PRINTER'S NO. 925
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
829
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DINNIMAN, KITCHEN, SCHWANK, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA
AND WARD, MAY 14, 2015
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MAY 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 pupils and attendance, further
providing for age limits and temporary residence and for the
definition of "compulsory school age."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1301 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
amended June 29, 2002 (P.L.524, No.88), is amended to read:
Section 1301. Age Limits; Temporary Residence.--Every child,
being a resident of any school district, between the ages of
[six (6)] five (5) and twenty-one (21) years, may attend the
public schools in his district, subject to the provisions of
this act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, a child who attains the age of twenty-one (21) years
during the school term and who has not graduated from high
school may continue to attend the public schools in his district
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free of charge until the end of the school term. The board of
school directors of any school district may admit to the schools
of the district, with or without the payment of tuition, any
non-resident child temporarily residing in the district, and may
require the attendance of such non-resident child in the same
manner and on the same conditions as it requires the attendance
of a resident child.
Section 2. Section 1326 of the act is amended to read:
Section 1326. Definitions.--The term "compulsory school
age," as hereinafter used, shall mean the period of a child's
life from the time the child's parents elect to have the child
enter school, which shall be not later than at the age of [eight
(8)] five (5) years, until the age of seventeen (17) years. The
term shall not include any child who holds a certificate of
graduation from a regularly accredited senior high school.
The term "migratory child," wherever used in this subdivision
of this article, shall include any child domiciled temporarily
in any school district for the purpose of seasonal employment,
but not acquiring residence therein, and any child accompanying
his parent or guardian who is so domiciled.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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