Bill Text: PA SB1182 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In interscholastic athletics accountability, further providing for council recommendations and standards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-27 - Referred to EDUCATION [SB1182 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB1182-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1441
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1182 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, JUNE 27, 2011
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JUNE 27, 2011
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 interscholastic athletics
accountability, further providing for council recommendations
and standards.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1604-A(b) of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 1604-A. Council Recommendations and Standards.--* *
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(b) The association shall take all steps necessary to comply
with the following standards:
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(14) By August 8, 2011, establish a policy requiring that
students who attend a school entity that has abolished its
program of interscholastic athletics shall be eligible to
participate without penalty in the program of interscholastic
athletics of another school entity, provided that:
(i) If the association fails to establish and enforce the
policy, no school entity may be a member of the association and
may not pay dues to the association directly or indirectly
through an affiliated organization.
(ii) No school entity that is a member of the association
may recruit to participate in its program of interscholastic
athletics any student who attends a school entity that has
abolished its program of interscholastic athletics.
(iii) If a school entity that has abolished its program of
interscholastic athletics reinstates its program of
interscholastic athletics in whole or in part in a subsequent
year, a student who is enrolled in the school entity but who has
participated in the program of interscholastic athletics of
another school entity under this section shall be eligible to
participate without penalty in the program of interscholastic
athletics of the school entity in which the student is enrolled.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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