PRINTER'S NO. 1660
No. 1457 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY RICHARDSON, IRVIS AND DEAL, MAY 12, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 12, 1981
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," requiring a course in ancient history
6 to be taught in public, private and parochial schools.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
10 as the "Public School Code of 1949," is amended by adding a
11 section to read:
12 Section 1605.1. Ancient History.--Every public, private or
13 parochial high school established and maintained in this
14 Commonwealth shall teach a course in ancient history to all
15 students in grades nine through twelve inclusive. Such course
16 shall include the study of the lives and works of Aristotle,
17 Socrates, Julius Caesar, Machiavelli, etc. as well as history of
18 classic Greece and Rome.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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