PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2118, 2669 PRINTER'S NO. 2876
No. 1643 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGTON, PARKER, MUNDY, LEACH, WHEATLEY,
FRANKEL, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, HERSHEY, JAMES,
KORTZ, PETRONE, READSHAW, SCHRODER, SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, SURRA,
WANSACZ, YOUNGBLOOD AND PAYTON, JUNE 27, 2007
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NOVEMBER 20, 2007
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 REPORTS TO <--
6 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, FOR RULES AND REGULATIONS AND SAFETY
7 PATROLS, FOR FINANCIAL REPORTS, FOR residence and right to
8 free school privileges, FOR POSSESSION OF WEAPONS PROHIBITED <--
9 AND FOR SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION OF PUPILS.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 1302(a) of the act of March 10, 1949 <--
13 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
14 amended December 23, 2003 (P.L.304, No.48), is amended and the
15 section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
16 SECTION 1. SECTION 218 OF THE ACT OF MARCH 10, 1949 (P.L.30, <--
17 NO.14), KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE OF 1949, ADDED MAY 10,
18 2000 (P.L.44, NO.16), IS AMENDED TO READ:
19 SECTION 218. REPORTS TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.--ALL
20 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO THE
1 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY
2 ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING STANDARDS[.], EXCEPT FOR THE
3 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL
4 ESTABLISH A REPORTING STANDARD FOR THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
5 THE STANDARD SHALL CONFORM TO FUND LEVEL REPORTING CRITERIA
6 ONLY, AND WILL BE AN ALLOWED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE BASIS OF
7 ACCOUNTING. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN "OTHER
8 COMPREHENSIVE BASIS OF ACCOUNTING" SHALL MEAN A BASIS OF
9 ACCOUNTING, OTHER THAN GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES,
10 THAT AN ENTITY USES TO REPORT ITS ASSETS, LIABILITIES, EQUITY,
11 REVENUES AND EXPENSES.
12 SECTION 2. SECTION 510 OF THE ACT, AMENDED JUNE 29, 1976
13 (P.L.450, NO.110), IS AMENDED TO READ:
14 SECTION 510. RULES AND REGULATIONS; SAFETY PATROLS.--(A)
15 THE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY ADOPT
16 AND ENFORCE SUCH REASONABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS IT MAY DEEM
17 NECESSARY AND PROPER, REGARDING THE MANAGEMENT OF ITS SCHOOL
18 AFFAIRS AND THE CONDUCT AND DEPORTMENT OF ALL SUPERINTENDENTS,
19 TEACHERS, AND OTHER APPOINTEES OR EMPLOYES DURING THE TIME THEY
20 ARE ENGAGED IN THEIR DUTIES TO THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS
21 REGARDING THE CONDUCT AND DEPORTMENT OF ALL [PUPILS] STUDENTS
22 ATTENDING THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT, DURING SUCH TIME
23 AS THEY ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL OR SCHOOL-RELATED ACTIVITIES, ARE
24 PRESENT ON SCHOOL PROPERTY OR IN BUSES OR OTHER VEHICLES
25 PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT, OR OTHERWISE ARE UNDER THE SUPERVISION
26 OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS AND TEACHERS, INCLUDING THE
27 TIME NECESSARILY SPENT IN COMING TO AND RETURNING FROM
28 SCHOOL[.], AND PERTAINING TO ACTIVITIES OF STUDENTS REGARDLESS
29 OF TIME OR PLACE LIKELY TO CAUSE OR CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL
30 DISRUPTION OF OR MATERIAL INTERFERENCE WITH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES OR
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1 THE ORDERLY AND SAFE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOLS.
