A07396
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
85
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY LAWRENCE, BARRAR, BERNSTINE, CHARLTON, DIAMOND,
ENGLISH, KEEFER, METCALFE, O'NEILL, ROE, TALLMAN, THOMAS AND
WARD, MAY 24, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 24, 2018
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 exemption from Keystone Exams.
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 121.1. Exemption from Keystone Exams.--(a) Within
one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of this
section, each governing authority of a school entity shall meet
and determine if the school entity shall excuse a student from
Keystone Exam testing if the student's parent or guardian
submits an objection based on philosophical grounds in writing
to school officials.
(b) If a governing authority of a school entity fails to
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