PRINTER'S NO. 496
No. 445 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY ROBINSON, VANCE, FREEMAN, FAIRCHILD, BEBKO-JONES,
COLAIZZO, THOMAS, DALEY, MELIO, ACOSTA, KUKOVICH, ALLEN,
CARN, VAN HORNE, TRELLO, TULLI, BATTISTO, DeLUCA, PISTELLA,
TRICH, KENNEY, GIGLIOTTI, M. COHEN, HASAY, KIRKLAND, ROONEY,
HUGHES AND STEELMAN, MARCH 15, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 15, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for academic
21 course credit for community service.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
25 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
26 section to read:
1 Section 1321. Academic Course Credit for Community
2 Service.--(a) The State Board of Education shall create and
3 promulgate by regulation a program offering academic course
4 credit for students at State colleges and universities who
5 perform volunteer community service work.
6 (b) As used in this section, the term "State college and
7 university" means the State-owned and State-related universities
8 and member institutions of the State System of Higher Education.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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