PA HB1606 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-3)
Status: Passed on July 13 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-07-13 - Act No. 86
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 duties of Public School Building Construction and Reconstruction Advisory Committee; in school districts, providing for data collection reduction; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for publication of rules, regulations and policies; in school finances, providing for payroll tax; in school district financial recovery, providing for additional criteria; providing for the posting of annual financial information for public school entities; in professional employees, further providing for payment of salaries in cases of sickness, injury or death; in certification of teachers, providing for substitute teaching permit for prospective teachers, further providing for granting provisional college certificates, providing for provisional vocational education certificate and further providing for program of continuing professional education; in pupils and attendance, providing for assignment of students to school districts of the first class A and further providing for exceptional children and education and training and for cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children in approved institutions; in school health services, further providing for definitions and providing for education of school employees in diabetes care and management, for diabetes care in schools, for possession and use of diabetes medication and monitoring equipment, for liability, for coordinating, supervising or educating not considered delegation and for diabetes care in nonpublic schools; providing for Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Pilot Program; providing for administrative partnerships between school entities and for the E-chievement Program; in high schools, further providing for courses of study; in charter schools, further providing for definitions, for school staff and for funding for charter schools; in vocational education, further providing for vocational education equipment grants; in community colleges, further providing for election or appointment and term and organization of board of trustees and for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in disruptive student programs, further providing for applications and establishing the Alternative Education Program Account; in private alternative education institutions for disruptive students, further providing for contracts with private alternative education institutions; providing for rural regional college for underserved counties and for educational tax credits; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2016-2017; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for payments to intermediate units, for special education payments to school districts, for extraordinary special education program expenses and for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status and providing for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant and for payment of required contribution for public school employees' Social Security; saving an appropriation from lapsing; allocating an appropriation; making related repeals; and making editorial changes.

