An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for Keystone Exams; in organization meetings and officers of boards of school directors, providing for executive sessions; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for third-party services; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects and providing for lead testing; in books, furniture and supplies, further providing for time and manner of adopting and furnishing textbooks and supplementary books; in professional employees, further providing for persons to be suspended; in certification of teachers, further providing for provisional vocational education certificate; in pupils and attendance, further providing for definitions, providing for attendance policy at nonpublic schools and further providing for excuses from attending school, for penalties for violating compulsory school attendance requirements and for nonprofit school food program; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Pilot Program, further providing for term of program and for reporting; in terms and courses of study, further providing for fire and emergency evacuation drills; 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 application by business firms, for tax credits and for limitations; providing for higher education accountability and transparency; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2018-2019; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing 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 Ready-to-Learn Block Grant.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2017
Committee Review
Jun 2018
House Passage
Jun 2017
Senate Passage
Jun 2018
Signed into Law
Jun 2018
Introduced May 25, 2017
Signed Jun 22, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
13
Committee
15
Amendments
2
Jun 22, 2018
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
upper
Jun 22, 2018
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments
upper
Jun 22, 2018
Upper · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
upper
Jun 22, 2018
Committee
Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
upper
Jun 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House
lower
Jun 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as amended
lower
Jun 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
PN 3811 Amended in House Committee on RULES
lower
Feb 5, 2018
Committee
Referred to RULES
lower
Jan 24, 2018
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jan 23, 2018
Introduced
PN 2921 Amended on third consideration
upper
Dec 11, 2017
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Oct 25, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Oct 24, 2017
Upper · Passed
Reported as committed
upper
Jul 6, 2017
Committee
Referred to EDUCATION
upper
Jun 26, 2017
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jun 26, 2017
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 21, 2017
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Jun 21, 2017
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 19, 2017
Committee
Re-committed to RULES
lower
Jun 19, 2017
Lower · Passed
PN 2060 Reported as amended
lower
May 25, 2017
Committee
PN 1848 Referred to EDUCATION
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bryan Cutler
RRepublican
Co
Carol Hill-Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Zimmerman
RRepublican
Co
David R. Millard
RRepublican
Co
David S. Hickernell
RRepublican
Co
Donna Oberlander
RRepublican
Co
James R. Roebuck
DDemocratic
Co
Jared Solomon
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff C. Wheeland
RRepublican
Co
Jesse Topper
RRepublican
Co
Keith Greiner
RRepublican
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