THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOYD, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, GEIST, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARPER, HENNESSEY, LONGIETTI, MELIO, MILLER, MOUL, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PICKETT, PYLE, READSHAW, ROHRER, ROSS, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH AND QUINN, MARCH 11, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 11, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, further providing for executive

sessions.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 708(a) of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

§ 708.  Executive sessions.

(a)  Purpose.--An agency may hold an executive session for

one or more of the following reasons:

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(7)  To review and discuss plans related to school

security and emergency preparedness, including the physical

security of buildings, staff training, communication

procedures, plans for evacuation, lockdown or other safety

measures, coordination with police, fire and other safety

agencies, or other safety activities that if disclosed would

be reasonably likely to jeopardize or threaten school

security or preparedness.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.