Bill Information

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P. L. 30, No. 14), known as the "Public School Code of 1949," requiring instruction relating to the cause and prevention of alcohol, chemical and tobacco abuse; providing for in-service training programs; requiring in-service training for teachers in the field of substance abuse; further providing for background checks of prospective employees; providing for termination of the employment of employees convicted of certain offenses and for compliance with certain Department of Public Welfare standards for child day-care centers; further providing for the continuation, operation and administration of the school for indigent orphans known as the Thaddeus Stevens State School of Technology in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in which shall be offered two-year postsecondary vocational-technical education programs; providing for certain equipment grants; and making a repeal.