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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, KITCHEN, ORIE, FOLMER, ROBBINS, RAFFERTY, WOZNIAK, BROWNE, YAW, WAUGH, GORDNER, PILEGGI, D. WHITE, EARLL AND BOSCOLA, JULY 6, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JULY 6, 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," in pupils and attendance, providing |
6 | for transfer students subject to suspension or expulsion. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. Section 1317.2(e.1) of the act of March 10, 1949 |
10 | (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, |
11 | amended June 25, 1997 (P.L.297, No.30), is amended to read: |
12 | Section 1317.2. Possession of Weapons Prohibited.-- * * * |
13 | [(e.1) A school district receiving a student who transfers |
14 | from a public or private school during a period of expulsion for |
15 | an act or offense involving a weapon may assign that student to |
16 | an alternative assignment or provide alternative education |
17 | services, provided that the assignment may not exceed the period |
18 | of expulsion.] |
19 | * * * |
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1 | Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read: |
2 | Section 1318.1. Transfer Students Subject to Suspension or |
3 | Expulsion.--(a) A school district receiving a student who |
4 | transfers from a public or private school during a period of |
5 | suspension or expulsion for any act or offense may assign that |
6 | student to an alternative assignment or provide alternative |
7 | education services, provided that the assignment may not exceed |
8 | the period of suspension or expulsion. |
9 | (b) This section shall also apply if the transfer is |
10 | predicated on a student's alleged misconduct for which a |
11 | suspension or expulsion hearing is not concluded or for which a |
12 | period of suspension or expulsion has not yet been imposed by |
13 | the school entity from which the student is transferring, in |
14 | which case the school district receiving the student may, prior |
15 | to admitting the student, require a hearing to determine whether |
16 | a period of suspension or expulsion should be implemented. |
17 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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