2 (B) IN THE EXERCISE OF THIS AUTHORITY THE BOARD OF SCHOOL
3 DIRECTORS IS EMPOWERED TO ORGANIZE SCHOOL SAFETY PATROLS AND,
4 WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE PARENTS, TO APPOINT [PUPILS] STUDENTS
5 AS MEMBERS THEREOF, FOR THE PURPOSE OF INFLUENCING AND
6 ENCOURAGING THE OTHER [PUPILS] STUDENTS TO REFRAIN FROM CROSSING
7 PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AT POINTS OTHER THAN AT REGULAR CROSSINGS, AND
8 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECTING [PUPILS] STUDENTS NOT TO CROSS
9 HIGHWAYS AT TIMES WHEN THE PRESENCE OF TRAFFIC WOULD RENDER SUCH
10 CROSSING UNSAFE. NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO
11 AUTHORIZE OR PERMIT THE USE OF ANY SAFETY PATROL MEMBER FOR THE
12 PURPOSE OF DIRECTING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, NOR SHALL ANY SAFETY
13 PATROL MEMBER BE STATIONED IN THAT PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY
14 INTENDED FOR THE USE OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. NO LIABILITY SHALL
15 ATTACH EITHER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR ANY INDIVIDUAL
16 DIRECTOR, STUDENT, SUPERINTENDENT, TEACHER, OR OTHER SCHOOL
17 EMPLOYE, BY VIRTUE OF THE ORGANIZATION, MAINTENANCE, OR
18 OPERATION OF A SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL ORGANIZED, MAINTAINED, AND
19 OPERATED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THIS SECTION.
20 (C) ALL FLAGS, BELTS, APPAREL AND DEVICES ISSUED, SUPPLIED
21 OR FURNISHED TO PERSONS ACTING IN THE CAPACITY OF SPECIAL SCHOOL
22 POLICE, OR SPECIAL POLICE APPOINTED TO CONTROL AND DIRECT
23 TRAFFIC AT OR NEAR SCHOOLS, IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE CONSPICUITY
24 OF SUCH PERSONS, SHALL BE MADE FROM RETRO-REFLECTIVE AND
25 FLUORESCENT MATERIALS VISIBLE BOTH DAY AND NIGHT AT THREE
26 HUNDRED (300) FEET TO APPROACHING MOTORISTS USING LAWFUL LOW
27 BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND SHALL CONFORM TO STANDARDS, SPECIFICATIONS,
28 OR REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. ALL BELTS
29 SUPPLIED OR FURNISHED TO [PUPILS] STUDENTS ACTIVE IN THE
30 CAPACITY OF SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL MEMBERS SHALL BE FLUORESCENT.
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1 SECTION 3. SECTION 921-A OF THE ACT, AMENDED JULY 11, 2006
2 (P.L.1092, NO.114), IS AMENDED TO READ:
3 SECTION 921-A. FINANCIAL REPORTS.--AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL
4 REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION BY EACH
5 INTERMEDIATE UNIT NOT LATER THAN THE 31ST DAY OF OCTOBER,
6 TOGETHER WITH AN AUDITOR'S REPORT PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT
7 AUDITOR WHO SHALL BE A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT OR OTHER
8 COMPETENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT. ALL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND
9 REPORTING BY INTERMEDIATE UNITS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
10 SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING AND
11 REPORTING STANDARDS[.], EXCEPT FOR THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
12 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL ESTABLISH A REPORTING STANDARD
13 FOR THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. THE STANDARD SHALL CONFORM TO
14 FUND LEVEL REPORTING CRITERIA ONLY, AND WILL BE AN ALLOWED OTHER
15 COMPREHENSIVE BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
16 AN "OTHER COMPREHENSIVE BASIS OF ACCOUNTING" SHALL MEAN A BASIS
17 OF ACCOUNTING, OTHER THAN GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING
18 PRINCIPLES, THAT AN ENTITY USES TO REPORT ITS ASSETS,
19 LIABILITIES, EQUITY, REVENUES AND EXPENSES.
20 SECTION 4. SECTION 1302(A) OF THE ACT, AMENDED DECEMBER 23,
21 2003 (P.L.304, NO.48), IS AMENDED AND THE SECTION IS AMENDED BY
22 ADDING A SUBSECTION TO READ:
23 Section 1302. Residence and Right to Free School
24 Privileges.--(a) (1) A child shall be considered a resident of
25 the school district in which his parents or the guardian of his
26 person resides. When a child's parents reside in different
27 school districts, the child may attend either of the school
28 districts in which his parents reside, regardless of which
29 parent has primary physical custody of the child. The parents
30 must choose and so state and agree in writing which of the two
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1 school districts shall be the child's school district of
2 residence for the school year, unless there is a court order
3 that directs which of the two districts shall be the child's
4 school district of residence.
