PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 61
PRINTER'S NO. 483
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
83
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, MUTH, MARTIN, SCAVELLO, AUMENT, STEFANO,
J. WARD, ARNOLD, TARTAGLIONE, PITTMAN, BAKER, REGAN, COSTA,
K. WARD AND KANE, JANUARY 22, 2021
SENATOR MARTIN, EDUCATION, AS AMENDED, MARCH 23, 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 terms and courses of study,
further providing for firefighter and emergency service
training and establishing the Fire Training Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1550 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended to read:
Section 1550. Firefighter and Emergency Service Training.--
(a) [Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year and each school
year thereafter, a] A school district may offer firefighter and
emergency service training as credit-earning courses to students
of the age of sixteen (16) years or older, except as otherwise
provided in subsection (c). Such courses may include:
(1) Training as a Firefighter I from the National Board on
Fire Service Professional Qualifications.
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