Bill Information

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P. L. 30, No. 14), known as the "Public School Code of 1949," providing for the filling of vacancies in boards of school directors; providing for smoking regulations; prohibiting the use of anabolic steroids; providing for annuitant participation in district group health, hospitalization, and medical service insurance programs; providing for exceptions from referendums in relation to certain building construction; providing for redistribution of returned nonpublic school service funds by intermediate units, and further providing for change in preliminary budget submission date; providing for the employment of business administrators; providing for certain leaves of absence; providing for the Pennsylvania Writing project; prohibiting strip searches; further providing for attendance and for home education programs; further providing for transportation for visually handicapped; providing for a disruptive student education program; further providing for health services for counseling in relation to teen suicide, drugs and alcohol abuse; providing for counseling in the selection of careers and postsecondary institutions and in seeking financial aid; further providing for the standardized driver-education program; providing for reimbursement for purchase of an existing building for use as a school building; making appropriations; and making a repeal.