PRINTER'S NO. 3228
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2208
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 2, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 2, 2018
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 professional employees, providing
for death benefit for professional employees killed in the
line of duty.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 1156. Death Benefit for Professional Employes Killed
in the Line of Duty.--(a) In addition to any other benefit that
a professional employe or a professional employe's family is
eligible to receive, the State Treasurer shall pay five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) to the family of a professional
employe killed in the line of duty.
(b) A family member who is responsible for the professional
employe's death shall not be eligible to receive the death
benefit.
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(c) The Office of Attorney General shall review the records
relating to a professional employe's death to determine whether
the professional employe was killed in the line of duty. The
Office of Attorney General shall render a determination within
thirty (30) days of the professional employe's death.
(d) If the Office of Attorney General determines that a
professional employe was killed in the line of duty, the Office
of Attorney General shall notify the Secretary of Education of
its recommendation and submit a request to the State Treasurer
for payment of the death benefit.
(e) The Commonwealth, its agencies and employes shall not be
held liable for the improper payment of a death benefit as
provided in this section.
(f) As used in this section:
(1) The term "family" shall include the following sequence
of individuals:
(i) the surviving spouse of a professional employe;
(ii) if there is no surviving spouse, a surviving dependent
child or children of the professional employe, including
dependent stepchildren whose expenses of daily living were paid
for by the decedent at the time of death;
(iii) if there is no surviving dependent child, the
surviving adult child or children of a professional employe; or
(iv) if there is no surviving adult child, the surviving
parents of a professional employe.
(2) The term "killed in the line of duty" shall mean death
of a professional employe who was killed as a result of violence
while working in a professional capacity.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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