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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 1615	Pennsylvania HB 1615 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Turzai	3	25	8	2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00	2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f4621a35-44f1-4e05-94c9-41c236a06ae5	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1615	1166c26d5d83aea6cef49aec758e27c5bafa33bdf1dd09c1637f63072838e571	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1615 (2019-2020) — 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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Printer's No. 2084 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2268 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment A02598 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Committed — 8–3 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 37–13 (pass) · upper
• HB 1615 PN 2268, CONCUR — 77–121 (fail) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — 19–5 (pass) · upper
• HB 1615 PN 2268, CONCUR — 160–39 (pass) · lower
• HB 1615 PN 2268, MOT RECON, HARRIS — 196–3 (pass) · lower
• HB 1615 PN 2268, MOT RECOM, DERMODY — 93–105 (fail) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 132–67 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Turzai — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2084 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2268 Re-reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 House non-concurred in Senate amendments
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Vote on concurrence in Senate amendments reconsidered
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4621a35-44f1-4e05-94c9-41c236a06ae5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).