PRINTER'S NO. 847
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
640
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY D. MILLER, KIM, SANCHEZ, BENHAM, BOBACK, FREEMAN,
LEE, T. DAVIS, HOHENSTEIN, WEBSTER, GALLOWAY, SCHLOSSBERG,
MADDEN, HOWARD, STURLA, O'MARA, INNAMORATO, DELLOSO, DEASY,
WARREN, CONKLIN AND PISCIOTTANO, MARCH 11, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 11, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in pupils and attendance, further
providing for age limits and temporary residence and
providing for age limit extension during COVID-19 pandemic or
other disaster emergency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1301 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended to read:
Section 1301. Age Limits; Temporary Residence.--Every child,
being a resident of any school district, between the ages of six
(6) and twenty-one (21) years, may attend the public schools in
his district, subject to the provisions of this act.
[Notwithstanding] Except as provided in section 1301.1,
notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a
child who attains the age of twenty-one (21) years during the
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