PRINTER'S NO. 1926
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1393
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, BURGOS, SCHLOSSBERG, KINSEY,
McCLINTON, DONATUCCI, SHUSTERMAN, MURT, HILL-EVANS, JOHNSON-
HARRELL, SCHWEYER AND KIRKLAND, MAY 30, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 30, 2019
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 terms and courses of study,
further providing for subjects of instruction and flag code.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1511 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended to read:
Section 1511. Subjects of Instruction; Flag Code.--In every
elementary public and private school, established and maintained
in this Commonwealth, the following subjects shall be taught, in
the English language and from English texts: English, including
spelling, reading and writing, arithmetic, geography, the
history of the United States and of Pennsylvania, including
African-American, Native American and Hispanic history, culture
and diversity, civics, including loyalty to the State and
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National Government, safety education, and the humane treatment
of birds and animals, health, including physical education, and
physiology, music and art. Other subjects shall be taught in the
public elementary schools and also in the public high schools as
may be prescribed by the standards of the State Board of
Education. All such subjects, except foreign languages, shall be
taught in the English language and from English texts: Provided,
however, That, at the discretion of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, the teaching of subjects in a language other than
English may be permitted as part of a sequence in foreign
language study or as part of a bilingual education program if
the teaching personnel are properly certified in the subject
fields. Each school district shall provide and distribute to
each pupil, enrolled in the eighth grade of the public schools,
one illustrated copy of the National Flag Code, and shall, from
time to time, make available such copies as are necessary for
replacements from year to year. It shall be the duty of each
teacher in the public schools to make such use of the code as
may, from time to time, seem proper.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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