PRINTER'S NO. 1073
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
919
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KAMPF, PICKETT, MILLARD, DOWLING, SONNEY, V. BROWN
AND READSHAW, MARCH 22, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 22, 2017
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 preliminary provisions, providing
for disclosure of student discipline information.
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 126. Disclosure of Student Discipline Information.--
(a) Upon request, a public school shall disclose information
concerning the discipline of a student enrolled in the public
school to appropriate parties other than the student's parent,
and without the consent of the student's parent or, if the
student has attained eighteen (18) years of age or is attending
an institution of postsecondary education, without the consent
of the student, in connection with an emergency if knowledge of
the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of
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