5 (2) Federal installations are considered a part of the
6 school district or districts in which they are situate and the
7 children residing on such installations shall be counted as
8 resident pupils of the school district.
9 (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require
10 a school district to transport a child to or from a residence
11 outside of the school district.
12 (a.1) When a resident of any school district keeps in his
13 home a child of school age, not his own, supporting the child
14 gratis as if it were his own, such child shall be entitled to
15 all free school privileges accorded to resident school children
16 of the district, including the right to attend the public high
17 school maintained in such district or in other districts in the
18 same manner as though such child were in fact a resident school
19 child of the district, and shall be subject to all the
20 requirements placed upon resident school children of the
21 district. Before such child may be accepted as a pupil, such
22 resident shall file with the secretary of the board:
23 (1) appropriate legal documentation to show dependency or
24 guardianship; or
25 (2) a sworn statement that he is a resident of the district,
26 that he is supporting the child gratis, that he will assume all
27 personal obligations for the child relative to school
28 requirements, and that he intends to so keep and support the
29 child continuously and not merely through the school term. The
30 school board, pursuant to guidelines issued by the Department of
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1 Education, may require other reasonable information to be
2 submitted by the resident to substantiate the sworn statement.
3 The form containing the sworn statement shall include notice in
4 large print of the penalty for providing false information in
5 the sworn statement.
6 * * *
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. <--
8 SECTION 5. SECTION 1317.2(E.1) OF THE ACT, AMENDED JUNE 25, <--
9 1997 (P.L.297, NO.30), IS AMENDED TO READ:
10 SECTION 1317.2. POSSESSION OF WEAPONS PROHIBITED.--* * *
11 [(E.1) A SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVING A STUDENT WHO TRANSFERS
12 FROM A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL DURING A PERIOD OF EXPULSION FOR
13 AN ACT OR OFFENSE INVOLVING A WEAPON MAY ASSIGN THAT STUDENT TO
14 AN ALTERNATIVE ASSIGNMENT OR PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
15 SERVICES, PROVIDED THAT THE ASSIGNMENT MAY NOT EXCEED THE PERIOD
16 OF EXPULSION.]
17 * * *
18 SECTION 6. SECTION 1318 OF THE ACT, AMENDED FEBRUARY 8, 1980
19 (P.L.3, NO.2), IS AMENDED TO READ:
20 SECTION 1318. SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION OF [PUPILS.--]
21 STUDENTS.--(A) EVERY PRINCIPAL OR TEACHER IN CHARGE OF A PUBLIC
22 SCHOOL MAY TEMPORARILY SUSPEND ANY [PUPIL] STUDENT ON ACCOUNT OF
23 DISOBEDIENCE OR MISCONDUCT, AND ANY PRINCIPAL OR TEACHER
24 SUSPENDING ANY [PUPIL] STUDENT SHALL PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE
25 DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OR SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL
26 DIRECTORS. THE BOARD MAY, AFTER A PROPER HEARING, SUSPEND SUCH
27 [CHILD] STUDENT FOR SUCH TIME AS IT MAY DETERMINE, OR MAY
28 PERMANENTLY EXPEL [HIM] THE STUDENT. SUCH HEARINGS, SUSPENSION,
29 OR EXPULSION MAY BE DELEGATED TO A DULY AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE OF
30 THE BOARD, OR TO A DULY QUALIFIED HEARING EXAMINER, WHO NEED NOT
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1 BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, BUT WHOSE ADJUDICATION MUST BE
