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06/04/2024 12:20 PM
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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2023 - 2024 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: April 26, 2023 11:39 AM
From: Senator Jarrett Coleman
To: All Senate members
Subject: Weapons in Schools: Providing for the notification of parents and guardians
 
Under current law, school districts are not required to inform parents or guardians about incidents when a weapon is brought onto school grounds or related activities. In fact, districts are only required to report to the Department of Education incidents “relating to expulsions for possession of a weapon on school grounds, school-sponsored activities or public conveyances providing transportation to a school or school-sponsored activity.”

There should be a much higher level of transparency around weapons brought to schools.

I will be introducing legislation to increase the reporting requirements around these incidents and ensure that parents and guardians are informed in a timely manner of any incidents with the potential to affect their children.

I hope that you will join me in sponsoring this important legislation.
 


Introduced as SB971