PRINTER'S NO. 1077
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1041
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY TOPPER, R. BROWN, COX, GILLEN, HAMM, HILL-EVANS,
KAUFFMAN, KEEFER, KULIK, MOUL, PICKETT, ROWE, RYAN, STAATS,
THOMAS, WARNER, WHEELAND AND ZIMMERMAN, MARCH 29, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 29, 2021
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 home education program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1327.1 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended by adding subsections to read:
Section 1327.1. Home Education Program.--* * *
(f.2) (1) Beginning January 1, 2022, the school district of
residence shall permit a child who is enrolled in a home
education program to participate in any cocurricular activity
that merges extra-curricular activities with a required academic
class, including, but not limited to, band or orchestra, and
must permit a child who is enrolled in a home education program
to take up to four academic courses at a time, provided that the
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