S1216B1899A06991 MSP:JSL 09/04/20 #90 A06991
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1216
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE KAUFFMAN
Printer's No. 1899
Amend Bill, page 1, line 8, by striking out the period after
"year" and inserting
; and, in pupils and attendance, providing for nonpublic school
transportation for 2020-2021 school year.
Amend Bill, page 2, line 13, by striking out "A SECTION" and
inserting
sections
Amend Bill, page 4, by inserting between lines 7 and 8
Section 1361.1. Nonpublic School Transportation for 2020-
2021 School Year.--(a) Although the current provisions of
section 1361 require school districts to provide for the
transportation of students enrolled in nonpublic schools not
operated for profit, the purpose of this section is to clarify
the current provisions of this article relating to the
transportation of the students during the 2020-2021 school year
during the COVID-19 disaster emergency.
(b) As it relates to the provision of transportation for
nonpublic schools for the 2020-2021 school year, if
transportation was provided during the 2019-2020 school year for
pupils of nonpublic schools under section 1361(1), the board of
school directors shall provide pupils of nonpublic school
transportation on the dates and periods that the nonpublic
school is in session according to the school calendar officially
adopted by the nonpublic school whether or not transportation is
provided on those dates and periods to students attending
schools of the district.
(c) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"COVID-19 disaster emergency." The proclamation of disaster
emergency issued by the Governor on March 6, 2020, published at
50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020), and any renewal of the
proclamation of disaster emergency.
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