House Bill 301
2023-2024 Regular Session
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for special provisions applicable to limited school years; in duties and powers of board of school directors, further providing for additional schools and departments; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in school directors' associations and county boards of school directors, further providing for powers and duties; in intermediate units, further providing for visual services and for school safety and security enhancements; in certification of teachers, further providing for substitute teaching permit for prospective teachers and for locally issued temporary certification for substitute teachers, repealing provisions relating to permit for classroom monitors and providing for permit for classroom monitors; providing for the Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program; in pupils and attendance, further providing for compulsory education of physical defectives, for school lunch and breakfast reimbursement, for dependent children, for actual cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children in the four chartered schools for education of the deaf and the blind, for payment of cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children, for transfer of funds for transferal programs and for children under six with defective hearing and parent or guardian advised of schools, etc.; in safe schools, further providing for definitions and for Office for Safe Schools, repealing provisions relating to regulations and to reporting, further providing for policy relating to bullying and for maintenance of records and repealing provisions relating to Safe Schools Advocate in School Districts of the First Class, to standing, to enforcement and to construction of article and other laws; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions and for school safety and security committee, providing for duties of committee, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program, providing for Targeted School Safety Grants for Nonpublic Schools and School Entities Program, for standardized protocols, for county safe schools' collaborative and for school mental health grants for 2023-2024 school year, further providing for school safety and security coordinator training and providing for reporting and memorandum of understanding, for safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class and for enforcement; in school security, further providing for definitions, for school police officers, for annual report and for school security guards; in character education program, further providing for character education program; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions, for qualification and application by organizations and for limitations; in school districts of the first class, further providing for qualifications of principals and teachers; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2023-2024; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for definitions and for payments on account of pupils enrolled in career and technical curriculums, for payments on account of courses for exceptional children, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status, for payments, for payments on account of pupil transportation, for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant and for payment of required contribution for public school employees' Social Security; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; providing for School Environmental Repairs Program; and making an editorial change.
Co-Sponsorship Memo
Prime Sponsor
![Photo of Representative Representative Patrick Harkins](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1081.jpg?20240411)
Representative Patrick Harkins
D House District 1
Co-Sponsors
![Photo of Representative Rep. Steve Samuelson](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/80.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Steve Samuelson
D House District 135
![Photo of Representative Rep. Stephen Kinsey](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1637.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Stephen Kinsey
D House District 201
![Photo of Representative Rep. Joseph Hohenstein](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1858.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Joseph Hohenstein
D House District 177
![Photo of Representative Rep. Michael Schlossberg](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1649.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Michael Schlossberg
D House District 132
![Photo of Representative Rep. Carol Hill-Evans](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1749.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Carol Hill-Evans
D House District 95
![Photo of Representative Rep. Joe Ciresi](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1847.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Joe Ciresi
D House District 146
![Photo of Representative Rep. Benjamin Sanchez](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1849.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Benjamin Sanchez
D House District 153
![Photo of Representative Rep. Dan Williams](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1837.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Dan Williams
D House District 74
![Photo of Representative Rep. Eddie Pashinski](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1112.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Eddie Pashinski
D House District 121
![Photo of Representative Rep. Maureen Madden](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1753.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Maureen Madden
D House District 115
![Photo of Representative Rep. Ed Neilson](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1615.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Ed Neilson
D House District 174
![Photo of Representative Rep. Perry Warren](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1743.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Perry Warren
D House District 31
![Photo of Representative Rep. John Galloway](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1118.jpg?20240411)
Rep. John Galloway
D House District 140
![Photo of Representative Rep. Steven Malagari](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1832.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Steven Malagari
D House District 53
![Photo of Representative Rep. Robert Freeman](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/136.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Robert Freeman
D House District 136
![Photo of Representative Rep. P. Sturla](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/274.jpg?20240411)
Rep. P. Sturla
D House District 96
![Photo of Representative Rep. Emily Kinkead](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1896.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Emily Kinkead
D House District 20
![Photo of Representative Rep. Napoleon J. Nelson](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1914.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Napoleon J. Nelson
D House District 154
![Photo of Representative Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1969.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz
D House District 129
![Photo of Representative Rep. Ben Waxman](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1981.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Ben Waxman
D House District 182
![Photo of Representative Rep. Joe Webster](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1848.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Joe Webster
D House District 150
![Photo of Representative Rep. Tarik Khan](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1983.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Tarik Khan
