informed education.
Providing for an educational improvement initiative tax credit.
In charter schools, providing for Charter School Funding Advisory Commission.
In school safety and security, providing for limitation on masking order.
In charter schools, further providing for funding for charter schools, for provisions applicable to charter schools and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations.
In educational tax credits, further providing for definitions, for qualification and application by organizations and for application by business firms and providing for school requirements and for study on academic performance.
In preliminary provisions, providing for learning pod protection and for advertising; in terms and courses of study, further providing for agreements with institutions of higher education; in opportunities for educational excellence, further providing for definitions, for responsibilities of school entities and for concurrent enrollment agreements; in charter schools, further providing for definitions, providing for ideal charter schools, further providing for charter school requirements, for powers of board of trustees and for facilities, providing for fund balance limits and further providing for school district and intermediate unit responsibilities; in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations; and providing for education opportunity accounts and establishing the Education Opportunity Account Program.
In school safety and security, providing for COVID-19 pandemic trauma-informed education grants for 2021-2022 school year.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for minimum number of school days.
In pupils and attendance, providing for extended special education enrollment due to COVID-19; and, in terms and courses of study, providing for optional year of education due to COVID-19.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for Special Education Funding Commission; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in certification of teachers, further providing for substitute teaching permit for prospective teachers; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments and for Community College Capital Fund; in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, further providing for Public Higher Education Funding Commission; providing for intercollegiate athletics; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2021-2022; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding, for payments to intermediate units and for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; and making an editorial change.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for possession of weapons prohibited and for suspension and expulsion of pupils.
In charter schools, further providing for funding for charter schools and for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions.
In crime victims, providing for responsibilities of institutions of higher education.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a thorough and comprehensive analysis of the current school bus driver industry and provide recommendations as to how the Commonwealth can effectively address the shortage of school bus drivers.
In charter schools, providing for a costing-out study.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, providing for accelerated fair funding.
In charter schools, further providing for funding for charter schools and providing for Federal loans, loan forgiveness or grants received in fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for Basic Education Funding Commission; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding, providing for student-weighted basic education funding formula and for student weighted basic education funding formula for school years 2020-2021 and thereafter and further providing for payment of required contribution for public school employees' social security.
Providing for Kinesthetic Learning Platform Pilot Program.
In charter schools, further providing for State Charter School Appeal Board.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding and for special education payments to school districts.
In terms and courses of study, providing for human trafficking prevention education.
Providing for community-engaged schools.
Establishing the Select Committee on the Jobs of the Future to investigate, review and make findings and recommendations regarding opportunities for the development of new industries, including advanced manufacturing, in this Commonwealth.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for firefighter and emergency service training and establishing the Fire Training Fund.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for dating violence education.
In sexual violence education at institutions of higher learning, further providing for heading of article, for scope of article, for definitions and for education program, providing for affirmative consent to sexual activity, further providing for follow-up and for report, and providing for memorandum of understanding and for community partnerships.
Providing for tuition equity and inclusion.
Providing for restrictions on racist and sexist concepts, for contracts, for penalty and for private cause of action.
In educational tax credits, further providing for limitations.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on the impact of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking on Commonwealth students enrolled in grades 6 through 12 and postsecondary institutions and issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for agreements with institutions of higher education; and, in opportunities for educational excellence, further providing for definitions, for responsibilities of school entities and for concurrent enrollment agreements.
In preliminary provisions, providing for mandate waiver program.
In terms and courses of study, providing for Internet safety education curriculum.
In school health services, further providing for health services and for vision screening and examinations, providing for eye health examinations and further providing for examinations by examiners of own choice.
In terms and courses of study, providing for LGBTQ+ history instruction.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, establishing the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program and the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Fund.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020.
Establishing the Pennsylvania Higher Education Promotion Task Force and providing for powers and duties of the task force.
In terms and courses of study, providing for sexual health education; in sexual violence education at institutions of higher education, further providing for education program; and imposing duties on the Department of Education and the Department of Health.
Providing for the Career and Technical Education Investment Incentive Program.
In school directors, further providing for eligibility and incompatible offices.
