CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2466
PRINTER'S NO. 2595
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1934
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY WATRO, BANTA, JAMES, M. MACKENZIE, R. MACKENZIE,
PROBST, RADER, RIGBY, ROWE, SALISBURY, SCHEUREN, STAATS,
STEHR, STENDER, TOPPER, HAMM, O'NEAL, FRITZ, PICKETT, CABELL,
RYNCAVAGE, SCIALABBA, DALEY, KAUFER, BONNER, FREEMAN AND
ZIMMERMAN, DECEMBER 28, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, DECEMBER 28, 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 terms and courses of study,
further providing for subjects of instruction and flag code.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1511 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 1511. Subjects of Instruction; Flag Code.--In every
elementary public and private school, established and maintained
in this Commonwealth, the following subjects shall be taught, in
the English language and from English texts: English, including
spelling, reading [and], writing, print, joined italics and
cursive handwriting, arithmetic, geography, the history of the
United States and of Pennsylvania, civics, including loyalty to
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the State and National Government, safety education, and the
humane treatment of birds and animals, health, including
physical education, and physiology, music and art. Other
subjects shall be taught in the public elementary schools and
also in the public high schools as may be prescribed by the
standards of the State Board of Education. All such subjects,
except foreign languages, shall be taught in the English
language and from English texts: Provided, however, That, at the
discretion of the [Superintendent of Public Instruction]
Secretary of Education, the teaching of subjects in a language
other than English may be permitted as part of a sequence in
foreign language study or as part of a bilingual education
program if the teaching personnel are properly certified in the
subject fields. Each school district shall provide and
distribute to each pupil, enrolled in the eighth grade of the
public schools, one illustrated copy of the National Flag Code,
and shall, from time to time, make available such copies as are
necessary for replacements from year to year. It shall be the
duty of each teacher in the public schools to make such use of
the code as may, from time to time, seem proper.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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