PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3838
PRINTER'S NO. 3963
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2338
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GABLER, BENNINGHOFF, SAYLOR, SANKEY, BOBACK,
CAUSER, COOK-ARTIS, CUTLER, DAY, DRISCOLL, DUSH, ELLIS, FEE,
GILLESPIE, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARHART, HARPER, HELM,
PHILLIPS-HILL, KNOWLES, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, McGINNIS, MENTZER,
B. MILLER, MILNE, NESBIT, O'NEILL, OBERLANDER, RAPP, REGAN,
SCHEMEL, SCHLOSSBERG, SIMMONS, SNYDER, STURLA, TAYLOR,
TOBASH, TOPPER, TURZAI, WARD, WENTLING, ZIMMERMAN, KLUNK,
JOZWIAK, MAHONEY, GINGRICH, ROEBUCK, ORTITAY, PETRI, CONKLIN
AND BARBIN, SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
AN ACT
Providing for student protection during the transition of a
postsecondary education institution to new accreditation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Student
Protection Act.
Section 2. Student protections.
(a) General rule.--If the United States Department of
Education discontinues its recognition of a national accrediting
agency, the Commonwealth shall take all actions necessary to
ensure the following with respect to each student who attends
any of the Pennsylvania postsecondary education institutions
that are currently accredited by the national accrediting agency
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