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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, GEIST, GIBBONS, GROVE, HARHAI, KILLION, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MANN, MELIO, MICOZZIE, MILLER, MURT, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PEIFER, PICKETT, RAPP, REICHLEY, ROCK, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, VULAKOVICH AND FLECK, JANUARY 30, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 30, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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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 Office for Safe |
6 | Schools. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. Section 1302-A(c) of the act of March 10, 1949 |
10 | (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, |
11 | amended July 9, 2008 (P.L.846, No.61), is amended to read: |
12 | Section 1302-A. Office for Safe Schools.--* * * |
13 | (c) In addition to the powers and duties set forth under |
14 | subsection (a), the office is authorized to make targeted grants |
15 | to schools to fund programs which address school violence, |
16 | including, but not limited to, the following programs: |
17 | (1) Conflict resolution or dispute management. |
18 | (2) Peer helpers programs. |
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1 | (3) Risk assessment, safety-related or violence prevention |
2 | curricula. |
3 | (4) Classroom management. |
4 | (5) Student codes of conduct. |
5 | (6) Training to undertake a districtwide assessment of risk |
6 | factors that increase the likelihood of problem behaviors among |
7 | students. |
8 | (7) Development and implementation of research-based |
9 | violence prevention programs that address risk factors to reduce |
10 | incidents of problem behaviors among students including, but not |
11 | limited to, bullying. |
12 | (8) Comprehensive, districtwide school safety and violence |
13 | prevention plans. |
14 | (9) Security planning, purchase of security-related |
15 | technology which may include silent alert buttons, metal |
16 | detectors, protective lighting, surveillance equipment, special |
17 | emergency communications equipment, electronic locksets, |
18 | deadbolts and theft control devices and training in the use of |
19 | security- related technology. Security planning and purchase of |
20 | security- related technology shall be based on safety needs |
21 | identified by the school entity's board of directors. |
22 | (10) Institution of student, staff and visitor |
23 | identification systems. |
24 | (11) Establishment or enhancement of school security |
25 | personnel, including school resource officers. |
26 | (12) Provision of specialized staff and student training |
27 | programs, including training for Student Assistance Program team |
28 | members in elementary, middle and high schools in the referral |
29 | of students at risk of violent behavior to appropriate |
30 | community-based services, including mental health services. |
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1 | (13) Alternative education programs provided for in Article |
2 | XIX-C. |
3 | (14) Counseling services for students enrolled in |
4 | alternative education programs. |
5 | * * * |
6 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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