PRINTER'S NO.  659

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

659

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, BOBACK, BOYD, D. COSTA, DENLINGER, EVERETT, FLECK, GEIST, GILLEN, GOODMAN, GROVE, HALUSKA, HARRIS, HESS, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, M.K. KELLER, KNOWLES, KRIEGER, MAJOR, METCALFE, METZGAR, MILLER, PAYNE, PEIFER, PETRI, RAPP, READSHAW, ROAE, ROCK, SCHRODER, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN AND VULAKOVICH, FEBRUARY 14, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 14, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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

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act relating to the public school system, including certain

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provisions applicable as well to private and parochial

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schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the

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laws relating thereto," providing for confirmation of the

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English language.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known

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as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a

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section to read:

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Section 1526.  Confirmation of the English Language.--The

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Department of Education shall ensure that any standards adopted

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under subarticle (b) include a provision that confirms that the

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English language has been the sole language of government and

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commerce in this Commonwealth since its founding.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.