In school finances, further providing for fiscal year and for tax levy and limitations.
In high schools, further providing for assessment of civic knowledge.
In preliminary provisions, providing for prohibition against discrimination in athletics.
In certification of teachers, providing for remote instruction tools and training.
In school health services, providing for seizure management and treatment plan, for seizure disorder management and fist aid liability, for acts not considered delegation for seizure disorder care and for liability.
A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for a public school system.
Establishing the Governor's School of Urban Teaching; and providing for duties of the Department of Education.
Requiring carbon monoxide alarms in school buildings.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020; and establishing the COVID-19 School Reopening Task Force.
In grounds and buildings, providing for a prototypical school facility design clearinghouse.
In professional employees, providing for professional librarian.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding.
A Concurrent Resolution designating the month of October 2021 as "Civic Education Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
In school safety and security, providing for nonpublic school and home education program exemption.
In high schools, further providing for assessment of civic knowledge.
Further providing for definitions, for State Board of Private Academic Schools, for powers and duties of board, for application for license, for issuance and renewal of license, for directory of private academic schools, for requirements for licensure and operation, for enforcement, refusal, suspension or revocation of license and for promulgation of rules and regulations.
In certification of teachers by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, further providing for CPR instruction and providing for procedures regarding response to cardiac arrest and for donations for use related to CPR and AED instruction; and, in school health services, repealing provisions relating to automatic external defibrillators and providing for availability and specifications of automated external defibrillators.
Providing for individual empowerment scholarship accounts; and establishing the Pennsylvania Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program, the Department of Education Empowerment Scholarship Fund and the State Treasurer Empowerment Scholarship Fund.
In high schools, further providing for courses of study.
In educational tax credit, further providing for definitions, for qualification and application by organizations, for application by business firms, for tax credits, for limitations and for opportunity scholarships.
Providing for voluntary student expression of religious viewpoints in public schools; requiring public school districts to allow religious expression in class assignments, to provide students with the freedom to organize religious groups and activities and to provide a limited public forum for student speakers at nongraduation and graduation events; and providing for a model policy for voluntary religious expression in public schools.
In charter schools, providing for full-time cyber education program offered by school district.
In pupils and attendance, providing for ensuring equal access and timely graduation.
In preliminary provisions, providing for homeless youth at institutions of higher education; and, in fostering independence through education, providing for housing priority.
In school directors, further providing for filling of vacancies.
Providing for Delayed Payment Plan Program; and establishing the Delayed Payment Plan Program Fund.
In preliminary provisions, providing for study of school mental health professionals.
In terms and courses of study, providing for bullying prevention education.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development; providing for access to advanced placement courses for all students; establishing the Advanced Placement Teacher Training Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Education and on school entities.
Providing for school entity procedures for tick removal, for notification and for duties of the Department of Health and the Department of Education.
In school directors, providing for county-wide board of school directors pilot program.
Providing for the display of the national motto "In God We Trust" in classrooms and other areas in public school buildings.
In pupils and attendance, providing for extended special education enrollment due to COVID-19 and for optional year of education due to COVID-19.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development; establishing the Access to Advanced Placement Courses for Students Program; and imposing duties on the department and on school entities.
In terms and courses of study, providing for media literacy education.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for age limits and temporary residence and providing for age limit extension during COVID-19 pandemic or other disaster emergency.
Providing for institution of higher education application and process.
In terms and courses of study, providing for conflict resolution instruction.
In school districts, providing for unlawful loans.
In terms and courses of study, providing for mental health education.
In books, furniture and supplies, providing for purchase and use of green cleaning products.
In school districts, requiring radon reports; and, in grounds and buildings, requiring radon testing.
Providing for the dedicated funding of higher education; and establishing the Higher Education Fund.
In school health services, further providing for automated external defibrillators and providing for sudden cardiac event emergency action plan for athletic activities.
Designating the month of January 2021 as "School Director Recognition Month" in Pennsylvania.
In preliminary provisions, providing for Education Reform Commission.
