PRINTER'S NO. 3086
No. 2455 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY LEDERER, CESSAR, CARN, MIHALICH, BELARDI, CAWLEY,
COY, MUNDY, GORDNER, KING, CAPPABIANCA, FAIRCHILD, HENNESSEY,
VEON, TRUE, MELIO, FAJT, TRICH, LAUB, M. COHEN, PISTELLA,
PRESTON, JOSEPHS, WILLIAMS, GERLACH, ROONEY, LAUGHLIN AND
KENNEY, JANUARY 25, 1994
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND YOUTH, JANUARY 25, 1994
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for Statewide
21 elderly volunteer programs involving work with children; and
22 making an appropriation.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Section 2203-A of the act of April 9, 1929
26 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
1 amended by adding a clause to read:
2 Section 2203-A. Powers and Duties in General.--(a) The
3 Department of Aging hereinafter referred to in this article as
4 the department shall, subject to any inconsistent provisions in
5 this act contained, have the power and its duty shall be to:
6 * * *
7 (30) Develop a program for the provision of grants to
8 Statewide and local volunteer programs which allow elderly
9 volunteers to work with children in programs, including, but not
10 limited to:
11 (i) Tutoring and assisting children with learning skills.
12 (ii) Working with at-risk youngsters.
13 (iii) Drop-out prevention.
14 (iv) Drug and alcohol education.
15 (v) Working with children with special physical or emotional
16 needs.
17 (vi) Working with teenage parents.
18 The department shall develop criteria for determining
19 eligibility and awarding grants which shall include the success
20 and quality of the program, the degree of interaction with other
21 programs or institutions and the length of time the program has
22 been in existence.
23 * * *
24 Section 2. The sum of $100,000, or as much thereof as may be
25 necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of Aging for
26 fiscal year July 1, 1993, to June 30, 1994, for the purpose of
27 making grants under this section.
28 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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