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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 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. 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 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. us/states/pa Pennsylvania General Assembly 2023-2024 HB 301 Pennsylvania HB 301 (2023-2024)
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Pennsylvania HB 301 (2023-2024) — 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 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.

Version chain

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

  1. House Amendment A00283 (committee substitute) — source
  2. House Amendment A00286 (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Amendment A03036 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Printer's No. PN0256 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Printer's No. PN0954 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Printer's No. PN1035 (committee substitute) — source
  7. Printer's No. PN2311 (committee substitute) — source
  8. Printer's No. PN2326 (committee substitute) — source
  9. Senate Amendment A03007 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • CONCURRENCE — 102–101 (pass) · lower
  • FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower
  • Committee vote (Education): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
  • Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — 33–0 (pass) · lower
  • Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Amended — 22–2 (pass) · upper
  • CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS AS AMENDED — 43–7 (pass) · upper
  • Committee vote (Education): Report Bill As Amended — 21–0 (pass) · lower
  • FINAL PASSAGE — 45–5 (pass) · upper
  • Committee vote (Appropriations): Adopt Amendment — 21–3 (pass) · upper
  • Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
  • A286 — 201–0 (pass) · lower
  • A283 — 201–0 (pass) · lower
  • MOTION TO REVERT PRIOR PRINTERS NUMBER — 101–102 (fail) · lower
  • Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Amended — 18–15 (pass) · lower
  • Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Motion to Revert to Prior Printer Number 2311 — 17–0 (pass) · upper
  • CONCURRENCE — 175–28 (pass) · lower
  • Committee vote (Appropriations): Motion to Table Amendment A02952 to House Bill 301 — 15–9 (pass) · upper
  • Committee vote (Education): Adopt Amendment — 21–0 (pass) · lower
  • Committee vote (Rules): Adopt Amendment — 18–15 (pass) · lower
  • Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — 16–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Patrick Harkins — primary (person)
  • Ben Waxman — cosponsor (person)
  • Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
  • Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
  • Dan Williams — cosponsor (person)
  • Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
  • Eddie Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
  • Emily Kinkead — cosponsor (person)
  • Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
  • Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
  • Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
  • John Galloway — cosponsor (person)
  • Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
  • Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
  • Napoleon J. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
  • P. Sturla — cosponsor (person)
  • Perry Warren — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephen Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
  • Steve Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
  • Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
  • Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Education referral-committee
  • 2023-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2023-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
  • 2023-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
  • 2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
  • 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
  • 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
  • 2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
  • 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Education referral-committee
  • 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
  • 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
  • 2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
  • 2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
  • 2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 Amended in House Committee on Rules
  • 2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House amendment-passage
  • 2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations referral-committee
  • 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended with Prior Printer's No. 2311 amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments, as amended by the Senate amendment-passage
  • 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
  • 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments, as amended by the Senate amendment-passage
  • 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
  • 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
  • 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Act No. 33 of 2023

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1774cfba-45d2-41db-90b0-a59435067783. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).