Pennsylvania House Bill 842 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-13)
Status: Passed on July 16 2007 - 100% progression
Action: 1969-12-31 - Act No. 45

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, further providing for background checks of prospective employees and conviction of employees for certain offenses, in school finances, for annual budget, in district and assistant superintendents, for eligibility, in professional employees, for qualifications and for transferred programs and classes, in certification of teachers, for program of continuing professional education; providing for continuing professional education for school or system leaders and for Pennsylvania school leadership standards; in pupils and attendance, further providing for school lunch and breakfast reimbursement; further providing for duties of Department of Education relating to school health services and for educational assistance program; in early learning programs, further providing for Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program; establishing the Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts Program; providing for distressed school districts and student attendance in other districts; in opportunities for educational excellence, for responsibilities of department and State Board of Education; in education empowerment provisions, providing for superintendent power to recommend dismissal; further providing for education empowerment districts and for boards of control for certain school districts; in community education councils, further providing for State funding; establishing the Pennsylvania Technical College Program; in educational improvement tax credit provisions, further providing for limitations; providing for funding for public libraries; in reimbursement by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for small district assistance; providing for basic education funding for 2006-2007 school year; further providing for payments on account of limited English proficiency programs, for payments to intermediate units, and for special education payments to school districts; providing for budget stabilization plan progress report; and further providing for payments on account of pupil transportation, for Commonwealth reimbursements for charter schools and cyber charter schools and for Pennsylvania accountability grants.

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, further providing for background checks of prospective employees and conviction of employees for certain offenses, in school finances, for annual budget, in district and assistant superintendents, for eligibility, in professional employees, for qualifications and for transferred programs and classes, in certification of teachers, for program of continuing professional education; providing for continuing professional education for school or system leaders and for Pennsylvania school leadership standards; in pupils and attendance, further providing for school lunch and breakfast reimbursement; further providing for duties of Department of Education relating to school health services and for educational assistance program; in early learning programs, further providing for Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program; establishing the Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts Program; providing for distressed school districts and student attendance in other districts; in opportunities for educational excellence, for responsibilities of department and State Board of Education; in education empowerment provisions, providing for superintendent power to recommend dismissal; further providing for education empowerment districts and for boards of control for certain school districts; in community education councils, further providing for State funding; establishing the Pennsylvania Technical College Program; in educational improvement tax credit provisions, further providing for limitations; providing for funding for public libraries; in reimbursement by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for small district assistance; providing for basic education funding for 2006-2007 school year; further providing for payments on account of limited English proficiency programs, for payments to intermediate units, and for special education payments to school districts; providing for budget stabilization plan progress report; and further providing for payments on account of pupil transportation, for Commonwealth reimbursements for charter schools and cyber charter schools and for Pennsylvania accountability grants.

Rep. Scott Boyd [R]	Rep. Thomas Caltagirone [D]	Rep. Steven Cappelli [R]	Rep. Mark Cohen [D]
Rep. Paul Costa [D]	Rep. Thomas Creighton [R]	Rep. Todd Eachus [D]	Rep. Florindo Fabrizio [D]
Rep. Robert Freeman [D]	Rep. Camille George [D]	Rep. Jaret Gibbons [D]	Rep. Robert Godshall [R]
Rep. Dick Hess [R]	Rep. Harold James [D]	Rep. Babette Josephs [D]	Rep. Mark Keller [R]
Rep. George Kenney [R]	Rep. Christopher King [D]	Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland [D]	Rep. Nickolas Kotik [D]
Rep. Deberah Kula [D]	Rep. Fred McIlhattan [R]	Rep. Phyllis Mundy [D]	Rep. Michael O'Brien [D]
Rep. Thomas Petrone [D]	Rep. Jeffrey Pyle [R]	Rep. Kathy Rapp [R]	Rep. Douglas Reichley [R]
Rep. Carole Rubley [R]	Sen. Mario Scavello [R]	Rep. John Siptroth [D]	Rep. Barbara Smith [D]
Rep. Dan Surra [D]	Rep. Thomas Tangretti [D]	Rep. Curtis Thomas [D]	Rep. James Wansacz [D]
Rep. Rosita Youngblood [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2007-07-20		Approved by the Governor
2007-07-19		Presented to the Governor
2007-07-19		Signed in Senate
2007-07-17		Signed in House
2007-07-17		Conference committee report adopted by House
2007-07-16		Conference committee report adopted by Senate
2007-07-15		Conference committee report presented in House
2007-07-15		House appoints Representatives ROEBUCK and STAIRS a committee of conference
2007-07-15		House insists on its non-concurrence in Senate amendments
2007-07-15		Conference committee report presented in Senate
2007-07-15		Senate appoints Senators ARMSTRONG and MUSTO a committee of conference
2007-07-15		Senate insists on its amendments non-concurred in the House
2007-07-05		House non-concurred in Senate amendments
2007-07-03		Reported as committed
2007-06-30		Referred to RULES
2007-06-30		Final passage
2007-06-30		Vote on final passage reconsidered
2007-06-30		Third consideration and final passage
2007-06-29		Amended on third consideration
2007-06-25		Re-reported as amended
2007-06-06		Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
2007-06-06		Second consideration
2007-06-05		First consideration
2007-06-05		Reported as amended
2007-05-09		Referred to EDUCATION
2007-05-07		Third consideration and final passage
2007-05-07		Re-reported as committed
2007-04-30		Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
2007-04-25		Second consideration
2007-04-23		Removed from table
2007-04-18		Laid on the table
2007-04-18		First consideration
2007-04-18		Reported as committed
2007-03-19		Referred to EDUCATION

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Summary	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2007&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=842