HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 412, 858, 1073 PRINTER'S NO. 1115
No. 406 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY PECORA, GREENLEAF, FISHER, RHOADES, HELFRICK,
O'CONNELL, HOWARD, LOEPER, MOORE, HAGER, ROSS, SCANLON AND
STOUT, FEBRUARY 24, 1981
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 29, 1981
AN ACT
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 proportionate <--
6 reduction of payments REOPENING OF DISTRICT BUDGETS; <--
7 REQUIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL TO MAKE
8 AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST, LISTS OF GRADUATING SENIORS TO
9 MILITARY RECRUITERS AND; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE MISUSE <--
10 OF ANY SUCH LISTS; PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL AID TO CERTAIN
11 SCHOOL DISTRICTS; PRESCRIBING DRESS FOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYES
12 AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 2502.6 687, act of March 10, 1949 <--
16 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the "Public School Code of 1949,"
17 added July 13, 1979 (P.L.94, No.41), is amended BY ADDING A <--
18 SUBSECTION to read:
19 Section 2502.6. Proportionate Reduction of Payments.--If the <--
20 sums appropriated for the 1978-1979 school year and each school
21 year thereafter are not sufficient to pay in full the total
1 amounts to which all qualified school districts, intermediate
2 units and nonpublic schools are entitled to receive under the
3 provisions of sections 917.1-A, 919.1-A, 922.1-A, 923-A(d),
4 2501, 2502, 2502.3 and 2502.4 for such year, the allocations to
5 the schools districts, intermediate units and nonpublic schools
6 shall be proportionately reduced to the extent necessary to
7 bring the aggregate of the school district, intermediate unit
8 and nonpublic school allocations within the limits of the
9 amounts appropriated. However, no school district's gross
10 allocation under the provisions of the sections referred to
11 herein shall be less for the 1978-1979 [or], the 1979-1980, the
12 1980-1981 or the 1981-1982 school year than its gross allocation
13 under such sections for the previous school year: Provided,
14 however, That no district's gross allocation for the 1980-1981
15 school year shall be greater than ninety-five per centum (95%)
16 of the amount to which it would be entitled under sections 2501,
17 2502, 2502.3 and 2502.4 if sufficient funding were available.
18 SECTION 687. ANNUAL BUDGET; ADDITIONAL OR INCREASED <--
19 APPROPRIATIONS; TRANSFER OF FUNDS.--* * *
20 (E) FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1980-1981, A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY, BY
21 A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS, REOPEN ITS
22 BUDGET FOR THE PURPOSE OF REALLOCATING ANY SURPLUS FUNDS IN THE
23 DISTRICT BUDGET FOR THE RETIREMENT OF ANY OUTSTANDING
24 INDEBTEDNESS OF THE DISTRICT OR FOR THE REDUCTION OF PROPERTY
25 TAXES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1980-1981.
26 SECTION 2. THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION SECTIONS <--
27 TO READ:
28 SECTION 1113. DRESS.--DISTRICT SUPERVISORS MAY REQUIRE <--
29 PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYES TO SET AN EXAMPLE IN DRESS FOR STUDENTS.
30 MALE TEACHERS MAY WEAR SHIRT WITH TIE, JACKET AND SLACKS. FEMALE
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1 TEACHERS MAY WEAR DRESSES, SUITS AND DRESS PANTS. SPECIAL
2 EDUCATION TEACHERS MAY BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
3 SECTION.
4 SECTION 1339.1. LIST FOR MILITARY RECRUITERS.--(A) SUBJECT
5 TO THE LIMITATIONS OF SUBSECTION (B), THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
6 EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL COMPILE A LIST OF SENIOR
7 STUDENTS, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE, WHO AT THE END OF THE RESPECTIVE
8 ACADEMIC YEAR WILL GRADUATE FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE <--
9 LIST SHALL INCLUDE THE HOME ADDRESSES OF SUCH STUDENTS AND,
10 WHERE POSSIBLE, THEIR HOME TELEPHONE NUMBERS. THE LIST SHALL BE
11 COMPILED BY THE FIRST DAY OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR IN WHICH THE
12 SENIOR STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE.
13 (B) PRIOR TO THE END OF ANY STUDENT'S JUNIOR YEAR, THE
14 STUDENT MAY REQUEST THE SUPERINTENDENT, IN WRITING, TO EXCLUDE
15 SUCH STUDENT'S NAME FROM THE LIST REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
16 SUBSECTION (A). EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL NOTIFY THE STUDENTS,
17 IN WRITING, AT THE END OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR OF THE REQUIREMENTS
18 IMPOSED BY SUBSECTION (A).
19 (C) ANY LIST PREPARED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) SHALL BE
20 MADE AVAILABLE ONLY TO MILITARY RECRUITERS FOR THE ACTIVE
21 COMPONENT, THE RESERVE COMPONENT OR THE NATIONAL GUARD COMPONENT
22 OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO REQUEST, IN WRITING, A COPY OF THE LIST.
23 (D) ANY LIST OBTAINED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) SHALL BE
24 USED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLICITING POTENTIAL RECRUITS FOR
25 THE ACTIVE COMPONENT, THE RESERVE COMPONENT OR THE NATIONAL
26 GUARD COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES.
27 (E) ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY SUBSECTION OF THIS SECTION
28 COMMITS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE THIRD DEGREE AND UPON CONVICTION
29 THEREOF SHALL BE SENTENCED TO PAY A FINE OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE
30 HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2,500).
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1 SECTION 2502.8. SPECIAL AID TO CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.-- <--
2 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH EXPERIENCED AT LEAST A FIFTEEN PER CENTUM
3 (15%) LOSS IN TOTAL LOCAL REVENUE FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC
4 SCHOOLS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1979-1980 OR SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEARS
5 DUE TO THE COURT-ORDERED REASSESSMENT OF ONE OR MORE PROPERTIES
6 WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE
7 ELIGIBLE FOR SPECIAL AID FROM THE COMMONWEALTH.
8 SECTION 3. IT IS THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THROUGH
9 SECTION 1339.1 OF THIS LEGISLATION TO FULFILL ITS MORAL <--
10 OBLIGATIONS AND ASSIST MILITARY RECRUITERS TO ACHIEVE ADDITIONAL
11 ACCESS TO POTENTIAL RECRUITS BY COMPILING A LIST OF PROSPECTIVE
12 GRADUATING SENIORS FOR DISTRIBUTION, ON REQUEST, TO MILITARY
13 RECRUITERS.
14 SECTION 4. THE SUM OF $2,900,000, OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY <--
15 BE NECESSARY, IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
16 EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SPECIAL AID TO SCHOOL
17 DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 2502.8.
18 Section 2 4 5. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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