HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 412, 858 PRINTER'S NO. 1073
No. 406 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY PECORA, GREENLEAF, FISHER, RHOADES, HELFRICK,
O'CONNELL, HOWARD, LOEPER, MOORE, HAGER, ROSS, SCANLON AND
STOUT, FEBRUARY 24, 1981
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 23, 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," further providing for proportionate <--
6 reduction of payments REOPENING OF DISTRICT BUDGETS; <--
7 REQUIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL TO MAKE
8 AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST, LISTS OF GRADUATING SENIORS TO
9 MILITARY RECRUITERS AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE MISUSE OF
10 ANY SUCH LISTS.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 2502.6 687, act of March 10, 1949 <--
14 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the "Public School Code of 1949,"
15 added July 13, 1979 (P.L.94, No.41), is amended BY ADDING A <--
16 SUBSECTION to read:
17 Section 2502.6. Proportionate Reduction of Payments.--If the <--
18 sums appropriated for the 1978-1979 school year and each school
19 year thereafter are not sufficient to pay in full the total
20 amounts to which all qualified school districts, intermediate
1 units and nonpublic schools are entitled to receive under the
2 provisions of sections 917.1-A, 919.1-A, 922.1-A, 923-A(d),
3 2501, 2502, 2502.3 and 2502.4 for such year, the allocations to
4 the schools districts, intermediate units and nonpublic schools
5 shall be proportionately reduced to the extent necessary to
6 bring the aggregate of the school district, intermediate unit
7 and nonpublic school allocations within the limits of the
8 amounts appropriated. However, no school district's gross
9 allocation under the provisions of the sections referred to
10 herein shall be less for the 1978-1979 [or], the 1979-1980, the
11 1980-1981 or the 1981-1982 school year than its gross allocation
12 under such sections for the previous school year: Provided,
13 however, That no district's gross allocation for the 1980-1981
14 school year shall be greater than ninety-five per centum (95%)
15 of the amount to which it would be entitled under sections 2501,
16 2502, 2502.3 and 2502.4 if sufficient funding were available.
17 SECTION 687. ANNUAL BUDGET; ADDITIONAL OR INCREASED <--
18 APPROPRIATIONS; TRANSFER OF FUNDS.--* * *
19 (E) FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1980-1981, A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY, BY
20 A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS, REOPEN ITS
21 BUDGET FOR THE PURPOSE OF REALLOCATING ANY SURPLUS FUNDS IN THE
22 DISTRICT BUDGET FOR THE RETIREMENT OF ANY OUTSTANDING
23 INDEBTEDNESS OF THE DISTRICT OR FOR THE REDUCTION OF PROPERTY
24 TAXES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1980-1981.
25 SECTION 2. THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ:
26 SECTION 1339.1. LIST FOR MILITARY RECRUITERS.--(A) SUBJECT
27 TO THE LIMITATIONS OF SUBSECTION (B), THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
28 EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL COMPILE A LIST OF SENIOR
29 STUDENTS, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE, WHO AT THE END OF THE RESPECTIVE
30 ACADEMIC YEAR WILL GRADUATE FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE
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1 LIST SHALL BE COMPILED BY THE FIRST DAY OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR IN
2 WHICH THE SENIOR STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE.
3 (B) PRIOR TO THE END OF ANY STUDENT'S JUNIOR YEAR, THE
4 STUDENT MAY REQUEST THE SUPERINTENDENT, IN WRITING, TO EXCLUDE
5 SUCH STUDENT'S NAME FROM THE LIST REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
6 SUBSECTION (A). EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL NOTIFY THE STUDENTS,
7 IN WRITING, AT THE END OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR OF THE REQUIREMENTS
8 IMPOSED BY SUBSECTION (A).
9 (C) ANY LIST PREPARED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) SHALL BE
10 MADE AVAILABLE ONLY TO MILITARY RECRUITERS FOR THE ACTIVE
11 COMPONENT, THE RESERVE COMPONENT OR THE NATIONAL GUARD COMPONENT
12 OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO REQUEST, IN WRITING, A COPY OF THE LIST.
13 (D) ANY LIST OBTAINED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) SHALL BE
14 USED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLICITING POTENTIAL RECRUITS FOR
15 THE ACTIVE COMPONENT, THE RESERVE COMPONENT OR THE NATIONAL
16 GUARD COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES.
17 (E) ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY SUBSECTION OF THIS SECTION
18 COMMITS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE THIRD DEGREE AND UPON CONVICTION
19 THEREOF SHALL BE SENTENCED TO PAY A FINE OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE
20 HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2,500).
21 SECTION 3. IT IS THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THROUGH
22 THIS LEGISLATION TO FULFILL ITS MORAL OBLIGATIONS AND ASSIST
23 MILITARY RECRUITERS TO ACHIEVE ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO POTENTIAL
24 RECRUITS BY COMPILING A LIST OF PROSPECTIVE GRADUATING SENIORS
25 FOR DISTRIBUTION, ON REQUEST, TO MILITARY RECRUITERS.
26 Section 2 4. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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