PA SB700 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: Passed on July 11 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-07-11 - Act No. 55 of 2024
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: Passed on July 11 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-07-11 - Act No. 55 of 2024
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Summary
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, providing for advertising and sponsorships; in intermediate units, further providing for school safety and security enhancements; in professional employees, further providing for qualifications; in certification of teachers, further providing for State certificates, for career and technical instruction and for baccalaureate certification basic skills assessment; in Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program, further providing for definitions, for program establishment and duties of agency, for eligibility and for report; in school safety and security, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program, for school safety and security coordinator, for Targeted School Safety Grants for Nonpublic Schools and School Entities Program and for school safety and security training and providing for school safety and mental health grants for 2024-2025 school year; in school security, further providing for duties of commission, providing for school security personnel and establishing School Security Personnel Fund; in school security, further providing for duties of commission and providing for school security personnel and for School Security Personnel Fund; in school health services, further providing for vision screening and examinations; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Program, further providing for establishment and payment of tuition; in administrative partnerships between school entities, further providing for legislative intent and for definitions, providing for instructional programming partnerships authorized, for school district feasibility study and for construction and further providing for establishment, for application, for grant awards, for technical assistance, for reports by school entities and for reports by department; in talent recruitment, further providing for Talent Recruitment Account; in charter schools, further providing for definitions, for charter school requirements, for powers of board of trustees, for facilities and for funding for charter schools, providing for funding for cyber charter schools, further providing for enrollment and notification and providing for enrollee wellness checks and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations; in disability inclusive curriculum, further providing for department responsibilities; in Schools-to-Work-Program, repealing provisions relating to expiration; 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, for tax credits and for limitations, repealing provisions relating to opportunity scholarships and providing for economically disadvantaged school scholarships; in course materials at institutions of higher education, repealing provisions relating to College Textbook Policies Advisory Committee; in sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking education, prevention and response at institutions of higher education and private licensed schools, further providing for memorandum of understanding; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, repealing provisions relating to Public Higher Education Funding Commission; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2024-2025; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for payments on account of pupils enrolled in career and technical curriculums and for student-weighted basic education funding, providing for student-weighted basic education funding beginning with 2023-2024 school year, further providing for State reimbursement for health services, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status and for Commonwealth reimbursements for charter schools and cyber charter schools, repealing provisions relating to administrative and instructional consolidation incentives and further providing for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant; in State Board of Education, further providing for powers and duties of the board; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; in School Environmental Repairs Program, further providing for School Environmental Repairs Program Restricted Account and for School Environmental Repairs Program; and making editorial changes.
Title
In preliminary provisions, providing for advertising and sponsorships; in intermediate units, further providing for school safety and security enhancements; in professional employees, further providing for qualifications; in certification of teachers, further providing for State certificates, for career and technical instruction and for baccalaureate certification basic skills assessment; in Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program, further providing for definitions, for program establishment and duties of agency, for eligibility and for report; in school safety and security, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program, for school safety and security coordinator, for Targeted School Safety Grants for Nonpublic Schools and School Entities Program and for school safety and security training and providing for school safety and mental health grants for 2024-2025 school year; in school security, further providing for duties of commission, providing for school security personnel and establishing School Security Personnel Fund; in school security, further providing for duties of commission and providing for school security personnel and for School Security Personnel Fund; in school health services, further providing for vision screening and examinations; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Program, further providing for establishment and payment of tuition; in administrative partnerships between school entities, further providing for legislative intent and for definitions, providing for instructional programming partnerships authorized, for school district feasibility study and for construction and further providing for establishment, for application, for grant awards, for technical assistance, for reports by school entities and for reports by department; in talent