Education 2013-2014
The Senate Education Committee met on September 23, 2014 and reported out the following:
Unanimously As Amended
SB 898 (Smith) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for access to emergency epinephrine.
SB 1361 (White) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for the Ready to Succeed Scholarship Program
SR 345 (Hughes) – directs the Joint State Government Commission to study the issue of student suicide in higher education.
As Amended
HB 1013 (Gillen) – Amends the public school Code to provide for home education programs. This bill was reported out with a vote of 10-1.
Unanimously As Committed
HB 1801 (Davidson) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for anonymous hotlines and internet notification systems.
HB 2049 (Simons) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for administration of epinephrine by school bus drivers.
The Senate Education Committee met on June 29, 2014 and reported out the following:
As Amended
HB 618 (Emerick) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for charter school reform. The bill was reported from Committee with a vote of 10-1.
The Senate Education Committee met on June 27, 2014 and reported out the following bills:
As Committed
SB 1450 (Folmer) – Ammends the Public School Code to allow school districts to decide the weight of the Keystones on graduation requirements. The bill was reported 8-2.
SR 414 (Smucker) – Directs the legislative budget and finance committee to conduct a study on alternative methods of authorization of charter schools and regional charter schools. The bill was reported unanimously.
HB 1718 (Aument) – Amends the Public School Code to allow public schools to offer an online education initiative. The bill was reported 7-3.
As Amended
SB 1440 (Tomlinson) – Amends the State System of Higher Education Intellectual Property Act to provide for the State-owned University Intellectual Property and Services Act. The bill was reported 10-0.
The Senate Education Committee met on June 3, 2014 and unanimously reported out the following:
As Amended
HB 803 (Stevenson) – Amends the Public School Code to allow school entity to maintain an emergency supply of epinephrine emergency injectors.
HB 1816 (Tobash) – Amends the Public School Code to allow for continuing professional development in manufacturing and for satisfactory completion of a basic skills assessment to enter into a Pennsylvania baccalaureate teacher preparation program.
As Committed
SB 1388 (Folmer) – Removes antiquated and unnecessary provisions of the Public School Code.
HB 2106 (Tallman) – Amends Act 10 of 1991 to provide for military recruiter access to eleventh grade student contact information in accordance with federal law.
HB 2013 (Stern) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for temporary vacancies for members of a school board who are called to active duty in the United States armed forces.
The Senate Education Committee met on April 8, 2014 and unanimously reported out the following:
As Committed
SB 1316 (Browne) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for Special Education Funding as directed by Act 3 of 2013.
HB1738 (O’Neill) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for a Basic Education Funding Commission.
As Amended
HB 1460 (Gillen) – Amends Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to provide for an M or Military designation for service members and their spouse who must withdraw from post-secondary courses due to deployment.
The Education Committee met on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 and reported out the following unanimously:
As Amended
HB 974 (R. Brown) Amends the Public School Code in school health services to further provide for automated external defibrillators.
The Senate Education Committee met on February 3, 2014 and unanimously reported out the following:
As Amended
SB 1194 (White) Amends the Public School Code relating to cooperative police service agreements to allow for agreements with adjacent municipalities with full-time police forces if a school is located in a municipality without a full-time police force.
HB 198 (Nielson) Amends the Public School Code to provide for the Dyslexia and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program.
As Committed
HB 1164 (Murt) Establishes the Higher Education Course Scheduling Preference for Veteran Students Act.
SR 250 (Argall) Directs the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study relating to the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of merging public school district health care plans.
The Senate Education Committee met on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 and unanimously reported out the following:
As Amended
SB 873 (Wiley) – Establishes the Dyslexia Screening Pilot Program.
SB 1000 (Scarnati) – Establishes the Rural Regional Community College Pilot Program for Underserved Communities.
HB 1559 (Farina) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for youth suicide awareness and prevention.
As Committed
SB 1205 (Folmer) – Amends Title 24 (Education) to provide for college to university name designations.
The Senate Education Committee met Wednesday, October 16, 2013, and reported out the following:
As Amended
SB 847 (Greenleaf) – Amends the Public School Code, providing for guidelines on religious expression.
SB 1085 (Smucker) – Amends the Public School Code extensively revising charter school provisions. The bill was reported as amended by a 9-2 vote.
As Committed
SB 874 (Vance) – Amends the Public School Code providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments for community colleges.
HB 1424 (Clymer) – Amends the Public School Code providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction.
The Senate Education Committee met on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 and unanimously reported out the following:
As Amended
SB 78 (Greenleaf) – Amends the Higher Education Scholarship Law to allow PHEAA Grants to be available to eligible students wishing to pursue a degree through online (distance) education. .
SB 606 (Dinniman) – Aamends the Public School Code to provide for the purchase of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for every public instructional school building in Pennsylvania. This legislation is known as Aidan’s Law.
SB 31 (Fontana) – Amends the Child Protective Services Law to require school employees to report any type of suspected child abuse committed by a school employee against a student. C This bill is part of an 18 bill package resulting from recommendations made by the Task Force on Child Protection.
The Senate Education Committee met on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 and reported out the following:
As Amended
SB 34 (Smucker) – Amends the Professional Educator Discipline Act to make substantive changes, including expanding the jurisdiction of the Professional Standards and Practices Commission, and expanding the bases for discipline and mandatory reporting requirements.
SB 46(Williams) – Amends the Public School Code to require a more thorough employment history review for prospective employees and independent contractors of school entities for positions involving direct contact with children.
As Committed
HB 19 (Gingrich) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for child exploitation awareness education.
SR 71 (Folmer) – Memorializes the President of the United States and Congress to fully fund federal special education mandates.
The Senate Education Committee met on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, and reported out the following:
As Committed
HB 2 (O’Neill) – Amends the Public School Code to establish the Special Education Funding Commission.
As Amended
SB 10 (Scarnati) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for targeted grants to address school violence.
SB 60 (Ward) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for waivers from transportation.
SB 437 (Fomer) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for military service certificates.
SB 442 (Dinniman) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for exemptions from continuing professional education for school and system leaders.
The Senate Education Committee met on February 12, 2013 and reported out the following:
As Committed
SB 193 (Vance) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for CPR- certification of school nurses. This bill was reported out unanimously.
SB 443 (Dinniman) – Amends the Public School Code to eliminate partisan primary elections for school directors. This bill was reported out with a 6-5 vote.
SB 470 (Browne) – Amends the Public School Code to establish a Special Education Funding Commission. This bill was reported out unanimously.
As Amended
SB 267 (Greenleaf) – Amends the Public School Code to provide for excuses from attending school. This bill was unanimously amended and reported out unanimously.
SB 360 (Mensch) – Creates the Pennsylvania Community College Affordability Task Force to study and make recommendations on community college funding, services, affordability and accessibility. This bill was unanimously amended and reported out unanimously.
Please note SB442 was pulled from the agenda for the purpose of further clarification.