PRINTER'S NO.  3636

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2454

Session of

2010

  

  

INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, CLYMER, CARROLL, GRUCELA, HARKINS, LONGIETTI, YOUNGBLOOD, CUTLER, MILNE, O'NEILL, TALLMAN, BAKER, BELFANTI, BISHOP, BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, DENLINGER, HALUSKA, HANNA, HARHAI, HESS, HICKERNELL, JOSEPHS, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, KULA, MIRABITO, OBERLANDER, PASHINSKI, PRESTON, READSHAW, SEIP, SIPTROTH, STERN, SWANGER, THOMAS AND HOUGHTON, APRIL 26, 2010

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 26, 2010  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An

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act relating to the public school system, including certain

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provisions applicable as well to private and parochial

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schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the

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laws relating thereto," in vocational education, further

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providing for the definition of "vocational agricultural

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education."

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 1801(4) of the act of March 10, 1949

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(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is

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amended to read:

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Section 1801.  Definitions.--The following words and phrases

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as used in this article shall, unless a different meaning is

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plainly required by the context, have the following meanings:

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(4)  "Vocational agricultural education" shall mean that form

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of vocational education which [fits for the occupations

 


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connected with the tillage of the soil, the care of domestic

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animals, forestry, and other wage-earning or productive work on

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the farm] provides students with the skills and academics needed

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to enter and advance in careers in the food, agriculture and

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natural resources sciences, such as production agriculture,

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agribusiness management and marketing, agricultural research,

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energy systems, agricultural mechanics and engineering, food

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science, processing and retailing, banking, agricultural

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education, forestry, horticulture, landscaping, rural-urban

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interfacing and other related fields.

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

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