PRINTER'S NO. 1723
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1507
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY TOPPER, BERNSTINE, KAUFFMAN, KUTZ, M. MACKENZIE
AND STENDER, JUNE 26, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 26, 2023
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, providing
for minimum number of days or hours.
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 130. Minimum Number of Days or Hours.--(a)
Notwithstanding section 520.1 or 1501 or other provision of law
to the contrary, beginning in the 2023-2024 school year and
continuing each school year thereafter, a school entity shall
provide within the school year:
(1) a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days of
instruction; or
(2) nine hundred (900) hours of instruction at the
elementary level or nine hundred ninety (990) hours of
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instruction at the secondary level.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede
or preempt a provision of a collective bargaining agreement
entered into between a school employer and an exclusive
representative of the employes under the act of July 23, 1970
(P.L.563, No.195), known as the "Public Employe Relations Act,"
prior to the effective date of this section.
(c) As used in this section, the term "school entity" shall
mean a school district, intermediate unit or area career and
technical school.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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