PRINTER'S NO.  1261

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1004

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, KITCHEN, ORIE, FOLMER, ROBBINS, RAFFERTY, WOZNIAK, BROWNE, YAW, WAUGH, GORDNER, PILEGGI, D. WHITE, EARLL AND BOSCOLA, JULY 6, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JULY 6, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An

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act relating to the public school system, including certain

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provisions applicable as well to private and parochial

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schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the

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laws relating thereto," in pupils and attendance, providing

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for transfer students subject to suspension or expulsion.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 1317.2(e.1) of the act of March 10, 1949

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(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,

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amended June 25, 1997 (P.L.297, No.30), is amended to read:

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Section 1317.2.  Possession of Weapons Prohibited.-- * * *

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[(e.1)  A school district receiving a student who transfers

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from a public or private school during a period of expulsion for

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an act or offense involving a weapon may assign that student to

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an alternative assignment or provide alternative education

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services, provided that the assignment may not exceed the period

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of expulsion.]

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* * *

 


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Section 2.  The act is amended by adding a section to read:

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Section 1318.1.  Transfer Students Subject to Suspension or

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Expulsion.--(a)  A school district receiving a student who

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transfers from a public or private school during a period of

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suspension or expulsion for any act or offense may assign that

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student to an alternative assignment or provide alternative

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education services, provided that the assignment may not exceed

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the period of suspension or expulsion.

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(b)  This section shall also apply if the transfer is

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predicated on a student's alleged misconduct for which a

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suspension or expulsion hearing is not concluded or for which a

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period of suspension or expulsion has not yet been imposed by

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the school entity from which the student is transferring, in

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which case the school district receiving the student may, prior

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to admitting the student, require a hearing to determine whether

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a period of suspension or expulsion should be implemented.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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