A05622
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
955
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, COSTA, ARGALL, BAKER, BREWSTER,
FONTANA, GORDNER, HUTCHINSON, KILLION, RAFFERTY,
RESCHENTHALER, SABATINA, SCHWANK, TOMLINSON, WARD, WHITE AND
YUDICHAK, NOVEMBER 13, 2017
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, NOVEMBER 13, 2017
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 firefighter and emergency service
training.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1550 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 1550. Firefighter and Emergency Service Training.--
(a) [Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year and each school
year thereafter, a] A school district may offer firefighter and
emergency service training as credit-earning courses to students
of the age of sixteen (16) years or older, except as otherwise
provided in subsection (c). Such courses may include:
(1) Training as a Firefighter I from the National Board on
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