PRINTER'S NO. 2917
No. 2189 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY J. TAYLOR, KOSINSKI, WOGAN, KENNEY, PERZEL,
O'BRIEN, PESCI, JOHNSON, VROON, COHEN, VEON, BILLOW, SERAFINI
AND CIVERA, DECEMBER 13, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, DECEMBER 13, 1989
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 the
6 transportation of pupils in school districts of the first
7 class.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 1361(1) of the act of March 10, 1949
11 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
12 amended May 11, 1979 (P.L.26, No.7), is amended to read:
13 Section 1361. When Provided.--(1) The board of school
14 directors in any school district may, out of the funds of the
15 district, provide for the free transportation of any resident
16 pupil to and from the kindergarten, elementary school, or
17 secondary school in which he is lawfully enrolled, provided that
18 such school is not operated for profit and is located within the
19 district boundaries or outside the district boundaries at a
20 distance not exceeding ten miles by the nearest public highway,
1 except that such ten-mile limit shall not apply to area
2 vocational technical schools which regularly serve eligible
3 district pupils or to special schools and classes approved by
4 the Department of Education, and to and from any points within
5 or without the Commonwealth in order to provide field trips for
6 any purpose connected with the educational pursuits of the
7 pupils. In school districts of the first class, the same
8 provisions which are made for the transportation of resident
9 pupils to and from kindergarten through grade six shall be made
10 for the transportation of resident pupils to and from grades
11 seven, eight and nine. When provision is made by a board of
12 school directors for the transportation of public school pupils
13 to and from such schools or to and from any points within or
14 without the Commonwealth in order to provide field trips as
15 herein provided, the board of school directors shall also make
16 identical provision for the free transportation of pupils who
17 regularly attend nonpublic kindergarten, elementary and high
18 schools not operated for profit to and from such schools or to
19 and from any points within or without the Commonwealth in order
20 to provide field trips as herein provided. Such transportation
21 of pupils attending nonpublic schools shall be provided during
22 regular school hours on such dates and periods that the
23 nonpublic school not operated for profit is in regular session,
24 according to the school calendar officially adopted by the
25 directors of the same in accordance with provisions of law. The
26 board of school directors shall provide such transportation
27 whenever so required by any of the provisions of this act or of
28 any other act of Assembly.
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30 Section 2. This act shall apply to the school year 1990-1991
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1 and each school year thereafter.
2 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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