HB 1615 Pennsylvania House · 2019-2020 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 Special Education Funding Commission; in school districts, providing for full academic year requirements; in school finances, further providing for annual budget, additional or increased appropriations and transfer of funds; 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 eligibility; in pupils and attendance, further providing for definitions and for nonprofit school food program; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Pilot Program, further providing for audit required; establishing the Innovation Schools 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, for application by business firms, for tax credits, for limitations and for opportunity scholarships; adding provisions relating to postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence policy and online reporting system; in school districts of the first class, further providing for board of public education and additional duties; in ready-to-succeed scholarship, further providing for agency duties relating to eligibility criteria; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2019-2020; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for payments on account of pupils enrolled in vocational curriculums, 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, for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant and for payment of required contribution for public school employees' social security and providing for advanced placement and International Baccalaureate exam fees; providing for fostering independence through education; and providing for references to "area vocational-technical school" and "vocational curriculums" in statute or regulation.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Jun 11, 2019 Signed Jun 28, 2019
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
11
Committee
12
Amendments
1
Jun 28, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
lower
Jun 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments
lower
Jun 28, 2019
Introduced
Vote on concurrence in Senate amendments reconsidered
lower
Jun 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
House non-concurred in Senate amendments
lower
Jun 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
lower
Jun 27, 2019
Committee
Referred to RULES
lower
Jun 27, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jun 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
PN 2268 Re-reported as amended
upper
Jun 24, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Jun 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported as committed
upper
Jun 18, 2019
Committee
Referred to EDUCATION
upper
Jun 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jun 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 17, 2019
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Jun 17, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 11, 2019
Committee
Re-committed to RULES
lower
Jun 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Jun 11, 2019
Committee
PN 2084 Referred to RULES
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Mike Turzai
Mike Turzai
RRepublican
PA
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