Providing for Shared Services Grant Program.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for Basic Education Funding Commission; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding and providing for student-weighted basic education funding for school year 2019-2020 and each school year thereafter.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a comprehensive study to find an age-appropriate measuring tool that could be used by the 500 school districts in this Commonwealth to measure childhood trauma.
In higher education, providing for intercollegiate athletics.
In terms and courses of study, providing for child abuse awareness and prevention.
In school health services, further providing for definitions and providing for notice of peanut or tree nut allergies.
Establishing the Governor's School of Urban Teaching; and providing for duties of the Department of Education.
Providing for associate degree for transfer programs.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for days schools not to be kept open and for additional holidays and vacations.
In preliminary provisions, providing for advertising; in terms and courses of study, further providing for agreements with institutions of higher education; in opportunities for educational excellence, further providing for responsibilities of school entities; in charter schools, further providing for short title, for legislative intent, for definitions and for powers of charter schools, providing for powers of authorizers, further providing for charter school requirements, for powers of board of trustees, for establishment of charter school, for regional charter school, for contents of application and for term and form of charter, providing for charter amendments, further providing for State Charter School Appeal Board, for facilities, for enrollment, for school staff and for funding for charter schools, providing for funding for cyber charter schools, further providing for transportation, for tort liability, for annual reports and assessments, for causes for nonrenewal or termination, for multiple charter school organizations, for desegregation orders and for charter school grants, providing for accountability matrix, further providing for provisions applicable to charter schools, for powers and duties of department, for assessment and evaluation, for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions, for school district and intermediate unit responsibilities and for establishment of cyber charter school, providing for cyber charter amendments, further providing for State Charter School Appeal Board review, for cyber charter school application and for enrollment and notification, providing for enrollment parameters, further providing for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations, for effect on certain existing charter schools, and for regulations, and providing for cyber charter school moratorium; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for approved reimbursable annual rental for leases of buildings or portions of buildings for charter school use; and providing for applicability.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for kindergartens; in pupils and attendance, further providing for age limits and temporary residence, for definitions and for when provided; and providing for full-day kindergarten.
Establishing the Integrated Student Supports Program and the Integrated Student Supports Fund; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Education.
Urging the Department of Education to contract with an independent third party to determine the economic impact of universal full-day kindergarten.
In preliminary provisions, providing for annual report card on sexual violence and harassment.
In school health services, providing for seizure management and treatment plan, for seizure recognition and related first aid training, for seizure disorder management and first aid liability, for acts not considered delegation for seizure disorder care and for liability.
In school finances, further providing for emergency loans for current expenses and debt service and for borrowing in anticipation of current revenue.
In grounds and buildings, further providing for referendum or public hearing required prior to construction or lease.
In school finances, further providing for assent of electors, when necessary and when not necessary.
In grounds and buildings, further providing for approval by department of plans, etc., of buildings and exceptions.
In school finances, providing for review of audit by Department of Education.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for youth suicide awareness and prevention and providing for violence prevention and social inclusion.
In safe schools, further providing for policy relating to bullying.
In charter schools, further providing for funding for charter schools.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development and for program of continuing professional education.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study of crimes committed on public secondary school grounds throughout this Commonwealth.
Establishing the Governor's Schools of Excellence.
Urging the Congress of the United States to provide funding for Federal mandates with respect to special education in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Establishing the Student Loan Forgiveness for Optometrists Program.
In grounds and buildings, repealing provisions relating to lead testing and providing for testing and remediation of lead contamination.
Providing for community college educational assistance.
Establishing the Student Loan Forgiveness for Dentists Program to recruit and retain dentists willing to serve underserved Commonwealth residents.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for residence and right to free school privileges.
Providing for the Student Loan Forgiveness for Nurses Program and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
In professional employees, repealing provisions relating to prohibited religious garb, insignia, etc., and penalty.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in safe schools, establishing the School Student Mental Health Assistance Augmentation Account and providing for deposit of court costs and filing fees into the account; and making an inconsistent repeal.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, prohibiting supplemental funding to school districts.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, establishing the Emergency Basic Education Subsidy Fund; and making an appropriation for the purpose of emergency basic education funding.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for State reimbursement for health services.
In charter schools, providing for study of charter school academic and financial practices.
