PRINTER'S NO. 3499
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2327
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY FEE, BERNSTINE, CAUSER, CORBIN, CUTLER, GREINER,
GROVE, HICKERNELL, MENTZER, MILLARD, B. MILLER, NEILSON,
O'NEILL, RYAN AND WARD, MAY 3, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 3, 2018
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 organization meetings and officers
of boards of school directors, providing for executive
sessions.
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 425. Executive Sessions.--(a) Notwithstanding 65
Pa.C.S. § 708(a) (relating to executive sessions), a public
school entity may hold an executive session to plan, review or
discuss matters related to school safety, the disclosure of
which, if conducted in public, would:
(1) be reasonably likely to impair the effectiveness of such
measures; or
(2) create a reasonable likelihood of jeopardizing the
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safety or security of an individual or a school, including a
building, public utility, resource, infrastructure, facility or
information storage system.
(b) The executive session may be held during an open meeting
or at the conclusion of an open meeting or may be announced for
a future time. The reason for holding the executive session must
be announced at the open meeting occurring immediately prior or
subsequent to the executive session. If the executive session is
not announced for a specific time in the future, members of the
agency shall be notified twenty-four (24) hours in advance of
the time of the convening of the meeting specifying the date,
time, location and purpose of the executive session.
(c) Official action on discussions held pursuant to
subsection (a) shall be taken at an open meeting. Nothing in
this section shall be construed to require that any meeting be
closed to the public, nor shall any executive session be used as
a subterfuge to defeat the purposes of 65 Pa.C.S. § 704
(relating to open meetings).
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term "executive
session" shall have the meaning given to the term under 65
Pa.C.S. § 703 (relating to definitions).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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