PRINTER'S NO. 610
No. 560 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, PRESSMANN, YANDRISEVITS, KOSINSKI, WOGAN,
JOHNSON, RAYMOND, CAPPABIANCA, E. Z. TAYLOR AND MERRY,
MARCH 2, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 2, 1987
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," establishing eligibility requirements
6 for participation in extracurricular activities.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Article XIII of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
11 amended by adding a subdivision to read:
12 ARTICLE XIII.
13 PUPILS AND ATTENDANCE.
14 * * *
15 (h) Participation in Extracurricular Activities.
16 Section 1396. Eligibility Requirements for Participation in
17 Extracurricular Activities.--(a) A student enrolled in any
18 school in this Commonwealth may be suspended from participation
19 in any extracurricular activity sponsored or sanctioned by the
1 school after a grade reporting period in which the student
2 received a grade lower than the equivalent of seventy (70) on a
3 scale of one hundred (100) in any academic class. The
4 administrator of the school may remove this suspension if the
5 class is an identified honors or advanced class. A student may
6 not be suspended from participation in extracurricular
7 activities under this section during the period in which school
8 is recessed for the summer or during the initial grade reporting
9 period of a regular school term on the basis of grades received
10 in the final grade reporting period of the preceding regular
11 school term.
12 (b) The Department of Education may adopt regulations to
13 assist school administrators in carrying out the provisions of
14 this section.
15 (c) All rules and regulations relating to extracurricular
16 activities adopted by boards of school directors pursuant to
17 section 511 of this act shall comply with this section.
18 (d) As used in this section, the term "extracurricular
19 activity" means athletics, games of any kind, school
20 publications, and debating, forensic, dramatic, musical or other
21 activities which are not required as a part of the regular
22 academic program.
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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