PRINTER'S NO. 866
No. 775 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY DeWEESE, McCALL, BLAUM, MRKONIC, GAMBLE, CLYMER,
ROBINSON, TANGRETTI, ANGSTADT, CALTAGIRONE, HERMAN, COLAIZZO,
COY, JAROLIN, BELFANTI, WASS, FARGO, SCHEETZ, GLADECK,
PISTELLA, BROUJOS, PHILLIPS, CAWLEY, VROON, WOGAN, BILLOW,
YANDRISEVITS, COLAFELLA, GODSHALL, BUNT, MORRIS, VEON, DALEY,
BATTISTO, DORR, BELARDI, DIETTERICK, STABACK, ARGALL,
HALUSKA, FAIRCHILD, GIGLIOTTI, JOHNSON, LAUGHLIN, KASUNIC,
JACKSON AND CORRIGAN, MARCH 14, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 14, 1989
AN ACT
1 Requiring the superintendent of every public school district to
2 make available, upon request, lists of graduating seniors to
3 armed forces recruiters; and providing a penalty for the
4 misuse of any such lists.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Legislative intent.
8 It is the intent of the General Assembly through this
9 legislation to assist armed forces recruiters to achieve
10 additional access to potential recruits by compiling a list of
11 prospective graduating seniors for distribution, upon written
12 request, to armed forces recruiters for the cost thereof, for
13 recruiting purposes only.
14 Section 2. List of seniors to be compiled.
15 (a) Lists.--Subject to the limitations of subsection (b),
16 the superintendent of every public school district, except as
1 otherwise provided, shall compile a list of senior students,
2 both male and female, including home address and published
3 telephone number, who at the end of the respective academic year
4 will graduate from the school system. The list shall be compiled
5 within 45 calendar days of the effective date of this act and in
6 succeeding years by the first day of the academic year in which
7 the senior students will graduate.
8 (b) Notification.--Each school district shall notify the
9 students, in writing, prior to the end of their junior year, of
10 the requirements imposed by subsection (a). Each student shall
11 be given at least 21 calendar days to request, in writing, to
12 the superintendent, exclusion of such student's name prior to
13 the release of such list.
14 Section 3. Optional compliance by nonpublic schools.
15 The governing body or board of each parochial, licensed
16 private and nonpublic school shall determine whether or not to
17 comply with the provisions of this act. If an affirmative
18 determination is made, then the principal of that parochial,
19 licensed private or nonpublic school shall comply with the
20 provisions of sections 2, 4 and 5 of this act.
21 Section 4. List to be made available.
22 The list shall be made available to armed forces recruiters
23 for the active component, the reserve component or the National
24 Guard component of the armed forces.
25 Section 5. Penalties.
26 A person who violates this act commits a summary offense and
27 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $100. Each
28 day that a person violates this act shall constitute a separate
29 offense.
30 Section 6. Effective date.
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1 This act shall take effect immediately.
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