PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 33 PRINTER'S NO. 1783
No. 29 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY MUNDY, COY, E. Z. TAYLOR, DeWEESE, ARMSTRONG,
ROBERTS, FLEAGLE, BELARDI, READSHAW, DENT, BATTISTO, HASAY,
BOSCOLA, DeLUCA, TRAVAGLIO, SHANER, TRELLO, McCALL,
VAN HORNE, ROONEY, BEBKO-JONES, SANTONI, WOGAN, COWELL,
MIHALICH, SCHRODER, STABACK, WALKO, JOSEPHS, REBER, ROBINSON,
SAINATO, RUBLEY, STURLA, EACHUS, BARD, BROWNE, C. WILLIAMS,
PRESTON, SCHULER, WOJNAROSKI, MELIO, COLAFELLA, LUCYK,
STEELMAN, CASORIO, DIGIROLAMO AND SEYFERT, JANUARY 27, 1997
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 12, 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," providing for the attendance of
6 expelled students.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
10 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
11 section to read:
12 Section 1320. Provisional Enrollment of Transferring
13 Students.--The receiving school entity may enroll a pupil
14 transferring from another district SCHOOL ENTITY on a <--
15 provisional basis until a certified copy of the pupil's
16 disciplinary record or sworn statement as required in section
1 1304-A is received by the school entity. If the disciplinary
2 record contains a history of misbehavior, the student may be
3 placed in an alternative program and may be ineligible to
4 participate in extracurricular activities at the discretion of
5 the receiving entity. No school entity shall be required to
6 admit a student who has been expelled from another school entity
7 into its regular program until the period of expulsion has
8 expired.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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