2 APPROVED BY THE BOARD. THE BOARD AND DESIGNATED COMMITTEES OR
3 HEARING EXAMINERS ACTING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE THE
4 POWER TO ADMINISTER OATHS TO WITNESSES AND THE POWER TO ISSUE
5 SUBPOENAS AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 1128.
6 (B) (1) A PUBLIC SCHOOL ENTITY MAY SUSPEND, EXPEL OR DENY
7 ADMISSION TO A STUDENT SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED FROM ANOTHER PUBLIC
8 SCHOOL ENTITY OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL, UNTIL THE PERIOD OF
9 SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION HAS EXPIRED, IF SUCH SUSPENSION OR
10 EXPULSION WAS IMPOSED DUE TO MISCONDUCT OF A NATURE THAT WOULD
11 SUBJECT STUDENTS IN THE RECEIVING ENTITY TO POSSIBLE SUSPENSION
12 OR EXPULSION.
13 (2) DENIAL OF ADMISSION TO A TRANSFERRING STUDENT BASED ON
14 SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION FROM OR MISCONDUCT IN A PRIOR SCHOOL
15 ENTITY SHALL BE TREATED AS SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION FOR PURPOSES
16 OF THIS SECTION. A STUDENT RETURNING TO THE PROGRAM OF THE
17 SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AFTER WITHDRAWING FROM OR BEING
18 EXPELLED OR SUSPENDED FROM AN AREA VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL
19 IS A TRANSFERRING STUDENT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
20 (3) NO HEARING OTHERWISE REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) SHALL
21 BE NECESSARY IF SUSPENSION, EXPULSION OR DENIAL OF ADMISSION
22 UNDER SUBSECTION (B)(1) IS BASED UPON AN ADJUDICATION ISSUED IN
23 ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION BY THE BOARD OR JOINT OPERATING
24 COMMITTEE OF THE PRIOR ENTITY OF ENROLLMENT, AS EVIDENCED BY A
25 CERTIFIED COPY OF SUCH ADJUDICATION.
26 (4) A SCHOOL ENTITY MAY, AFTER HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH
27 SUBSECTION (A), SUSPEND, EXPEL OR DENY ADMISSION TO A
28 TRANSFERRING STUDENT WHO HAS COMMITTED MISCONDUCT WHILE ENROLLED
29 IN ANOTHER PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OF A NATURE THAT WOULD
30 SUBJECT STUDENTS IN THE RECEIVING ENTITY TO POSSIBLE SUSPENSION
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1 OR EXPULSION, BUT WHO WITHDREW FROM THE PRIOR SCHOOL ENTITY
2 BEFORE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS BASED ON THE MISCONDUCT WERE
3 INITIATED OR COMPLETED.
4 (5) A RECEIVING SCHOOL ENTITY MAY ENROLL A STUDENT
5 TRANSFERRING FROM ANOTHER PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL ENTITY IN
6 ITS REGULAR PROGRAM ON A PROVISIONAL BASIS PENDING RECEIPT OF A
7 CERTIFIED COPY OF THE STUDENT'S DISCIPLINARY RECORD AND SWORN
8 STATEMENT AS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 1304-A. IF THE DISCIPLINARY
9 RECORD OR SWORN STATEMENT REVEALS A HISTORY OF MISCONDUCT WHILE
10 ENROLLED IN THE PRIOR ENTITY, IN ADDITION TO OTHER DISPOSITION
11 AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SECTION AND TO THE EXTENT CONSISTENT WITH
12 THE DISCIPLINARY STANDARDS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE
13 RECEIVING ENTITY, THE STUDENT MAY BE REASSIGNED TO AN
14 ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM AND MAY BE DEEMED INELIGIBLE TO
