PRINTER'S NO. 4492
No. 2874 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY METCALFE, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DeLUCA, RAPP, SONNEY, THOMAS, TRUE AND WANSACZ, JULY 1, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JULY 1, 2006
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 providing for maintenance of 6 records. 7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 8 hereby enacts as follows: 9 Section 1. Section 1307-A of the act of March 10, 1949 10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, added 11 June 30, 1995 (P.L.220, No.26), is amended to read: 12 Section 1307-A. Maintenance of Records.--All school entities 13 and private schools within this Commonwealth shall maintain 14 updated records of all incidents of violence, possession of, use 15 or sale of controlled substances as defined in the act of April 16 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as "The Controlled Substance, 17 Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act," incidents involving possession 18 of a weapon and convictions or adjudications of delinquency for 19 acts committed on school property by students enrolled therein 20 on both a district-wide and school-by-school basis. Records
1 maintained under this section shall be contained in a format 2 developed by the Pennsylvania State Police in cooperation with 3 the office within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this 4 section. A statistical summary of these records, including the 5 age or grade of the student; name and address of the school the 6 student attends; a description of the incident; the sanction, if 7 any, imposed by the school; and, arrests, convictions and 8 adjudications resulting therefrom, shall be [made accessible to 9 the public for examination by the public during regular business 10 hours.] subject to the act of June 21, 1957 (P.L.390, No.212), 11 referred to as the Right-to-Know Law, and regularly reported by 12 means of normal school communication procedures, such as 13 scheduled board meetings, public hearings or school entities' 14 Internet websites. If a school entity fails to comply with 15 requirements under this section, and the Department of Education 16 determines that there is noncompliance, the school entity shall, 17 in writing, notify parents and guardians residing in the 18 district of its failure to comply and its efforts to implement a 19 plan that will bring the entity into compliance. 20 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. F6L24JS/20060H2874B4492 - 2 -