PRINTER'S NO. 2216
No. 1634 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY RHOADES, MAY 30, 1990
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 30, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," providing for voter registration
6 forms to be given to high school graduates.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1613 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended December 15, 1986 (P.L.1602, No.178), is amended to
12 read:
13 Section 1613. High School Certificates.--(a) The board of
14 school directors, joint board of joint school committee
15 operating any high school shall issue a certificate to each
16 pupil satisfactorily completing the prescribed course of
17 instruction in the high school.
18 (b) For those pupils graduating at the close of the school
19 year 1989-1990, and each school year thereafter, the following
1 minimum courses in grades nine through twelve are established as
2 a requirement for high school graduation in schools operated by
3 a bona fide church or other religious body:
4 (1) Four years of English.
5 (2) Three years of mathematics.
6 (3) Three years of science.
7 (4) Three years of social studies.
8 (5) Two years of arts and humanities.
9 (c) A child enrolled in a day or boarding school accredited
10 by an accrediting association which is approved by the State
11 Board of Education shall be deemed to have met the requirements
12 of subsection (b).
13 (d) Voter registration forms shall also be given to pupils
14 issued certificates under subsection (a) and who will be
15 eligible to vote in the first election following their
16 graduation.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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