15 PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
16 (6) A RECEIVING SCHOOL ENTITY MAY, CONSISTENT WITH ITS
17 DISCIPLINARY STANDARDS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, IMPOSE OTHER
18 FORMS OF DISCIPLINE OR DISCIPLINARY ASSIGNMENT OR IMPOSE
19 CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION OR CONTINUED ENROLLMENT BASED ON A
20 TRANSFERRING STUDENT'S EXPULSION OR SUSPENSION FROM OR
21 MISCONDUCT WHILE ENROLLED IN A PRIOR SCHOOL ENTITY, IN LIEU OF
22 OR IN COMBINATION WITH DENIAL OF ADMISSION, SUSPENSION OR
23 EXPULSION.
24 (C) THE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS MAY, IN CONNECTION WITH
25 ANY EXPULSION, SUSPENSION, DENIAL OF ADMISSION OR DISCIPLINARY
26 REASSIGNMENT OF A STUDENT, IMPOSE CONDITIONS FOR ADMISSION OR
27 READMISSION TO OR CONTINUATION IN THE SCHOOL ENTITY'S REGULAR OR
28 ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. VIOLATION OF OR FAILURE TO MEET
29 SUCH CONDITIONS MAY BECOME THE BASIS FOR DENIAL OF ADMISSION,
30 READMISSION OR SUBSEQUENT DISCIPLINARY ACTION, INCLUDING
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1 EXCLUSION FROM OR REASSIGNMENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL ENTITY'S
2 REGULAR OR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE BOARD MAY
3 DESIGNATE A PERSON OR PERSONS TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH
4 CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN MET OR VIOLATED. THE HEARING REQUIREMENTS
5 OF SUBSECTION (A) ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO A DETERMINATION THAT A
6 STUDENT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR READMISSION OR TO REMAIN IN
7 PROBATIONARY CONTINUED ENROLLMENT BECAUSE OF VIOLATION OF OR
8 FAILURE TO MEET SUCH CONDITIONS.
9 (D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, A
10 HEARING OTHERWISE REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) MAY BE WAIVED IN
11 A WRITTEN AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR THE STUDENT'S DISCIPLINARY
12 EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME,
13 ENTERED INTO BY THE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS AND THE STUDENT
14 AND IN THE CASE OF A STUDENT UNDER EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE,
15 ALSO BY THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN HAVING PRIMARY CUSTODY OF THE
16 STUDENT. ANY SUCH AGREEMENT SHALL BE FILED PERMANENTLY IN THE
17 STUDENT'S DISCIPLINARY RECORDS AND SHALL BE TREATED IN THE SAME
18 WAY AS AN ADJUDICATION OF EXPULSION FOR PURPOSES OF SUBSECTIONS
19 (B) AND (C), THIS SUBSECTION AND ARTICLE XIII-A. CONSIDERATION
20 BY THE BOARD OF A PROPOSED AGREEMENT IN LIEU OF HEARING SHALL
21 NOT CONSTITUTE GROUNDS FOR DISQUALIFYING THE BOARD OR MEMBERS
22 THEREOF FROM PARTICIPATING IN A HEARING OR TAKING OTHER ACTION
23 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN THE EVENT THE AGREEMENT IS NOT
24 APPROVED BY THE BOARD. THE AGREEMENTS SHALL SET FORTH:
25 (1) A SUMMARY OF THE REASON FOR THE EXCLUSION.
26 (2) THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND EXPIRATION DATE OF THE PERIOD OF
27 EXCLUSION.
28 (3) THE DATE WHEN THE STUDENT MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR EARLIER
29 READMISSION.
30 (4) A SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURAL RIGHTS THE STUDENT WOULD
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1 HAVE BEEN AFFORDED AT A HEARING.
2 (5) AGREED CONDITIONS OF READMISSION OR OF PROBATIONARY
3 CONTINUED ENROLLMENT, IF ANY.
4 (6) ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE AGREED
5 DISCIPLINARY DISPOSITION.
6 (E) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO ALTER THE
7 OBLIGATIONS OF SCHOOL ENTITIES PURSUANT TO THE INDIVIDUALS WITH
8 DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT (PUBLIC LAW 91-230, 20 U.S.C. § 1400
9 ET SEQ.) AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS THEREUNDER RELATING TO THE
10 DISCIPLINE OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
11 (F) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO EXEMPT AN
12 EXPELLED STUDENT OR THE STUDENT'S PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS
13 FROM COMPULSORY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS OR THE PENALTIES
14 CONTAINED IN SECTIONS 1333, 1338 AND 1338.1 IF THEY FAIL TO
15 PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH A SUFFICIENT ALTERNATE PLACEMENT
16 PROGRAM.
17 SECTION 7. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS:
18 (1) THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1302 OF THE ACT SHALL TAKE
19 EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.
20 (2) THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT
21 IMMEDIATELY.
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