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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1423                          PRINTER'S NO.   1565
                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 1104
                                                Session of
                                                  2024
     INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, BROOKS, BOSCOLA, GEBHARD, J. WARD,
        ROTHMAN, PENNYCUICK, HUTCHINSON, FARRY, COLLETT, PHILLIPS-
        HILL, DUSH, MASTRIANO, LAUGHLIN AND ROBINSON, MARCH 12, 2024
     SENATOR ARGALL, EDUCATION, AS AMENDED, APRIL 30, 2024
                                     AN ACT
 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
    act relating to the public school system, including certain
    provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
    schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
    laws relating thereto," in terms and courses of study,
    providing for credit for employment at congregate care
    facility.
    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 hereby enacts as follows:
    Section 1.    The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
 section to read:
    Section 1507.     Credit for Employment at Congregate Care
 Facility.--(a)    A student who is in grade eleven or twelve at a
 school entity or nonpublic school and who is employed, either on
 a paid or voluntary basis, at a congregate care facility may
 earn one elective credit toward graduation for each three           <--
 hundred fifty (350) TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) hours worked at the     <--
 congregate care facility, for a maximum of two elective credits
 toward graduation.
    (b)    The school entity or nonpublic school, in coordination     <--
 with the Department of Education, shall develop an SHALL DEVELOP <--
 OR MODIFY AN EXISTING application process and form for the
 student seeking elective credit under this section. The
 following apply:
    (1)    The application form shall require the following
 information:
    (i)    The name of the student.
    (ii)    The name, address and telephone number of the
 congregate care facility at which the student is employed.
    (iii)    The name of any individual supervising the student at
 the congregate care facility.
    (iv)    The nature of the student's employment at the
 congregate care facility.
    (v)    The number of hours that the student is employed at the
 congregate care facility.
    (2)    The school entity or nonpublic school shall establish
 deadlines for submission of the application and any conditions
 that the student must meet to obtain any elective credit toward      <--
 graduation, including verification of the number of hours worked
 at the congregate care facility.
    (3)    Before any elective credit may be awarded to the           <--
 student, the school entity or nonpublic school must approve the
 student's application and the student must satisfy all the
 requirements under this section. THE SCHOOL ENTITY OR NONPUBLIC      <--
 SCHOOL MAY NOT AWARD THE ELECTIVE CREDIT TO THE STUDENT UNLESS
 THE SCHOOL ENTITY OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL HAS APPROVED THE STUDENT'S
 APPLICATION AND THE STUDENT HAS SATISFIED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS
 UNDER THIS SECTION.
    (c)    As used in this section, the following words and phrases
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 shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
 the context clearly indicates otherwise:
    "Congregate care facility" shall mean any of the following:
    (1)   A long-term care nursing facility as defined in section
 802.1 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the
 "Health Care Facilities Act."
    (2)   A personal care home or an assisted living residence,
 licensed by the Department of Human Services under the act of
 June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the "Human Services
 Code."
    "Nonpublic school" shall mean a nonprofit school, other than
 a public school in this Commonwealth, wherein a resident of this
 Commonwealth may legally fulfill the compulsory school
 attendance requirements of this article and which meet the
 requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public
 Law 88-352, 42 U.S.C. § 2000 et seq.).
    "School entity" shall mean a public school, including a         <--
 SCHOOL DISTRICT, charter school or cyber charter school,           <--
 intermediate unit or area career and technical school operating
 within this Commonwealth.
    Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected: 
Printer's No. 1423: P.L.30, No.14
Printer's No. 1565: P.L.30, No.14