PRINTER'S NO. 4468
No. 2809 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY QUINN, MARSICO, BROOKS, ARGALL, BAKER,
BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BLACKWELL, BOYD, BRENNAN, CLYMER, COSTA,
CUTLER, DALLY, FAIRCHILD, GEORGE, GOODMAN, HARHART,
HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HORNAMAN, KENNEY, KORTZ, MAHER, MANTZ,
McILHATTAN, MENSCH, MILLARD, MOYER, MURT, O'NEILL, PALLONE,
PAYNE, PETRI, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY,
SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SEIP, S. H. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY,
STERN, R. STEVENSON, TRUE, VEREB, WATSON, CIVERA, J. EVANS
AND ROCK, SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
AN ACT
1 Prohibiting limitations on the wearing of official military
2 uniforms on school property; and imposing a penalty.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Military uniforms and visitations on school
6 property.
7 (a) General rule.--The board of school directors, school
8 superintendent, chief administrator or principal of any public
9 school shall not impose any restrictions or prohibitions on:
10 (1) The wearing of official military uniforms authorized
11 by the Federal Government by members of the active and
12 retired armed services, their reserve components or the
13 National Guard while on school district property.
14 (2) The visiting or meeting with a school district
1 employee or student by any member of the active or retired
2 armed services, their reserve components or the National
3 Guard when such member is in compliance with the school
4 district's visitor policy.
5 (b) Penalty.--A person who violates this section commits a
6 summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
7 a fine of $500. Each occurrence in violation of this section
8 shall constitute a separate offense.
9 Section 2. Effective date.
10 This act shall take effect immediately.
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