recruitment, further providing for Talent Recruitment Account; in charter schools, further providing for definitions, for charter school requirements, for powers of board of trustees, for facilities and for funding for charter schools, providing for funding for cyber charter schools, further providing for enrollment and notification and providing for enrollee wellness checks and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations; in disability inclusive curriculum, further providing for department responsibilities; in Schools-to-Work-Program, repealing provisions relating to expiration; 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, for tax credits and for limitations, repealing provisions relating to opportunity scholarships and providing for economically disadvantaged school scholarships; in course materials at institutions of higher education, repealing provisions relating to College Textbook Policies Advisory Committee; in sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking education, prevention and response at institutions of higher education and private licensed schools, further providing for memorandum of understanding; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, repealing provisions relating to Public Higher Education Funding Commission; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2024-2025; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for payments on account of pupils enrolled in career and technical curriculums and for student-weighted basic education funding, providing for student-weighted basic education funding beginning with 2023-2024 school year, further providing for State reimbursement for health services, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status and for Commonwealth reimbursements for charter schools and cyber charter schools, repealing provisions relating to administrative and instructional consolidation incentives and further providing for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant; in State Board of Education, further providing for powers and duties of the board; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; in School Environmental Repairs Program, further providing for School Environmental Repairs Program Restricted Account and for School Environmental Repairs Program; and making editorial changes.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-07-11 - Senate - Senate Floor: SB 700 PN 1816, Concur in House Amendments (Y: 42 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-07-11 - Senate - Senate Rules And Executive Nominations: Re-Reported as Committed (Y: 16 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-07-11 - House - House Appropriations: Adopt Amendment A05531 (Y: 22 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-07-11 - House - House Appropriations: Re-report Bill As Amended (Y: 22 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-07-11 - House - House Floor: SB 700 PN 1816, FINAL PASSAGE (Y: 137 N: 65 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-07-11 - House - House Floor: SB 700 PN , MOTION TO PROCEED BRADFORD (Y: 183 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-07-01 - House - House Education: Report Bill As Committed (Y: 25 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-11-14 - Senate - Senate Floor: SB 700 PN 1183, Final Passage (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-11-13 - Senate - Senate Appropriations: Re-Reported as Committed (Y: 24 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-10-24 - Senate - Senate Education: Adopt Amendment A02560 (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-10-24 - Senate - Senate Education: Reported as Amended (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-07-11 - Senate - Senate Rules And Executive Nominations: Re-Reported as Committed (Y: 16 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-07-11 - House - House Appropriations: Adopt Amendment A05531 (Y: 22 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-07-11 - House - House Appropriations: Re-report Bill As Amended (Y: 22 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-07-11 - House - House Floor: SB 700 PN 1816, FINAL PASSAGE (Y: 137 N: 65 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-07-11 - House - House Floor: SB 700 PN , MOTION TO PROCEED BRADFORD (Y: 183 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-07-01 - House - House Education: Report Bill As Committed (Y: 25 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-11-14 - Senate - Senate Floor: SB 700 PN 1183, Final Passage (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-11-13 - Senate - Senate Appropriations: Re-Reported as Committed (Y: 24 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-10-24 - Senate - Senate Education: Adopt Amendment A02560 (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-10-24 - Senate - Senate Education: Reported as Amended (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-11 | Senate | Act No. 55 of 2024 |
| 2024-07-11 | Senate | Approved by the Governor |
| 2024-07-11 | Senate | Presented to the Governor |
| 2024-07-11 | Senate | Signed in House |
| 2024-07-11 | Senate | Signed in Senate |
| 2024-07-11 | Senate | Senate concurred in House amendments (42-7) |
| 2024-07-11 | Senate | Re-reported on concurrence, as committed |
| 2024-07-11 | Senate | Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS |
| 2024-07-11 | Senate | In the Senate |
| 2024-07-11 | House | Third consideration and final passage (137-65) |
| 2024-07-11 | House | Re-reported as amended |
| 2024-07-11 | House | Amended in House Committee on APPROPRIATIONS |
| 2024-07-02 | House | Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS |
| 2024-07-02 | House | Second consideration |
| 2024-07-01 | House | Removed from table |
| 2024-07-01 | House | Laid on the table |
| 2024-07-01 | House | First consideration |
| 2024-07-01 | House | Reported as committed |
| 2023-11-15 | House | Referred to EDUCATION |
| 2023-11-14 | House | In the House |
| 2023-11-14 | Senate | Third consideration and final passage (50-0) |
| 2023-11-13 | Senate | Re-reported as committed |
| 2023-10-25 | Senate | Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS |
| 2023-10-25 | Senate | Second consideration |
| 2023-10-24 | Senate | First consideration |
| 2023-10-24 | Senate | Reported as amended |
| 2023-06-14 | Senate | Referred to EDUCATION |
