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PRINTER'S NO. 3049
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1936
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MOUL, MILLARD, A. HARRIS, LAWRENCE, ZIMMERMAN,
MILNE AND JAMES, APRIL 1, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 1, 2016
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 pupils and attendance, further
providing for when transportation of pupils provided.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1361 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
amended May 11, 1979 (P.L.26, No.7), is amended to read:
Section 1361. When Transportation of Pupils Provided.--(a )
(1) The board of school directors in any school district may,
out of the funds of the district, provide for the free
transportation of any resident pupil to and from the
kindergarten, elementary school, or secondary school in which
[he] the pupil is lawfully enrolled, provided that such school
is not operated for profit and is located within the district
boundaries or outside the district boundaries at a distance not
exceeding ten miles by the nearest public highway, except that
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such ten-mile limit shall not apply to area vocational technical
schools which regularly serve eligible district pupils or to
special schools and classes approved by the Department of
Education, and to and from any points within or without [the]
this Commonwealth in order to provide field trips for any
purpose connected with the educational pursuits of the pupils.
When provision is made by a board of school directors for the
transportation of public school pupils to and from such schools
or to and from any points within or without [the] this
Commonwealth in order to provide field trips as herein provided,
the board of school directors shall also make identical
provision for the free transportation of pupils who regularly
attend nonpublic kindergarten, elementary and high schools not
operated for profit to and from such schools or to and from any
points within or without [the] this Commonwealth in order to
provide field trips as herein provided. Such transportation of
pupils attending nonpublic schools shall be provided during
regular school hours on such dates and periods that the
nonpublic school not operated for profit is in regular session,
according to the school calendar officially adopted by the
directors of the same in accordance with provisions of law. The
board of school directors shall provide such transportation
whenever so required by any of the provisions of this act or of
any other act of Assembly.
(2) The board of school directors in any school district
may, if the board deems it to the best interest of the school
district, for the purposes of transporting pupils as required or
authorized by any of the provisions of this act or of any other
act of the Assembly, appropriate funds for urban common carrier
mass transportation purposes from current revenues to urban
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common carrier mass transportation authorities to assist the
authorities to meet costs of operation, maintenance, capital
improvements, and debt service. Said contributions shall not be
subject to reimbursement by the Commonwealth [of Pennsylvania].
(3) The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations,
including qualifications of school bus drivers, to govern the
transportation of school pupils.
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to require a
school district to transport pupils to a school or school
district outside this Commonwealth, except for special schools
and classes that provide specialized instruction to students
with disabilities, which specialized instruction is approved by
the Department of Education.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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