A06782
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2788
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY TOPPER, REESE, BOROWICZ, COX, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
DAVANZO, DOWLING, DRISCOLL, DUSH, ECKER, EVERETT, GABLER,
GLEIM, GREGORY, GROVE, HEFFLEY, HILL-EVANS, JOZWIAK,
KAUFFMAN, KEEFER, KLUNK, KNOWLES, MARSHALL, MILLARD,
MIZGORSKI, OBERLANDER, PEIFER, POLINCHOCK, SANKEY, SAYLOR,
SCHMITT, THOMAS, WARNER, LONGIETTI AND SAINATO,
AUGUST 18, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, AUGUST 18, 2020
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 pupils and attendance, providing
for age limit extension during COVID-19 pandemic of 2020;
and, in terms and courses of study, providing for option year
of education due to COVID-19.
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 sections to read:
Section 1301.1. Age Limit Extension During COVID-19 Pandemic
of 2020.--Notwithstanding section 1301, every student who was
twenty (20) or twenty-one (21) years of age before the
proclamation of disaster emergency issued by the Governor on
March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020), and
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