PRINTER'S NO.  377

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

393

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY ORIE, ROBBINS, KASUNIC, ALLOWAY, BREWSTER, BROWNE, COSTA, ERICKSON, RAFFERTY, TARTAGLIONE, WAUGH, D. WHITE, WOZNIAK AND YAW, FEBRUARY 4, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 4, 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," in interscholastic athletics

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accountability, further providing for council recommendations

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and standards and for the Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight

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Committee.

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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.  Section 1604-A(b) of the act of March 10, 1949

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(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is

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amended by adding a paragraph to read:

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Section 1604-A.  Council Recommendations and Standards.--* *

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(b)  The association shall take all steps necessary to comply

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with the following standards:

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(14)  With the approval of the Pennsylvania Athletic

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Oversight Committee, adopt and adhere to a records-access policy

 


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consistent with the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3),

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known as the "Right-to-Know Law." Notwithstanding any other

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provision of law, the association shall be exempt from the

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requirements of the "Right-to-Know Law." This paragraph shall

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expire five (5) years from the effective date of this paragraph.

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Section 2.  Section 1605-A(b) and (c) of the act, added July

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4, 2004 (P.L.536, No.70), are amended to read:

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Section 1605-A.  Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight Committee.--

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(b)  The [committee] Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight

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Committee shall have six voting members who shall serve at the

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pleasure of the appointing authority and be appointed as

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follows:

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(1)  Three members of the Senate, of whom two shall be

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appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate and one

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shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. To the

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greatest extent possible, appointees should have some experience

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in interscholastic athletics or shall be parents of students

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involved in interscholastic athletics.

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(2)  Three members of the House of Representatives, of whom

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two shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of

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Representatives and one shall be appointed by the Minority

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Leader of the House of Representatives. To the greatest extent

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possible, appointees should have some experience in

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interscholastic athletics or shall be parents of students

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involved in interscholastic athletics.

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(3)  A chairman and vice chairman shall be elected from among

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the members appointed under this subsection.

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(c)  The [committee] Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight

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Committee shall meet at least once each year for the purpose of

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reviewing the association's continued compliance with the

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criteria listed in section 1604-A(a) and (b) and responding to

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issues related to the activities of the association referred to

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the [committee] Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight Committee. The

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[committee] Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight Committee shall

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issue an annual report of its findings to the President pro

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tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

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Representatives. The Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight Committee 

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shall make a recommendation to the General Assembly whether or

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not to extend the provisions of section 1604-A(b)(14) for an

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additional five (5) years.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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