THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY LONGIETTI, BEAR, BEYER, BRENNAN, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, D. COSTA, DENLINGER, DONATUCCI, FRANKEL, GIBBONS, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARKINS, HARPER, HENNESSEY, STEVENSON, HORNAMAN, HOUGHTON, LENTZ, MANN, MARKOSEK, MILNE, MURPHY, PASHINSKI, PAYTON, RAPP, READSHAW, SEIP, SIPTROTH, VULAKOVICH, YOUNGBLOOD, MARSHALL, McILVAINE SMITH, MURT AND KORTZ, JUNE 5, 2009

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 24, 2009   

AN ACT

Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An

act relating to the public school system, including certain

provisions applicable as well to private and parochial

schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the

laws relating thereto," in education improvement tax credit,

further providing for the eligibility of summer pre-

kindergarten programs.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The definition of "pre-kindergarten program" in

section 2002-B of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14),

known as the Public School Code of 1949, amended July 11, 2006

(P.L.1092, No.114), is amended to read:

Section 2002-B.  Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this article

shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Pre-kindergarten program."  A program of instruction for

three-year-old or four-year-old students that utilizes a

curriculum aligned with the curriculum of the school with which

it is affiliated and which provides a minimum of either:

(1)  two hours of instructional and developmental

activities per day at least 60 days per school year; or

(2)  one hundred and twenty hours of instructional

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development activities per twelve-month period two hours of

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instructional and developmental activities per day at least

20 days over the summer recess.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.