PRINTER'S NO. 409
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
372
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BURNS, BISHOP AND MAHONEY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act elating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in pupils and attendance, further
providing for transportation of school students.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1361 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
amended May 11, 1979 (P.L.26, No.7), is amended to read:
Section 1361. When Provided.--(1) [The] Except as provided
under paragraph (1.1), the board of school directors in any
school district may, out of the funds of the district, provide
for the free transportation of any resident pupil to and from
the kindergarten, elementary school, or secondary school in
which he is lawfully enrolled, provided that such school is not
operated for profit and is located within the district
boundaries or outside the district boundaries at a distance not
exceeding ten miles by the nearest public highway, except that
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such ten-mile limit shall not apply to area vocational technical
schools which regularly serve eligible district pupils or to
special schools and classes approved by the Department of
Education, and to and from any points within or without the
Commonwealth in order to provide field trips for any purpose
connected with the educational pursuits of the pupils. When
provision is made by a board of school directors for the
transportation of public school pupils to and from such schools
or to and from any points within or without the Commonwealth in
order to provide field trips as herein provided, the board of
school directors shall also make identical provision for the
free transportation of pupils who regularly attend nonpublic
kindergarten, elementary and high schools not operated for
profit to and from such schools or to and from any points within
or without the Commonwealth in order to provide field trips as
herein provided. Such transportation of pupils attending
nonpublic schools shall be provided during regular school hours
on such dates and periods that the nonpublic school not operated
for profit is in regular session, according to the school
calendar officially adopted by the directors of the same in
accordance with provisions of law. The board of school directors
shall provide such transportation whenever so required by any of
the provisions of this act or of any other act of Assembly.
(1.1) T he board of school directors in any school district
shall, out of the funds of the district, provide for the free
transportation of any resident pupil to and from the
kindergarten, elementary school or secondary school in which the
resident pupil is lawfully enrolled if an individual required to
register under 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 97 Subch. H (relating to
registration of sexual offenders) resides within the school
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district of the kindergarten, elementary school or secondary
school.
(2) The board of school directors in any school district
may, if the board deems it to the best interest of the school
district, for the purposes of transporting pupils as required or
authorized by any of the provisions of this act or of any other
act of the Assembly, appropriate funds for urban common carrier
mass transportation purposes from current revenues to urban
common carrier mass transportation authorities to assist the
authorities to meet costs of operation, maintenance, capital
improvements, and debt service. Said contributions shall not be
subject to reimbursement by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(3) The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations,
including qualifications of school bus drivers, to govern the
transportation of school pupils.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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