PRINTER'S NO. 735
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
731
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DINNIMAN, APRIL 14, 2015
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, APRIL 14, 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 preliminary provisions, further
providing for Keystone Exams; and, in State Board of
Education, further providing for powers and duties of the
board.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 121 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, added June 30,
2012 (P.L.684, No.82), is amended to read:
Section 121. Keystone Exams.--(a) Subject to annual
appropriation, not later than the 2020-2021 school year, the
Department of Education shall develop and implement Keystone
Exams in the following subjects: algebra I, literature, biology,
English composition, algebra II, geometry, United States
history, chemistry, civics and government and world history. The
State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations, subject
to the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the
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"Regulatory Review Act," necessary to implement this section.
(b) In addition to any requirements on the State Board of
Education under the "Regulatory Review Act", on the same date
that pursuant to the "Regulatory Review Act" the State Board of
Education submits a proposed regulation for or related to the
implementation of Keystone Exams under this section to the
Legislative Reference Bureau for publication of notice of
proposed rulemaking in the Pennsylvania Bulletin as required by
the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the
Commonwealth Documents Law, and thereafter on the same date it
submits the text of the final-form regulation to the Independent
Regulatory Review Commission, it shall submit to the chairman
and minority chairman of the Education Committee of the Senate
and the chairman and minority chairman of the Education
Committee of the House of Representatives a detailed fiscal
impact statement that the proposed or final-form regulation will
have on the Commonwealth, the communities, the school districts
and, if applicable, private and private religious schools. The
detailed fiscal impact statement shall include a comprehensive
fiscal note of all direct and indirect costs whether incurred in
preparation of the proposed or final-form regulation or which
will be required as a result of the promulgation of the
regulation to its best dollar estimate. The State Board of
Education may include narrative statements to accompany its best
dollar estimate, but may not do so in lieu of detailed best
estimated dollar amounts.
Section 2. Section 2603-B of the act is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 2603-B. Powers and Duties of the Board.--* * *
(l) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
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contrary, the board shall require that each regulation prepared
by the Council of Basic Education or the Council of Higher
Education under section 2604-B and promulgated by the board
under the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the
"Regulatory Review Act," includes, in so far as the regulation
relates to costs to the Commonwealth, the fiscal note prepared
by the Office of the Budget pursuant to section 612 of the act
of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative
Code of 1929."
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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