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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 669 | PRINTER'S NO. 889 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY GORDNER, PICCOLA, PILEGGI, BAKER, BROWNE, EARLL, EICHELBERGER, ERICKSON, FERLO, GREENLEAF, LEACH, LOGAN, O'PAKE, ORIE, RAFFERTY, SMUCKER, WASHINGTON, WAUGH AND WONDERLING, MARCH 16, 2009 |
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| SENATOR PICCOLA, EDUCATION, AS AMENDED, APRIL 21, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An |
2 | act relating to the public school system, including certain |
3 | provisions applicable as well to private and parochial |
4 | schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the |
5 | laws relating thereto," further providing for school |
6 | athletics, publications and organizations. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. Section 511(a) of the act of March 10, 1949 |
10 | (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, |
11 | amended April 14, 1949 (P.L.460, No.85), is amended and the | <-- |
12 | section is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
13 | Section 511. School Athletics, Publications, and |
14 | Organizations.-- |
15 | (a) The board of school directors in every school district |
16 | shall prescribe, adopt, and enforce such reasonable rules and |
17 | regulations as it may deem proper, regarding (1) the management, |
18 | supervision, control, or prohibition of exercises, athletics, or |
19 | games of any kind, school publications, debating, forensic, |
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1 | dramatic, musical, and other activities related to the school |
2 | program, including raising and disbursing funds for any or all |
3 | of such purposes and for scholarships, [and] (2) the | <-- |
4 | organization, management, supervision, control, financing, or |
5 | prohibition of organizations, clubs, societies and groups of the |
6 | members of any class or school, and [may provide for] (3) the | <-- |
7 | suspension, dismissal, or other reasonable penalty in the case |
8 | of any appointee, professional or other employe, or pupil who |
9 | violates any of such rules or regulations. The board shall | <-- |
10 | provide for the inclusion in any of these activities any student |
11 | who lives within the school district but attends a private or |
12 | nonpublic school, who shall be subject to these same rules and |
13 | regulations. The board shall provide for the inclusion in any of | <-- |
14 | these activities any student who lives within the school |
15 | district, attends a private or nonpublic school and elects to |
16 | participate in such public school activities that are not |
17 | offered by the private or nonpublic school. The student shall be |
18 | subject to the same rules and regulations that apply to students |
19 | enrolled in the school district relating to such activities. |
20 | (a.1) The board of school directors shall not restrict | <-- |
21 | inclusions of a student who lives within the school district but |
22 | is enrolled in a charter or cyber charter school, private or |
23 | nonpublic school or participating in a home education program, |
24 | in an activity in accordance with subsection (a) by making the |
25 | activity or converting the activity to be part of the regular |
26 | school curriculum or by granting credit toward graduation |
27 | requirements for participation. Nothing in this section shall |
28 | preclude a school district from providing a public school |
29 | student with credit for participation in such activities. |
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1 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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