PRINTER'S NO. 581
No. 519 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY HASAY, STUBAN AND STAIRS, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AND AGING, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
2 act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
3 welfare laws of the Commonwealth," requiring certain school
4 attendance as a condition for assistance.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
8 as the Public Welfare Code, is amended by adding a section to
9 read:
10 Section 432.22. Required School Attendance.--(a) An
11 individual who is a recipient of aid to families with dependent
12 children or general assistance shall be required to attend
13 school as a requirement for continuing eligibility for such
14 assistance if all of the following apply:
15 (1) The individual is thirteen to nineteen years of age.
16 (2) The individual has not graduated from a public or
17 private high school or obtained a certificate of satisfactory
18 completion of a general educational development test.
1 (3) The individual is not legally excused from attending
2 school.
3 (4) The individual is not prohibited from attending school
4 while an expulsion is pending.
5 (5) If the individual was expelled from a school, there is
6 another school available which the individual can attend.
7 (6) The individual does not have good cause for failing to
8 attend school, as defined by the department by regulation.
9 (b) An individual who fails to meet the requirements of
10 subsection (a) shall be subject to such sanctions as the
11 department, by regulation, shall prescribe.
12 (c) The department may require consent to the release of
13 school attendance records as a condition of eligibility.
14 (d) If an individual required to attend school under
15 subsection (a) is enrolled in a public school, communications
16 between the school district and the department or a county
17 agency concerning the individual's school attendance may only be
18 made by a school attendance officer.
19 (e) The department shall request a waiver from the United
20 States Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
21 to permit the application of the school attendance requirements
22 under subsection (a). This section shall not be operative unless
23 the Federal waiver is in effect.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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