PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1001
PRINTER'S NO. 1557
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
833
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY RAPP, TRUITT, PHILLIPS-HILL, SAYLOR, CUTLER,
PICKETT, ZIMMERMAN, KNOWLES, COHEN, McNEILL, BLOOM, KAUFFMAN,
V. BROWN, GROVE, WARD, FARRY, MURT AND WATSON, MARCH 24, 2015
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MAY 12, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in high schools, further providing
for courses of study.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1605 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 1605. Courses of Study.--* * *
(c) (1) Beginning with those students graduating from a
public high school at the end of the 2016-2017 school year, and
continuing in each school year thereafter, a student who
SUCCESSFULLY completes a course in computer science or
information technology during grades nine through twelve shall
be permitted to apply up to one credit earned for SUCCESSFUL
completion of such course to satisfy the student's mathematics
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or science credit requirement for graduation, provided, that the
governing body of the student's public high school shall have
discretion to determine the graduation credit requirement to
which the credit earned by the student shall be applied.
(2) As used in this subsection, "public high school" shall
mean a public school, including a school within a school
district, a charter school, a cyber charter school, a regional
charter school or an area vocational-technical school, that
offers twelfth grade.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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