Roll Call: PA HB1615 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: In preliminary provisions, further providing for Special Education Funding Commission; in school districts, providing for full academic year requirements; in school finances, further providing for annual budget, additional or increased appropriations and transfer of funds; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in district superintendents and assistant district superintendents, further providing for eligibility; in pupils and attendance, further providing for definitions and for nonprofit school food program; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Pilot Program, further providing for audit required; establishing the Innovation Schools Program; 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 application by business firms, for tax credits, for limitations and for opportunity scholarships; adding provisions relating to postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence policy and online reporting system; in school districts of the first class, further providing for board of public education and additional duties; in ready-to-succeed scholarship, further providing for agency duties relating to eligibility criteria; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2019-2020; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for payments on account of pupils enrolled in vocational curriculums, for student-weighted basic education funding, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status, for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant and for payment of required contribution for public school employees' social security and providing for advanced placement and International Baccalaureate exam fees; providing for fostering independence through education; and providing for references to "area vocational-technical school" and "vocational curriculums" in statute or regulation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-28 - Act No. 16 [HB1615 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Bill Title: In preliminary provisions, further providing for Special Education Funding Commission; in school districts, providing for full academic year requirements; in school finances, further providing for annual budget, additional or increased appropriations and transfer of funds; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in district superintendents and assistant district superintendents, further providing for eligibility; in pupils and attendance, further providing for definitions and for nonprofit school food program; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Pilot Program, further providing for audit required; establishing the Innovation Schools Program; 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 application by business firms, for tax credits, for limitations and for opportunity scholarships; adding provisions relating to postsecondary institution sexual harassment and sexual violence policy and online reporting system; in school districts of the first class, further providing for board of public education and additional duties; in ready-to-succeed scholarship, further providing for agency duties relating to eligibility criteria; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2019-2020; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for payments on account of pupils enrolled in vocational curriculums, for student-weighted basic education funding, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status, for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant and for payment of required contribution for public school employees' social security and providing for advanced placement and International Baccalaureate exam fees; providing for fostering independence through education; and providing for references to "area vocational-technical school" and "vocational curriculums" in statute or regulation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-28 - Act No. 16 [HB1615 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Vote: Senate Education: Reported as Committed
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| Nay | 3 | 3 | - |
| Not Voting | - | - | - |
| Absent | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 11 | 4 | 7 |
Result: Passed
| Name | Yea | Nay | NV | Absent | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sen. Aument, Ryan P. [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Brewster, James R. [D] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Browne, Patrick M. [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Dinniman, Andrew E. [D] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. DiSanto, Giovanni "John" M. [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Folmer, Michael "Mike" J. [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Langerholc Jr., Wayne [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Leach, Daylin [D] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Scarnati III, Joseph B. [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Tomlinson, Robert "Tommy" M. [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Williams, Lindsey Marie [D] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
