PRINTER'S NO. 780
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
823
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY GIRAL, PROBST, PIELLI, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS,
BURGOS, GALLAGHER AND KAZEEM, APRIL 3, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 3, 2023
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 terms and courses of study,
further providing for dates and times of school terms and
sessions and commencement.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1504(a) 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 1504. Dates and Times of School Terms and Sessions;
Commencement.--(a) (1) The board of school directors of each
school district shall fix the date of the beginning of the
school term[.], except that, in a school district that is not on
a year-round education calendar, the beginning of a school term
for students shall not commence any earlier than the day after
Labor Day. The board of school directors may, upon approval by
the Secretary of Education, begin the school term prior to the
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