l9n/ Pennsylvania

2017–2018 Regular Session

House Bill 178

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, further providing for Keystone Exams and providing for Every Student Succeeds Act State Plan Review; in school directors, providing for school director training programs; in school district financial recovery, further providing for additional criteria and providing for financial administrator in financial watch school district; 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 reports, for manner of election or approval and for term and salary of assistants; in professional employees, further providing for causes for suspension, for persons to be suspended and for appeals to superintendent of public instruction; in certification of teachers, further providing for granting provisional college certificates and for evaluation of applications for certification; in pupils and attendance, further providing for nonprofit school food program; in drug and alcohol recovery high school pilot program, further providing for establishment of drug and alcohol recovery high school pilot program, for scope of program and selection of students, for establishment and payment of tuition, for term of drug and alcohol recovery high school pilot program and for reporting; in terms and courses of study, further providing for fire and emergency evacuation drills, for alcohol, chemical and tobacco abuse program and for agriculture education and providing for Commission for Agricultural Education Excellence; in charter schools, providing for multiple charter school organizations; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments and repealing provisions relating to annual report; in rural regional college for underserved counties, further providing for establishment; in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations; in transfers of credits between institutions of higher education, further providing for definitions, for duties of public institutions of higher education and for Transfer and Articulation Oversight Committee; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2017-2018; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for definitions, 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 and for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant; in State Board of Education, further providing for powers and duties of the board; further providing for the applicability of Act 2016-138; and making editorial changes.

Became law as Act 55 of 2017, without the Governor's signature, November 6, 2017, 287 days after it was filed.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

17 co-sponsors

Craig T. Staats, SID MICHAELS KAVULICH, SCOTT CONKLIN, STANLEY E. SAYLOR, BERNARD T. O'NEILL, DOMINIC J. COSTA, RONALD S. MARSICO, Judy Ward, MATTHEW M. GABLER, MICHAEL T. PEIFER, Rosemary M. Brown, WILLIAM C. KORTZ II, Kristin Phillips-Hill, NICHOLAS A. MICCARELLI III, Eric Roe, Barry J. Jozwiak, Greg Rothman

Its course

January 23 to November 6, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action34 actions on 17 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 23 to Mar 1349 days

EducationJan 23 to Feb 614 days

AppropriationsFeb 8 to Mar 1333 days

In the SenateMar 13 to Jul 27136 days

EducationMar 20 to Jun 1991 days

AppropriationsJun 20 to Jul 2636 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesJul 27 to Oct 2590 days

Waiting to be sentOct 25 to Oct 261 day

With the GovernorOct 26 to Nov 611 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading187–0

    Passed · Mar 13

  • Senate, third reading34–16

    Passed · Jul 27

  • House of Representatives, concurrence105–81

    Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Oct 18

  • Senate, concurrence35–15

    Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Oct 25

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Oct 18

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jul 26

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 23 – Mar 13

  1. Jan 23Sent to EDUCATION
  2. Feb 6EDUCATION recommended it
  3. Feb 8Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Mar 13APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 187 to 0

In the Senate Mar 20 – Jul 27

  1. Mar 20Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to EDUCATION
  3. Jun 19EDUCATION recommended it
  4. Jun 20Read a second time
  5. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  6. Jul 26APPROPRIATIONS recommended it as amended
  7. Jul 27Passed the Senate, 34 to 16

Back in the House of Representatives Sep 8 – Oct 25

  1. Sep 8Returned to the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to RULES
  3. Oct 18The House of Representatives agreed to the other chamber's changes, 105 to 81
  4. Oct 23Arrived in the Senate
  5. Sent to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
  6. Oct 25The Senate agreed to the other chamber's changes, 35 to 15
  7. Signed in the House of Representatives

To the Governor Oct 25 – Nov 6

  1. Oct 25Signed in the Senate
  2. Oct 26Sent to the Governor
  3. Nov 6Became law without the Governor's signature
  4. Became Act 55 of 2017
All 34 actions, as published
  1. Jan 23Referred to EDUCATION, Jan. 23, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  2. Feb 6Reported as committed, Feb. 6, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  3. Feb 6First consideration, Feb. 6, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  4. Feb 6Laid on the table, Feb. 6, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  5. Feb 7Removed from table, Feb. 7, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  6. Feb 8Second consideration, Feb. 8, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  7. Feb 8Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 8, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  8. Mar 13Re-reported as committed, March 13, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  9. Mar 13Third consideration and final passage, March 13, 2017 (187-0) [House]House of Representatives
  10. Mar 13(Remarks see House Journal Page 242), March 13, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  11. Mar 20In the Senate [Senate]Senate
  12. Mar 20Referred to EDUCATION, March 20, 2017 [Senate]Senate
  13. Jun 19Reported as committed, June 19, 2017 [Senate]Senate
  14. Jun 19First consideration, June 19, 2017 [Senate]Senate
  15. Jun 20Second consideration, June 20, 2017 [Senate]Senate
  16. Jun 20Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 20, 2017 [Senate]Senate
  17. Jul 26Re-reported as amended, July 26, 2017 [Senate]Senate
  18. Jul 27Third consideration and final passage, July 27, 2017 (34-16) [Senate]Senate
  19. Jul 27(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 879-880), July 27, 2017 [Senate]Senate
  20. Sep 8In the House [House]House of Representatives
  21. Sep 8Referred to RULES, Sept. 8, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  22. Oct 18Re-reported on concurrence, as amended, Oct. 18, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  23. Oct 18House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House, Oct. 18, 2017 (105-81) [House]House of Representatives
  24. Oct 18(Remarks see House Journal Page 1699-1702), Oct. 18, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  25. Oct 23In the Senate [Senate]Senate
  26. Oct 23Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, Oct. 23, 2017 [Senate]Senate
  27. Oct 24Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Oct. 24, 2017 [Senate]Senate
  28. Oct 25Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments, Oct. 25, 2017 (35-15) [Senate]Senate
  29. Oct 25(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1064-1066), Oct. 25, 2017 [Senate]Senate
  30. Oct 25Signed in House, Oct. 25, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
  31. Oct 25Signed in Senate, Oct. 25, 2017 [Senate]Senate
  32. Oct 26Presented to the Governor, Oct. 26, 2017Governor
  33. Nov 6Became Law without Governor's signature, Nov. 6, 2017Governor
  34. Nov 6Act No. 55Governor