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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY ALLOWAY, PICCOLA, EICHELBERGER, D. WHITE, GREENLEAF, FOLMER AND WILLIAMS, MARCH 25, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 25, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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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," in pupils and attendance, further |
6 | providing for when transportation of pupils provided. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. Section 1361 of the act of March 10, 1949 |
10 | (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, |
11 | amended May 11, 1979 (P.L.26, No.7), is amended to read: |
12 | Section 1361. When Transportation of Pupils Provided.--(a) |
13 | (1) The board of school directors in any school district may, |
14 | out of the funds of the district, provide for the free |
15 | transportation of any resident pupil to and from the |
16 | kindergarten, elementary school, or secondary school in which |
17 | [he] the pupil is lawfully enrolled, provided that such school |
18 | is not operated for profit and is located within the district |
19 | boundaries or outside the district boundaries at a distance not |
20 | exceeding ten miles by the nearest public highway, except that |
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1 | such ten-mile limit shall not apply to area vocational technical |
2 | schools which regularly serve eligible district pupils or to |
3 | special schools and classes approved by the Department of |
4 | Education, and to and from any points within or without [the] |
5 | this Commonwealth in order to provide field trips for any |
6 | purpose connected with the educational pursuits of the pupils. |
7 | When provision is made by a board of school directors for the |
8 | transportation of public school pupils to and from such schools |
9 | or to and from any points within or without [the] this |
10 | Commonwealth in order to provide field trips as herein provided, |
11 | the board of school directors shall also make identical |
12 | provision for the free transportation of pupils who regularly |
13 | attend nonpublic kindergarten, elementary and high schools not |
14 | operated for profit to and from such schools or to and from any |
15 | points within or without [the] this Commonwealth in order to |
16 | provide field trips as herein provided. Such transportation of |
17 | pupils attending nonpublic schools shall be provided during |
18 | regular school hours on such dates and periods that the |
19 | nonpublic school not operated for profit is in regular session, |
20 | according to the school calendar officially adopted by the |
21 | directors of the same in accordance with provisions of law. The |
22 | board of school directors shall provide such transportation |
23 | whenever so required by any of the provisions of this act or of |
24 | any other act of Assembly. |
25 | (2) The board of school directors in any school district |
26 | may, if the board deems it to the best interest of the school |
27 | district, for the purposes of transporting pupils as required or |
28 | authorized by any of the provisions of this act or of any other |
29 | act of the Assembly, appropriate funds for urban common carrier |
30 | mass transportation purposes from current revenues to urban |
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1 | common carrier mass transportation authorities to assist the |
2 | authorities to meet costs of operation, maintenance, capital |
3 | improvements, and debt service. Said contributions shall not be |
4 | subject to reimbursement by the Commonwealth [of Pennsylvania]. |
5 | (3) The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations, |
6 | including qualifications of school bus drivers, to govern the |
7 | transportation of school pupils. |
8 | (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require |
9 | any school district to transport pupils to any school or school |
10 | district outside this Commonwealth, except for special schools |
11 | and classes that provide specialized instruction to students |
12 | with disabilities, which specialized instruction is approved by |
13 | the Department of Education. |
14 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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