SB 227 Pennsylvania Senate · 2017-2018 Regular Session

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 and providing for Every Student Succeeds Act State plan review; in school directors, providing for school director training programs; in school, district financial recovery, further providing for additional criteria and providing for financial administrator in financial watch school district; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in district superintendents and assistant district superintendents, further providing for reports, for manner of election or approval and for term and salary of assistants; in professional employees, further providing for causes for suspension, for persons to be suspended and for appeals to Superintendent of Public Instruction; in certification of teachers, further providing for granting provisional college certificates and for evaluation of applicants for certification; in pupils and attendance, further providing for nonprofit school food program; in drug and alcohol recovery high school pilot program, further providing for establishment of drug and alcohol recovery high school pilot program, for scope of program and selection of students, for establishment and payment of tuition, for term of drug and alcohol recovery high school pilot program and for reporting; in terms and courses of study, further providing for alcohol, chemical and tobacco abuse program and for agricultural education and providing for Commission for Agricultural Education Excellence; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments and repealing provisions relating to annual report; in rural regional college for underserved counties, further providing for establishment; in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations; in transfers of credits between institutions of higher education, further providing for definitions, for duties of public institutions of higher education and for Transfer and Articulation Oversight Committee; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2017-2018; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding, 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; in the State Board of Education, further providing for powers and duties of the board; further providing for the applicability of Act 2016-138; and making related repeals.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jul 2017
Senate Passage
Apr 2017
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 26, 2017 Last action Jul 22, 2017
Floor votes · Senate Apr 18, 2017

How they voted

250
Passed
Total votes 25
Apr 18, 2017
D Democratic10
10 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican15
15 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Jul 22, 2017
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Jul 10, 2017
Lower · Passed
PN 1087 Re-reported as amended
lower
May 10, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
May 8, 2017
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Apr 20, 2017
Committee
Referred to EDUCATION
lower
Apr 18, 2017
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jan 31, 2017
Upper · Passed
Reported as committed
upper
Jan 26, 2017
Committee
PN 0210 Referred to EDUCATION
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors