PRINTER'S NO. 3750
No. 2694 Session of 1988
INTRODUCED BY DORR, WASS, SCHULER, HERMAN, DISTLER, G. SNYDER,
CLYMER, GEIST, JOHNSON, FOX, E. Z. TAYLOR, PERZEL, RAYMOND,
BOOK, GODSHALL, FARMER, GLADECK, BUSH, FARGO, STUBAN,
LANGTRY, ANGSTADT, MICOZZIE, BOWSER, CIVERA, VAN HORNE,
CORNELL, McVERRY, BURD, VROON, NOYE AND FLICK, SEPTEMBER 28,
1988
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, SEPTEMBER 28, 1988
AN ACT
1 Providing for State sponsorship of Pennsylvania Free Enterprise
2 Week.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Free
7 Enterprise Week Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Board." The Board of Governors of the system.
13 "Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week." The current program
14 sponsored by businesses in this Commonwealth in which high
15 school students, under the supervision of teachers and business
16 leaders, simulate business activity for a seven-day period.
1 "System." The State System of Higher Education.
2 Section 3. Establishment.
3 (a) General rule.--Each summer the system shall sponsor
4 Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week.
5 (b) Facilities.--The system shall provide facilities for
6 Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week.
7 (c) Advice.--The system shall provide advice on curriculum
8 to the Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week staff at no charge.
9 (d) Grants.--The system shall award grants of $45 per
10 student to Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week.
11 Section 4. Cooperation.
12 The board shall cooperate with the Pennsylvania Free
13 Enterprise Week staff to implement section 3.
14 Section 5. Effective date.
15 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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