D House District 194
Bill Status & History
Last Action: Act No. 33 of 2023, Dec. 13, 2023
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0256 | Referred to Education, March 10, 2023 |
0954 | Reported as amended, April 21, 2023 |
First consideration, April 21, 2023 | |
Laid on the table, April 21, 2023 | |
Removed from table, April 24, 2023 | |
1035 | Second consideration, with amendments, April 25, 2023 |
Re-committed to Appropriations, April 25, 2023 | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 209-211), April 25, 2023 | |
Re-reported as committed, April 26, 2023 | |
Third consideration and final passage, April 26, 2023 (201-0) | |
In the Senate | |
Referred to Education, May 3, 2023 | |
Reported as committed, June 6, 2023 | |
First consideration, June 6, 2023 | |
Second consideration, June 7, 2023 | |
Re-referred to Appropriations, June 7, 2023 | |
2311 | Re-reported as amended, Nov. 14, 2023 |
Third consideration and final passage, Nov. 15, 2023 (45-5) | |
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1047-1050), Nov. 15, 2023 | |
In the House | |
Referred to Rules, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
2326 | Amended in House Committee on Rules, Nov. 15, 2023 |
Re-reported on concurrence, as amended, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House, Nov. 15, 2023 (102-101) | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 1599-1604, 1605), Nov. 15, 2023 | |
In the Senate | |
Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations, Dec. 11, 2023 | |
2311 | Re-reported on concurrence, as amended with Prior Printer's No. 2311, Dec. 13, 2023 |
Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments, as amended by the Senate, Dec. 13, 2023 (43-7) | |
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1130-1131), Dec. 13, 2023 | |
In the House | |
Referred to Rules, Dec. 13, 2023 | |
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Dec. 13, 2023 | |
House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments, as amended by the Senate, Dec. 13, 2023 (175-28) | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page ), Dec. 13, 2023 | |
Signed in House, Dec. 13, 2023 | |
Signed in Senate, Dec. 13, 2023 | |
Presented to the Governor, Dec. 13, 2023 | |
Approved by the Governor, Dec. 13, 2023 | |
Act No. 33 of 2023, Dec. 13, 2023 |
Printers Numbers
Amendments
House Amendments to Printers Number 2311
House Amendments to Printers Number 2311
Senate Amendments to Printers Number 1035
Votes
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
House RULES Committee Vote
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Committee Meetings
(to consider Senate Bills No. 44, 361, 527, 596, 683, 815, 838, 843 and 941; House Bills No. 27, 301 and 1300; and certain Executive Nominations)
(to consider Senate Bills No. 44, 361, 527, 596, 683, 815, 838, 843 and 941; House Bills No. 27, 301 and 1300; and certain Executive Nominations)
(to consider Senate Bills No. 596 and 910; and House Bills No. 301, 1058, 1304, 1540 and 1556)
(to consider Senate Bills No. 596 and 910; and House Bills No. 301, 1058, 1304, 1540 and 1556)
(to consider Senate Bills No. 209, 462 and 565; and House Bills No. 100 and 301)
(to consider Senate Bills No. 209, 462 and 565; and House Bills No. 100 and 301)
Voting meeting on and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on HB 148, HB 301, HB 663, HB 668 and Informational Hearing on Teacher Shortages immediately following the voting meeting.
Voting meeting on HB 148, HB 301, HB 663, HB 668 and Informational Hearing on Teacher Shortages immediately following the voting meeting.
Statute References
This bill amends the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.0030, No.14), known as the Public School Code Of 1949. Other bills amending the same statute are listed below.
![Photo of Representative Rep. James Struzzi](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1835.jpg?20240411)
Rep. James Struzzi
R House District 62
![Photo of Representative Rep. Clint Owlett](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1796.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Clint Owlett
R House District 68
![Photo of Representative Rep. Clint Owlett](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1796.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Clint Owlett
R House District 68
![Photo of Representative Rep. Clint Owlett](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1796.jpg?20240411)
Rep. Clint Owlett
R House District 68
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House Bill 301
2023-2024 Regular Session
Sponsors
HARKINS, SAMUELSON, KINSEY, HOHENSTEIN, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS, CIRESI, SANCHEZ, D. WILLIAMS, PASHINSKI, MADDEN, NEILSON, WARREN, GALLOWAY, MALAGARI, FREEMAN, STURLA, KINKEAD, N. NELSON, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, WAXMAN, WEBSTER, KHAN
Short Title
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for special provisions applicable to limited school years; in duties and powers of board of school directors, further providing for additional schools and departments; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in school directors' associations and county boards of school directors, further providing for powers and duties; in intermediate units, further providing for visual services and for school safety and security enhancements; in * * *
Memo Subject
Updating provisions relating to State System of Higher Education campus police officers.
Actions
0256 | Referred to EDUCATION, March 10, 2023 |
0954 | Reported as amended, April 21, 2023 |
First consideration, April 21, 2023 | |
Laid on the table, April 21, 2023 | |
Removed from table, April 24, 2023 | |
1035 | Second consideration, with amendments, April 25, 2023 |
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, April 25, 2023 | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 209-211), April 25, 2023 | |
Re-reported as committed, April 26, 2023 | |
Third consideration and final passage, April 26, 2023 (201-0) | |
In the Senate | |
Referred to EDUCATION, May 3, 2023 | |
Reported as committed, June 6, 2023 | |
First consideration, June 6, 2023 | |
Second consideration, June 7, 2023 | |
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 7, 2023 | |
2311 | Re-reported as amended, Nov. 14, 2023 |
Third consideration and final passage, Nov. 15, 2023 (45-5) | |
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1047-1050), Nov. 15, 2023 | |
In the House | |
Referred to RULES, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
2326 | Amended in House Committee on RULES, Nov. 15, 2023 |
Re-reported on concurrence, as amended, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House, Nov. 15, 2023 (102-101) | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 1599-1604, 1605), Nov. 15, 2023 | |
In the Senate | |
Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, Dec. 11, 2023 | |
2311 | Re-reported on concurrence, as amended with Prior Printer's No. 2311, Dec. 13, 2023 |
Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments, as amended by the Senate, Dec. 13, 2023 (43-7) | |
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1130-1131), Dec. 13, 2023 | |
In the House | |
Referred to RULES, Dec. 13, 2023 | |
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Dec. 13, 2023 | |
House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments, as amended by the Senate, Dec. 13, 2023 (175-28) | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page ), Dec. 13, 2023 | |
Signed in House, Dec. 13, 2023 | |
Signed in Senate, Dec. 13, 2023 | |
Presented to the Governor, Dec. 13, 2023 | |
Approved by the Governor, Dec. 13, 2023 | |
Act No. 33 of 2023, Dec. 13, 2023 |
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