PRINTER'S NO. 1245
No. 1053 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY DELP AND AFFLERBACH, JULY 11, 1997
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JULY 11, 1997
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," further providing for reimbursements
6 for the cost of providing special school police at dangerous
7 intersections or other areas immediately around schools to
8 certain school districts.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
12 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
13 section to read:
14 Section 2524.1. Payments on Account of Special School Police
15 Provided at Dangerous Intersections or Areas Immediately Around
16 Schools.--(a) School districts which do not provide pupil
17 transportation for at least seventy-five percent (75%) of its
18 student population shall be paid by the Commonwealth for every
19 school year for their cost of providing special school police at
20 dangerous intersections or areas of high traffic volume
1 immediately around schools. The police department or other law
2 enforcement agency that handles traffic control and enforcement
3 and the Department of Transportation shall inspect and certify
4 the intersections or other areas of high traffic volume
5 immediately around schools that will be served by special school
6 police. Such inspections and certifications will define the
7 thoroughfares as those used by a high volume of traffic so the
8 crossing or transversal of such thoroughfares or areas may place
9 the life of a child at risk, in danger or constitute a hazard to
10 the safety of the child. Such thoroughfares will include any
11 State highways or those routes determined by police and the
12 Department of Transportation as a main route of traffic and may
13 include areas of high traffic around individual schools. The
14 board of school directors may authorize its superintendent to
15 request the police and the Department of Transportation to
16 inspect specific intersections or other areas immediately around
17 schools and certify them for use of special school police.
18 (b) The amount which the Commonwealth shall reimburse school
19 districts shall be determined by multiplying the aid ratio of
20 the district by the total cost to the district of providing
21 special school police.
22 (c) The special school police shall be hired and shall have
23 the duties as provided for in section 2110 of the act of June
24 23, 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), known as "The Third Class City
25 Code."
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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