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]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	House Floor: HB 1615 PN 2268, CONCUR	2019-06-28	160	39	0	3	202	Passed	Link	View
House	House Floor: HB 1615 PN 2268, MOT RECON, HARRIS	2019-06-28	196	3	0	3	202	Passed	Link	View
House	House Rules: Re-report Bill As Committed	2019-06-27	33	0	0	0	33	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Senate Floor: HB 1615 PN 2268, FINAL PASSAGE	2019-06-27	37	13	0	0	50	Passed	Link	View
House	House Floor: HB 1615 PN 2268, CONCUR	2019-06-27	77	121	0	4	202	Failed	Link	View
House	House Floor: HB 1615 PN 2268, MOT RECOM, DERMODY	2019-06-27	93	105	0	4	202	Failed	Link	View
Senate	Senate Appropriations: Re-Reported as Amended	2019-06-26	19	5	0	0	24	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Senate Education: Reported as Committed	2019-06-19	8	3	0	0	11	Passed	Link	View
House	House Appropriations: Re-report Bill As Committed	2019-06-18	21	15	1	0	37	Passed	Link	View
House	House Floor: HB 1615 PN 2084, FP	2019-06-18	132	67	1	2	202	Passed	Link	View
House	House Rules: Re-report Bill As Committed	2019-06-17	26	6	1	0	33	Passed	Link	View
House	House Rules: Report Bill As Committed	2019-06-11	33	0	0	0	33	Passed	Link	View

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