Providing for off-campus student housing rights.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for when transportation is provided.
In school finances, further providing for limitations on certain unreserved fund balances.
In safe schools, further providing for reporting.
In school districts, providing for terms of agreements and settlements.
Providing for innovation schools.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for immunization required and penalty.
In terms and courses of study, providing for CPR instruction.
In school finances, providing for reduction of school district debt.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for subjects of instruction and flag code and for economic education and personal financial literacy programs, providing for personal finance instruction and for capstone course in personal finance as graduation requirement and establishing the Personal Finance Education Fund; and making an appropriation.
In school health services, further providing for possession and use of asthma inhalers and epinephrine auto-injectors and providing for school administration of adrenal insufficiency medication.
In safe schools, further providing for reporting.
In preliminary provisions, providing for report on academic impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishing the Nurse and Health Care Worker Loan Forgiveness Program and providing for the powers and duties of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
Recognizing the month of April 2021 as "National Poetry Month" in Pennsylvania.
In preliminary provisions, providing for report on fiscal impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
In pupils and attendance, providing for school building closure requirements.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for subjects of instruction and flag code and providing for mental health, physical disabilities and developmental disabilities education.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for physical education.
In charter schools, further providing for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations relating to cyber charter schools.
Establishing the School Counselor Loan Forgiveness Program and providing for the powers and duties of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for publication of rules, regulations and policies.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools.
Providing for students with disabilities at institutions of higher education.
In intermediate units, repealing provisions relating to psychological services; in professional employees, further providing for definitions and providing for school social workers; and, in school health services, further providing for health services and providing for school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers and school nurses.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for definitions and for excuses from attending school.
Providing for online instruction.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for Keystone Exams and graduation requirements, for special provisions applicable to the Keystone Exams, graduation requirements and alternative competency assessment and for Special Education Funding Commission; in certification of teachers, further providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department and providing for special provisions applicable to 2020-2021 school year; in pupils and attendance, providing for nonpublic school transportation for 2020-2021 school year; in terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020; and, in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations.
In school safety and security, providing for nonpublic school exemption.
In school districts, further providing for how constituted.
In the State System of Higher Education, further providing for establishment of the State System of Higher Education and its institutions, for purposes and general powers, for project contracts, for method of disposition and consideration by the General Assembly and for campus police powers and duties.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for drug, alcohol and polysubstance use, abuse and overdose reporting.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020.
Providing for school bus contractor grant program.
In pupils and attendance, providing for students convicted or adjudicated delinquent of sexual assault; in safe schools, further providing for safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class; and, in educational tax credits, further providing for school
In intermediate units, providing for Retired Volunteer Educator Tutor Programs.
Providing for institution of higher education application and process.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for moment of silence on September 11 anniversary and for moment of silence on December 7, Pearl Harbor Day.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for cardiopulmonary resuscitation education.
Providing for COVID-19 Public Higher Education Support Program.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020.
In terms and course of study, providing for sports and extracurricular activities during COVID-19 pandemic.
In terms and courses of study, providing for conflict resolution instruction.
Recognizing the 125th anniversary of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association.
In school health services, providing for precautions against spread of COVID-19; and, in terms and courses of study, providing for sports and extracurricular activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Designating the week of May 3 through 9, 2020, as "Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
Designating the month of May 2020 as "Junior Achievement Month" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing April 12, 2020, as "D.E.A.R. Day" in Pennsylvania.
Congratulating The Pennsylvania State University IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) for raising more than $11 million for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital to help fight pediatric cancer.
Recognizing April 7, 2020, as "National Healthy Schools Day" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the month of April 2020 as "School Library Month" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the month of April 2020 as "National Poetry Month" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the week of January 26 through February 1, 2020, as "Catholic Schools Week" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing and honoring the members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., for a century of commitment to social activism, academic excellence and civic engagement in this Commonwealth.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for payment of salary in cases of leave due to COVID-19.
In pupils and attendance, providing for extended special education enrollment due to COVID-19; and, in terms and courses of study, providing for option year of education due to COVID-19.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for youth suicide awareness and prevention and providing for violence prevention and social inclusion.
