each required evaluation to be eligible for employment as
a police officer. A school may not enroll an individual
into a recruit training program certified by the
commission unless the individual has obtained a score in
the 15th percentile or higher for the individual's age
and gender as specified in the Cooper standards for each
required evaluation.
(ii) The minimum educational standards shall require
an applicant to demonstrate reading comprehension through
a reading comprehension test approved by the commission ,
which . LOCAL JURISDICTIONS MAY SUBMIT READING
COMPREHENSION TESTS TO THE COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE COMMISSION shall transmit notice of approved reading
comprehension tests to the Legislative Reference Bureau
for publication in the next available issue of the
Pennsylvania Bulletin and on the commission's publicly
accessible Internet website. Subparagraph (i) shall
expire five years after the effective date of this
subparagraph.
(iii) The minimum education standards shall include
a demonstration of reading comprehension through the use
of a reading comprehension test approved by the
commission. The commission shall:
(A) Immediately approve two reading
comprehension tests.
(B) Evaluate additional reading comprehension
tests that are submitted by a school or that
otherwise come to the attention of the commission for
review.
(C) Provide notice of a list of approved reading
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