PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3973

PRINTER'S NO.  4061

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2603

Session of

2010

  

  

INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, ADOLPH, GRUCELA, HARKINS, LONGIETTI, WAGNER AND BRIGGS, JUNE 23, 2010

  

  

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 30, 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 pupils and attendance, further

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providing for costs of tuition and maintenance of certain

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exceptional children in approved institutions.

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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 1376 of the act of March 10, 1949

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

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amended July 4, 2004 (P.L.536, No.70), is amended by adding a

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subsection to read:

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Section 1376.  Cost of Tuition and Maintenance of Certain

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Exceptional Children in Approved Institutions.--* * *

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(c.9)  (1)  The Department of Eduction Education shall

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approve an application to be an approved private school if the

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applicant:

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(i)  Meets the regulatory requirements for application per 22

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Pa. Code Ch. 171 (relating to standards for approved private

 


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schools).

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(1) (ii)  Is an auditory-oral school for the deaf.

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(2) (iii)  Is a member of the national organization of

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schools that advances listening and spoken language education

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for children with hearing loss.

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(3) (iv)  Has at least three faculty members who are

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listening and spoken language specialists as certified by the

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Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf.

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(4) (v)  Demonstrates, through independent verification, that

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the applicant is compliant with all content areas or test

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domains examined by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for

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the Deaf.

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(2)  An approved private school under this subsection is

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eligible to receive State payments under this section only to

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the extent that funds are appropriated for approved private

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schools by the General Assembly for fiscal year 2010-2011 in an

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amount greater than that appropriated for the 2009-2010 fiscal

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year.

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Section 2.  Any and all regulations are abrogated to the

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extent of any inconsistency with this act.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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