Designating the month of April 2020 as "Pennsylvania Community College Month" in Pennsylvania.
In pupils and attendance, providing for protective barriers on school buses.
In charter schools, further providing for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations relating to cyber charter schools.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for State reimbursement for health services.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for menstrual hygiene products.
In school health services, providing for face coverings for certain students.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, providing for calculation of payments for charter schools, regional charter schools and cyber charter schools during 2020-2021 school year; and making an editorial change.
In terms and courses of study, providing for science curriculum to include climate change.
Providing for disability inclusiveness curriculum.
In school health services, further providing for confidentiality, transference and removal of health records.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development and for program of continuing professional education.
Providing for off-campus student housing tenant rights.
In safe schools, providing for school surveillance videos.
In pupils and attendance, providing for attendance at intermediate units.
Establishing the Grow Our Own Educators Program; providing for grants to eligible school entities; and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Education and the State Board of Education.
In certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development; and providing for establishment of the Access to Advance Placement Courses for Students Program; and imposing duties on the department and on school entities.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for physical education.
In community colleges, further providing for tuition; and, in the State System of Higher Education, further providing for powers and duties of the Board of Governors.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020; and establishing the COVID-19 School Reopening Task Force.
Establishing a legislative task force on remote learning to study the effects of remote learning on educational outcomes, social-emotional health, mental health and overall student well-being and directing the Joint State Government Commission to establish an advisory committee to study and report on critical factors and barriers to successful implementation of remote learning, with special attention given to educational outcomes, social-emotional, mental and physical health and best practices that may inform future research, legislation and school policies.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for minimum number of school days.
Providing for online instruction.
In educational tax credits, further providing for definitions, for qualification and application by organizations and for application by business firms and providing for school requirements and for study on academic performance.
Establishing the Back on Track Education Scholarship Account Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Education and the State Treasurer.
Providing for the Student Loan Forgiveness for Nurses Program and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
In certification of teachers, providing for special provisions applicable to 2020-2021 school year.
Honoring the 200th anniversary of the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study of crimes committed on public secondary school grounds throughout this Commonwealth.
Establishing the Student Loan Forgiveness for Optometrists Program.
Recognizing the week of September 20 through 26, 2020, as "Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week" in Pennsylvania.
In the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions, for establishment of the State System of Higher Education and its institutions, for purposes and general powers, for project contracts, for board of governors, for the chancellor, for powers and duties of the board of governors, for councils of trustees, for powers and duties of councils of trustees and for power and duties of institution presidents, for rental fees and other charges, for annual report and for campus police powers and duties and providing for student records.
In reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding and providing for student-weighted basic education funding formula.
In terms and courses of study, providing for COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020.
Honoring the high school students in this Commonwealth who are graduating in the class of 2020 and congratulating them for their achievements.
Designating the month of June 2020 as "Pennsylvania Loves the Class of 2020 Month."
In terms and courses of study, providing for extended school year services.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for age limits and temporary residence and providing for age limit extension during COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.
In fostering independence through education, further providing for fostering independence waiver program.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for firefighter and emergency service training and establishing the Fire Training Fund.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a thorough and comprehensive analysis of the current school bus driver industry and provide recommendations as to how the Commonwealth can effectively address the shortage of school bus drivers.
Providing for supplemental online course initiative; and establishing the Online Course Clearinghouse Restricted Account.
In terms and courses of study, providing for special education provisions.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020.
In the State System of Higher Education, further providing for purposes and general powers, for rental fees and other charges and for annual report and providing for student records.
Establishing the Nurse and Health Care Worker Loan Forgiveness Program and providing for the powers and duties of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
Providing for suspension of interest payment collection during state of disaster emergency.
In educational tax credits, further providing for tax credits.
In school finances, providing for budget timelines for the 2020-2021 budget process.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for suicide prevention hotline telephone number on student identification card; and, in school safety and security, further providing for school safety and security coordinator.
Providing for associate degree for transfer programs.
