PRINTER'S NO. 87
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
140
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF AND TARTAGLIONE, JANUARY 14, 2015
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JANUARY 14, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating 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 duties and powers of boards of
school directors, further providing for kindergartens.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 503 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, amended
September 21, 1959 (P.L.925, No.373) and October 21, 1965
(P.L.601, No.312), is amended to read:
Section 503. Kindergartens.--(a) The board of school
directors in any school district may establish and maintain
kindergartens for children between the ages of [four] three and
six years. When established, the kindergartens shall be an
integral part of the elementary school system of the district,
and be kept open for not less than two and one-half hours each
day for the full school term as provided in section 1501.
(b) The number of kindergartens in any one district shall be
fixed by the board of school directors, and shall be open during
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the school year. When established, kindergartens shall be
available to all children residing in the school district who
are of the age fixed under subsection (a) of this section.
[If the average attendance in any one kindergarten in any
district is ten or less for the school year, the school
directors shall, at the close of the school year, discontinue
the same.]
(c) The board of school directors shall appoint and assign a
sufficient number of teachers to such kindergartens, who shall
be certified in accordance with the rules and regulations
prescribed by the [Council of Basic Education] State Board of
Education.
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015, or
immediately, whichever is later.
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