SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2537, 2711 PRINTER'S NO. 3952
No. 1960 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY DeWEESE, McCALL, BLAUM, MRKONIC, GAMBLE, CLYMER,
ROBINSON, TANGRETTI, ANGSTADT, CALTAGIRONE, HERMAN, COLAIZZO,
COY, JAROLIN, BELFANTI, WASS, FARGO, SCHEETZ, GLADECK,
PISTELLA, BROUJOS, PHILLIPS, CAWLEY, VROON, WOGAN, BILLOW,
YANDRISEVITS, COLAFELLA, GODSHALL, BUNT, MORRIS, VEON, DALEY,
BATTISTO, DORR, BELARDI, DIETTERICK, STABACK, ARGALL,
HALUSKA, FAIRCHILD, GIGLIOTTI, JOHNSON, LAUGHLIN, KASUNIC,
JACKSON, CORRIGAN AND NAILOR, OCTOBER 4, 1989
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, JUNE 30, 1990
AN ACT
1 Requiring the superintendent of every public school district to
2 make available, upon request, lists of graduating seniors to
3 armed forces recruiters; and providing a penalty for the
4 misuse of any such lists.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Legislative intent.
8 It is the intent of the General Assembly through this
9 legislation to assist armed forces recruiters to achieve
10 additional access to potential recruits by compiling a list of
11 prospective graduating seniors for distribution, upon written
12 request, to armed forces recruiters for the cost thereof, for
13 recruiting purposes only.
14 Section 2. List of seniors to be compiled.
15 (a) Lists.--Subject to the limitations of subsection (b),
1 the superintendent of every public school district, except as
2 otherwise provided, shall compile a list of senior students, <--
3 both male and female, including home address and published
4 telephone number MAKE AVAILABLE TO ALL ARMED FORCES RECRUITERS <--
5 FOR THE ACTIVE COMPONENT, RESERVE COMPONENT AND NATIONAL GUARD
6 COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES, THE SAME ACCESS TO SENIOR
7 STUDENTS AS IS AVAILABLE TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND
8 TRADE SCHOOLS. ACCESS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A
9 LIST OF SENIOR MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS BY NAME, HOME ADDRESS
10 AND, IF PUBLISHED, TELEPHONE NUMBER, who at the end of the
11 respective academic year will graduate from the school system.
12 The list shall be compiled within 45 calendar days of the
13 effective date of this act and in succeeding years by the first
14 day of the academic year in which the senior students will
15 graduate.
16 (b) Notification.--Each school district shall notify the
17 students, in writing, prior to the end of their junior year, of
18 the requirements imposed by subsection (a). Each student shall
19 be given at least 21 calendar days to request, in writing, to
20 the superintendent, exclusion of such student's name prior to
21 the release of such list.
22 Section 3. Optional compliance by nonpublic schools.
23 The governing body or board of each parochial, licensed
24 private and nonpublic school shall determine whether or not to
25 comply with the provisions of this act. If an affirmative
26 determination is made, then the principal of that parochial,
27 licensed private or nonpublic school shall comply with the
28 provisions of sections 2, 4 and 5 of this act AND 4. <--
29 Section 4. List to be made available. <--
30 The list shall be made available to armed forces recruiters
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1 for the active component, the reserve component and the National
2 Guard component of the armed forces.
3 Section 5 4. Penalties. <--
4 A person who violates this act commits a summary offense and
5 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $100. Each
6 day that a person violates this act shall constitute a separate
7 offense.
8 Section 6 5. Effective date. <--
9 This act shall take effect immediately.
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