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Title

In preliminary provisions, providing for duties of Public School Building Construction and Reconstruction Advisory Committee; in school districts, providing for data collection reduction; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for publication of rules, regulations and policies; in school finances, providing for payroll tax; in school district financial recovery, providing for additional criteria; providing for the posting of annual financial information for public school entities; in professional employees, further providing for payment of salaries in cases of sickness, injury or death; in certification of teachers, providing for substitute teaching permit for prospective teachers, further providing for granting provisional college certificates, providing for provisional vocational education certificate and further providing for program of continuing professional education; in pupils and attendance, providing for assignment of students to school districts of the first class A and further providing for exceptional children and education and training and for cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children in approved institutions; in school health services, further providing for definitions and providing for education of school employees in diabetes care and management, for diabetes care in schools, for possession and use of diabetes medication and monitoring equipment, for liability, for coordinating, supervising or educating not considered delegation and for diabetes care in nonpublic schools; providing for Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Pilot Program; providing for administrative partnerships between school entities and for the E-chievement Program; in high schools, further providing for courses of study; in charter schools, further providing for definitions, for school staff and for funding for charter schools; in vocational education, further providing for vocational education equipment grants; in community colleges, further providing for election or appointment and term and organization of board of trustees and for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in disruptive student programs, further providing for applications and establishing the Alternative Education Program Account; in private alternative education institutions for disruptive students, further providing for contracts with private alternative education institutions; providing for rural regional college for underserved counties and for educational tax credits; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2016-2017; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for payments to intermediate units, for special education payments to school districts, for extraordinary special education program expenses and for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status and providing for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant and for payment of required contribution for public school employees' Social Security; saving an appropriation from lapsing; allocating an appropriation; making related repeals; and making editorial changes.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2016-07-13 - House - House Rules: Re-report Bill As Committed (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-07-13 - Senate - Senate Appropriations: Re-Reported as Amended (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-07-13 - Senate - Senate Floor: HB 1606 PN 3723, FINAL PASSAGE (Y: 47 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-07-13 - House - House Floor: HB 1606 PN 3723, CONCUR (Y: 172 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 12) [PASS]
2016-07-13 - House - House Floor: HB 1606 PN 3723, 2015 A9565, SUSP RULES, THOMAS (Y: 22 N: 168 NV: 0 Abs: 12) [FAIL]
2016-07-13 - House - House Floor: HB 1606 PN 3723, 2015 A9564, SUSP RULES, THOMAS (Y: 28 N: 162 NV: 0 Abs: 12) [FAIL]
2016-07-13 - House - House Floor: HB 1606 PN 3723, 2015 A9563, SUSP RULES, THOMAS (Y: 33 N: 157 NV: 0 Abs: 12) [FAIL]
2016-06-15 - Senate - Senate Education: Reported as Committed (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-10-27 - House - House Appropriations: Re-report Bill As Committed (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-10-27 - House - House Appropriations: Re-report Bill As Committed (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-10-27 - House - House Floor: HB 1606 PN 2324, FP (Y: 199 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2015-10-19 - House - House Education: Report Bill As Committed (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-10-19 - House - House Education: Report Bill As Committed (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2016-07-13HouseAct No. 86
2016-07-13HouseApproved by the Governor
2016-07-13HousePresented to the Governor
2016-07-13HouseSigned in Senate
2016-07-13HouseSigned in House
2016-07-13HouseHouse concurred in Senate amendments (172-18)
2016-07-13HouseRe-reported on concurrence, as committed
2016-07-13HouseReferred to RULES
2016-07-13HouseIn the House
2016-07-13SenateThird consideration and final passage (47-3)
2016-07-13SenateRe-reported as amended
2016-06-22SenateRe-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
2016-06-22SenateSecond consideration
2016-06-15SenateFirst consideration
2016-06-15SenateReported as committed
2015-10-30SenateReferred to EDUCATION
2015-10-27SenateIn the Senate
2015-10-27HouseThird consideration and final passage (199-0)
2015-10-27HouseRe-reported as committed
2015-10-26HouseRe-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
2015-10-26HouseSecond consideration
2015-10-21HouseRemoved from table
2015-10-19HouseLaid on the table
2015-10-19HouseFirst consideration
2015-10-19HouseReported as committed
2015-10-08HouseReferred to EDUCATION

Pennsylvania State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2015&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1606
Texthttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2015&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1606&pn=2324
Texthttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2015&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1606&pn=3723
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/RCC/PUBLIC/listVoteSummaryH.cfm?sYear=2015&sInd=0&cteeCde=12&theDate=10/19/2015&rNbr=987
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2015&sess_ind=0&rc_body=H&rc_nbr=813
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/RCC/PUBLIC/listVoteSummaryH.cfm?sYear=2015&sInd=0&cteeCde=4&theDate=10/27/2015&rNbr=1066
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/RCC/PUBLIC/listVoteSummaryH.cfm?sYear=2015&sInd=0&cteeCde=12&theDate=10/19/2015&RollCallId=987
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/RCC/PUBLIC/listVoteSummaryH.cfm?sYear=2015&sInd=0&cteeCde=4&theDate=10/27/2015&RollCallId=1066
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/RCC/PUBLIC/listVoteSummary.cfm?sYear=2015&sInd=0&chamber=S&cteeCde=23&theDate=06/15/2016&RollCallId=851
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2015&sess_ind=0&rc_body=H&rc_nbr=1680
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2015&sess_ind=0&rc_body=H&rc_nbr=1681
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2015&sess_ind=0&rc_body=H&rc_nbr=1682
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2015&sess_ind=0&rc_body=H&rc_nbr=1683
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2015&sess_ind=0&rc_body=S&rc_nbr=644
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/RCC/PUBLIC/listVoteSummary.cfm?sYear=2015&sInd=0&chamber=S&cteeCde=3&theDate=07/13/2016&RollCallId=1005
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/RCC/PUBLIC/listVoteSummaryH.cfm?sYear=2015&sInd=0&cteeCde=44&theDate=07/13/2016&RollCallId=2093

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