PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1803
PRINTER'S NO. 2761
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1553
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY DELLOSO, KINSEY, SANCHEZ, MADDEN, ISAACSON,
GALLOWAY, SCHLOSSBERG, GUENST, McNEILL, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, RABB,
SHUSTERMAN, KHAN, KINKEAD, N. NELSON, NEILSON, DEASY, BRIGGS,
GREEN, GILLEN, CONKLIN, T. DAVIS AND O'MARA, JUNE 29, 2023
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MARCH 20, 2024
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 duties and powers of boards of
school directors, providing for suicide prevention hotline
telephone number on student identification card; and, in
school safety and security, further providing for school
safety and security coordinator.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 529. Suicide Prevention Hotline Telephone Number on
Student Identification Card.--The board of school directors of a
school district that administers student identification cards to
each student in grades six through twelve shall include on each
identification card a national, State or local suicide
prevention hotline telephone number printed on the
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identification card. The suicide prevention hotline telephone
number provided on the student identification card must be a
telephone number that can be accessed for use twenty-four (24)
hours a day and seven (7) days a week by a student or other
individual. The board of school directors of a school district
shall work with the school safety and security coordinator under
section 1309-B to implement the requirements of this section.
SECTION 529. SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE TELEPHONE NUMBER ON
STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD.--THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY:
(1) BEGINNING WITH THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, THE SCHOOL
ENTITY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 128, THAT ISSUES STUDENT
IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO EACH STUDENT IN GRADES SIX THROUGH
TWELVE SHALL INCLUDE ON EACH IDENTIFICATION CARD A NATIONAL,
STATE OR LOCAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE TELEPHONE NUMBER.
(2) THE HOTLINE TELEPHONE NUMBERS UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) SHALL
BE PRINTED ON THE IDENTIFICATION CARD. THE SUICIDE PREVENTION
HOTLINE TELEPHONE NUMBER PROVIDED ON THE STUDENT IDENTIFICATION
CARD MUST BE A TELEPHONE NUMBER THAT CAN BE ACCESSED FOR USE
TWENTY-FOUR (24) HOURS A DAY AND SEVEN (7) DAYS A WEEK BY A
STUDENT OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL.
(3) THE SCHOOL ENTITY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 128, SHALL WORK
WITH THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR UNDER SECTION
1309-B TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
Section 2. Section 1309-B(c) of the act is amended by adding
a paragraph to read:
Section 1309-B. School safety and security coordinator.
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(c) Specific duties.--The school safety and security
coordinator shall:
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(7) Notwithstanding the requirements of section 529,
work with the board of school directors or equivalent
personnel of a school entity to display, in any of the
following locations, a national, State or local suicide
prevention hotline telephone number that can be accessed 24
hours a day and seven days a week by a student or other
individual:
(i) On the school entity's publicly accessible
Internet website.
(ii) In a conspicuous location in the school
entity's counselor's office or in the office of any
school employee of the school entity that is qualified to
act in a counseling role.
(iii) In a conspicuous location in the office of the
principal or chief administrator of the school entity.
(IV) IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION AS DETERMINED BY THE
SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR AND THE BOARD OF
SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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