PRINTER'S NO. 523
No. 485 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY HARPER, TIGUE, TRUMAN, OLIVER, PERZEL, CARN,
DALEY, BELARDI, TRELLO, COHEN, VROON, KOSINSKI, WIGGINS AND
ACOSTA, FEBRUARY 25, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 25, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," authorizing the adoption of rules
6 prohibiting the use of look-alike alcoholic beverages; and
7 further providing for the attire for students and for a
8 discipline code.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 510 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
12 No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, amended June
13 29, 1976 (P.L.450, No.110), is amended to read:
14 Section 510. Rules and Regulations; Safety Patrols.--The
15 board of school directors in any school district may adopt and
16 enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as it may deem
17 necessary and proper, regarding the management of its school
18 affairs and the conduct and deportment of all superintendents,
19 teachers, and other appointees or employes during the time they
20 are engaged in their duties to the district, as well as
1 regarding the conduct and deportment of all pupils attending the
2 public schools in the district, during such time as they are
3 under the supervision of the board of school directors and
4 teachers, including the time necessarily spent in coming to and
5 returning from school. This authority shall include the power to
6 prohibit students and staff from using look-alike alcoholic
7 beverages on school grounds, at school sponsored activities or
8 in traveling to and from school on buses or other vehicles
9 provided by the district.
10 In the exercise of this authority the board of school
11 directors is empowered to organize school safety patrols and,
12 with the permission of the parents, to appoint pupils as members
13 thereof, for the purpose of influencing and encouraging the
14 other pupils to refrain from crossing public highways at points
15 other than at regular crossings, and for the purpose of
16 directing pupils not to cross highways at times when the
17 presence of traffic would render such crossing unsafe. Nothing
18 herein contained shall be construed to authorize or permit the
19 use of any safety patrol member for the purpose of directing
20 vehicular traffic, nor shall any safety patrol member be
21 stationed in that portion of the highway intended for the use of
22 vehicular traffic. No liability shall attach either to the
23 school district, or any individual director, superintendent,
24 teacher, or other school employe, by virtue of the organization,
25 maintenance, or operation of a school safety patrol organized,
26 maintained, and operated under authority of this section.
27 All flags, belts, apparel and devices issued, supplied or
28 furnished to persons acting in the capacity of special school
29 police, or special police appointed to control and direct
30 traffic at or near schools, in order to enhance the conspicuity
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1 of such persons, shall be made from retro-reflective and
2 fluorescent materials visible both day and night at three
3 hundred (300) feet to approaching motorists using lawful low
4 beam headlights and shall conform to standards, specifications,
5 or regulations issued by the State Board of Education. All belts
6 supplied or furnished to pupils active in the capacity of school
7 safety patrol members shall be fluorescent.
8 Section 2. The act is amended by adding sections to read:
9 Section 1317.1. Discipline Code.--The board of school
10 directors of any school district may implement a discipline code
11 for students. If the board of school directors does adopt a
12 discipline code, such code shall require the school officials to
13 notify a parent or guardian by letter or, if possible, by
14 telephone, if they are having a discipline problem with the
15 parent's or guardian's child prior to any suspension or
16 expulsion action.
17 Section 1317.2. Dress Code; Students.--The board of school
18 directors in all school districts may establish a dress code for
19 students when they are present upon school grounds.
20 Section 3. The act shall take effect as follows:
21 (1) Section 2 of this act, adding sections 1317.1 and
22 1317.2, shall take effect in 60 days.
23 (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect
24 immediately.
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