Bill Text: PA HB1098 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing, in vocational education, for definitions and for payments on account of pupils enrolled in vocational curriculums.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 23-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-25 - Referred to EDUCATION [HB1098 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1098-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1295
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1098 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BOYD, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DENLINGER, EVERETT, GEORGE, GIBBONS, HARPER, HESS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, MAHER, MILLARD, MILLER, MURT, PHILLIPS, PYLE, RAPP, ROCK, ROHRER, STERN AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 25, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 25, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," further providing, in vocational
education, for definitions and for payments on account of
pupils enrolled in vocational curriculums.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1801(4) of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended to read:
Section 1801. Definitions.--The following words and phrases
as used in this article shall, unless a different meaning is
plainly required by the context, have the following meanings:
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(4) "Vocational agricultural education" shall mean that form
of vocational education which [fits for the occupations
connected with the tillage of the soil, the care of domestic
animals, forestry, and other wage-earning or productive work on
the farm.] provides students with the skills needed to enter and
advance in careers such as production agriculture, agribusiness
management and marketing, agricultural research and engineering,
food science, food processing and retailing, banking,
agricultural education, landscape architecture, silviculture,
aquaculture, urban interfacing and other related fields.
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Section 2. Section 2502.8 of the act is amended by adding
subsections to read:
Section 2502.8. Payments on Account of Pupils Enrolled in
Vocational Curriculums.--* * *
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the
contrary, vocational agricultural education programs operated by
school districts and area vocational-technical schools shall
receive funding in accordance with this section regardless of
any minimum time requirements for class hours established by
regulation of the State Board of Vocational Education or
regulation or standards of the Department of Education.
(g) Vocational education credits may be given for hours
spent in supervised agricultural experience and cooperative and
clinical experiences.
Section 3. The provisions of 22 Pa. Code § 339.22(a)(4) are
abrogated to the extent of any inconsistency with this act.
Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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