PRINTER'S NO. 1118
No. 1013 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY COWELL, ROBINSON, MUNDY, ADOLPH, STEELMAN, STURLA,
E. Z. TAYLOR, BATTISTO, BARRAR, CURRY, ITKIN, COY, DeLUCA,
HALUSKA, JOSEPHS, COLAFELLA, KAISER, LAUGHLIN, McCALL, MELIO,
OLASZ, PISTELLA, PETRARCA, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROONEY,
SAINATO, SHANER, STABACK, TRAVAGLIO, TRELLO, CARN, SCRIMENTI
AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 19, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 19, 1997
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," further defining "community college."
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1901-A of the act of March 10, 1949
9 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, added
10 July 1, 1985 (P.L.103, No.31), is amended to read:
11 Section 1901-A. Definitions.--The following words and
12 phrases, as used in this article, shall, unless a different
13 meaning is plainly required by the context, have the following
14 meaning:
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16 (4) "Community college" shall mean a public college or
17 technical institute which is established and operated in
1 accordance with the provisions of this act by a local sponsor
2 which provides a two-year, postsecondary, college-parallel,
3 terminal-general, terminal-technical, out-of-school youth, which
4 for the purpose of this article includes, but is not limited to,
5 students who are currently enrolled in a middle level or high
6 school program and attending credit or noncredit courses outside
7 the school day or school term, or adult education program or any
8 combination of these. The community college may also provide
9 area vocational-technical education services to secondary senior
10 high school students.
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12 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.
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