PRINTER'S NO. 2870

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

1752

Session of

2018

INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, DEAN, FRANKEL, DALEY, DERMODY, MILLARD,

CALTAGIRONE, READSHAW, HELM, SCHWEYER, NEILSON, MULLERY,

TOOHIL, ROZZI, SCHLOSSBERG, KORTZ, HILL-EVANS, DRISCOLL,

schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the

laws relating thereto," in safe schools, further providing

for Office for Safe Schools.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1302-A(b), (b.1), (c) introductory

paragraph, (3), (6), (7) and (8), (e) and (f) of the act of

March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code

of 1949, are amended and subsection (c) is amended by adding a

paragraph to read:

organizations and associations.

(2) To collect, develop and disseminate information,

policies, strategies and other information to assist in the

development of programs to [impact] improve prevention of and

response to school violence.

(2.1) To direct all school entities and postsecondary

institutions to submit annual school violence statistics and

reports to the office no later than July 31 of each year.

(3) To provide [direct training to] professional development

training opportunities for school employes and staff and faculty

postsecondary institutions on the development of policies to be

used regarding possession of weapons by any person, acts of

violence and protocols for coordination with and reporting to

law enforcement officials and the Department of Education.

(4.1) [To verify the existence of corrective action plans to

reduce incidents of violence as required in the No Child Left

Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425).] To

monitor and prioritize resources and supports to schools

identified as persistently dangerous under the Elementary and

Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-10, 20 U.S.C. §

violence and possession of weapons on school property. The forms

shall be reviewed on a biennial basis and revised when

necessary.

(6) To verify that each school entity [has a biennially

updated and reexecuted memorandum of understanding with local

law enforcement and has filed such memorandum with the office on

a biennial basis.] and postsecondary institution is in

compliance with Federal and State requirements related to

coordination with local law enforcement, including, for school

entities, a memorandum of understanding with local law

school [district] entity that failed to submit a report under

section 1303-A[.], including each incident required to be

reported by postsecondary institutions under section 485(f) of

the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-329, 20 U.S.C. §

1092(f)), and the regulations at 34 CFR 668.46 (relating to

institutional security policies and crime statistics).

(8) To establish criteria, in consultation with the

Pennsylvania State Police, for certifying approved vendors to

provide school police officers to nonpublic schools for the

purposes of awarding grants under subsection (c.1)(3).

and postsecondary institutions to eliminate harassment and

violence on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry,

sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national

origin, handicap or disability.

(11) To monitor the compliance by school entities and

postsecondary institutions with Federal and State laws, rules

and regulations concerning sexual harassment, sexual misconduct

and sexual discrimination towards students and promote resources

and professional development to improve employe knowledge of the

laws, rules and regulations and of their reporting

the enforcement of this article, and shall establish guidelines

for nondiscrimination programs to be adopted by school entities

and postsecondary institutions.

(b.1) The office shall process and tabulate the data on an

annual basis to assist [school] administrators at school

entities and postsecondary institutions and law enforcement

officials in their duties under this article.

(c) In addition to the powers and duties set forth under

subsection (b), the office is authorized to make targeted grants

to school entities and postsecondary institutions to fund

limited to, primary prevention programs and risk reduction

programs, bystander intervention, dating violence curricula and

restorative justice strategies.

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(6) Training to undertake a [districtwide] districtwide or

campuswide assessment of risk factors that increase the

likelihood of problem behaviors among students, including the

administration of school or campus climate surveys.

(7) Development and implementation of research-based

violence prevention programs that address risk factors to reduce

emergency preparedness drills and related activities with local

emergency responders.] Development or improvement of existing

school or campus reporting systems, including options for

reporting alleged incidents to school or campus officials,

school or campus public safety or local law enforcement. The

reporting systems may include options for confidential or

anonymous reporting, where appropriate.

(8.1) Comprehensive, districtwide or campuswide school

safety , violence prevention, emergency preparedness and all-

hazards plans, including revisions or updates to the plans and

Education for the purpose of making targeted grants under this

section shall be allocated as follows:

(1) [Forty] Sixty percent of the sum shall be allocated for

grants under subsection (c).

(2) [Sixty] Forty percent of the sum shall be allocated for

grants under subsection (c.1).

(f) As used in this section, ["school entity" shall have the

same meaning given to it under section 222(c).]

"Bystander intervention" shall mean safe and positive options

carried out by an individual to prevent harm or to intervene

intervene.

"Postsecondary institution" shall mean any institution of

higher education, a community college, a State-related

institution or a member institution of the State System of

Higher Education.

"Primary prevention programs" shall mean programming,

initiatives and strategies informed by research, or assessed for

value, effectiveness or outcome that are intended to stop dating

violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking before

they occur through the promotion of positive and healthy

perpetration and bystander inaction and to increase empowerment

for victims in order to promote safety and help individuals and

communities address conditions that facilitate violence.

"School entity" shall mean a local education agency,

including a public school district, charter school, cyber

charter school or area vocational-technical school.

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