PRINTER'S NO. 1615
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1308
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KAMPF, PICKETT, V. BROWN, SCHLOSSBERG, GODSHALL,
CHARLTON, ROEBUCK, BARRAR, HELM, ROTHMAN, QUIGLEY, HEFFLEY,
RYAN, NEILSON AND MILNE, MAY 1, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 1, 2017
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 pupils and attendance, further
providing for possession of weapons prohibited and for
suspension and expulsion of pupils; in safe schools, further
providing for Office for Safe Schools and for regulations;
and, in disruptive student programs, further providing for
definitions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1317.2 and 1318 of the act of March 10,
1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
are amended to read:
Section 1317.2. Possession of [Weapons] Firearms
Prohibited.--(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,
a school district or area vocational-technical school shall
expel, for a period of not less than one year, any student who
is determined to have brought onto or is in possession of a
[weapon] firearm on any school property, any school-sponsored
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