PRINTER'S NO. 823
No. 742 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY SAURMAN, CESSAR, J. L. WRIGHT, STABACK, COLAIZZO,
WASS, TRELLO, ANGSTADT, NOYE, PERZEL, FARGO, JAMES, MAIALE,
GEIST, MARSICO, JOHNSON, BUNT, VEON, REBER, HAGARTY, HERMAN,
MILLER, FARMER, ROBINSON, DEMPSEY, OLASZ, E. Z. TAYLOR,
COLAFELLA, ADOLPH, HESS, FOX, CORNELL, BELARDI, DISTLER,
ARGALL, MELIO, MICOZZIE, GIGLIOTTI, HECKLER AND CARLSON,
MARCH 13, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 13, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," requiring birth certificates for
6 school children.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1332 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended January 14, 1970 (1969 P.L.468, No.192), is amended to
12 read:
13 Section 1332. Reports of Enrollments; Attendance and
14 Withdrawals; Public and Private Schools.--Every principal or
15 teacher in every public school, and every principal, teacher or
16 tutor in every school other than a public school, and in every
17 institution for children, and every private teacher in every
1 school district, shall, immediately after their admission to
2 such school or institution, or at the beginning of such private
3 teaching, furnish to the district superintendents, attendance
4 officers, home and school visitors, or secretaries of the boards
5 of school directors of the districts wherein the parents or
6 guardians of such children reside, lists of the names and
7 residences of all children between six (6) and eighteen (18)
8 years of age enrolled in such school or institution, or taught
9 by such private teachers; shall obtain copies of birth
10 certificates for such children or other satisfactory evidence of
11 age if a birth certificate is not available; and shall further
12 report at once to such district superintendent, or secretary of
13 the board of school directors, the name and date of withdrawal
14 of any such pupil withdrawing from any such school or
15 institution, or from such private instruction, if such
16 withdrawal occurs during the period of compulsory attendance in
17 said district. Every principal or teacher in a school other than
18 a public school, and every private teacher, shall also report at
19 once to the superintendent, attendance officer, home and school
20 visitor, or secretary of the board of school directors of the
21 district, any such child who has been absent three (3) days, or
22 their equivalent, during the term of compulsory attendance,
23 without lawful excuse.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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