In preliminary provisions, repealing provisions relating to report of racial and ethnic groupings and to study of public schools that provide Internet instruction; in school districts, repealing provisions relating to corporate seal, to submission of plans, to disapproval of plans, to Department of Public Instruction to prepare plans, to establishment of reorganized school districts and to advance establishment; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, repealing provisions relating to special school watchmen-school districts in townships of the second class, to copies of school laws and to educational broadcasting; in grounds and buildings, repealing provisions relating to residences for teachers and janitors, to heating stoves to be shielded, to ventilation and thermometer, to fireproof construction, to doors to open outward and fire escapes, etc., to completion of abandoned WPA projects in districts of the third and fourth class and to condition of grounds and shade trees; in certification of teachers, repealing provisions relating to summer schools, etc.; in pupils and attendance, repealing provisions relating to possession of telephone pagers prohibited, to nonprofit school food program, to antitruancy programs and to medical care for children under six with defective hearing; in safe schools, repealing provisions relating to report; in school health services, repealing provisions relating to care and treatment of pupils and to local wellness policy; in terms and courses of study, repealing provisions relating to foreign language academies, to monthly reports to school directors of the districts second, third and fourth class, to Read to Succeed Program and to department duties and powers; in vocational education, repealing provisions relating to schools or classes, supervisors, principals, instructors, etc., to estimate of expenses and reimbursements and appropriations and to teachers of evening schools; in transfers of credits between institutions of higher education, repealing provisions relating to duties of public institutions of higher education; repealing provisions relating to medical education loan assistance; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, repealing provisions relating to special study on the revenue impact of out-of-State tax credits.
In school finances, establishing the Bridging the Digital Divide in Schools Grant Program.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020.
Establishing the Office of Student Loan Ombudsman; providing for duties of the Office of Student Loan Ombudsman and for report by Department of Banking and Securities; establishing the Student Loan Ombudsman Account; and providing for licensure of student loan servicers and for duties of student loan servicers.
Designating the month of November 2020 as "American Music Month" in Pennsylvania.
In pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools.
Recognizing April 2, 2020, as "International Children's Book Day" in Pennsylvania.
Providing for a transfer of money from the General Fund to the School Safety and Security Fund.
In pupils and attendance, providing for assisting students experiencing education instability.
Recognizing the month of April 2020 as "Global Citizen Science Month" in Pennsylvania.
In preliminary provisions, providing for homeless and foster youth at institutions of higher education.
In pupils and attendance, providing for ensuring equal access and timely graduation.
Providing for free school media.
Establishing the School Counselor Loan Forgiveness Program and providing for the powers and duties of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
Recognizing the month of March 2020 as "Theatre in Our Schools Month" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the week of November 16 through 20, 2020, as "American Education Week" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the week of May 3 through 10, 2020, as "National Music Week" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the week of April 19 through 25, 2020, as "National Library Week" in Pennsylvania.
Providing for Delayed Payment Plan Program; and establishing the Delayed Payment Plan Program Fund.
In district superintendents and assistant district superintendents, further providing for business administrator and providing for qualifications of business administrator.
Providing for community engaged schools.
Designating the month of March 2020 as "Music in Our Schools Month" in Pennsylvania.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for days schools not to be kept open.
Recognizing the week of February 24 through 28, 2020, as "Public Schools Week" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the week of March 2 through 6, 2020, as "National School Breakfast Week" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing March 2, 2020, as "Read Across America Day" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the 110th anniversary of Milton Hershey School and the life-changing opportunities it provides to children from low-income families.
Establishing the Student Loan Forgiveness for Farmers Program and prescribing powers and duties of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
Designating the month of January 2020 as "School Director Recognition Month" in Pennsylvania.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in safe schools, establishing the School Student Mental Health Assistance Augmentation Account and providing for deposit of court costs and filing fees into the account; and making an inconsistent repeal.
In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, establishing the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program and the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Fund.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to study the effectiveness of the Department of Education's Office for Dispute Resolution.
In school health services, providing for eye health examinations.
In preliminary provisions, providing for Deaf Education Commission.
Providing for rights of deaf students, for duties of school entities and for duties of Department of Education.
In primary and election expenses, further providing for advertising.