SB 843 — 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 Special Education Funding Commission, for Basic Education Funding Commission and for Commission on Education and Economic Competitiveness and providing for public job posting database, for instructional vacancy data and for data transparency; providing for Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; in drug and alcohol recovery high school program, further providing for scope of program and selection of students, providing for enrollment of students and further providing for academic programs; in terms and courses of study, further providing for Economic Education and Personal Financial Literacy Programs; in early learning programs, providing for quarterly reporting; in high schools, further providing for attendance in other districts; in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions; in credit card marketing, further providing for regulation of on-campus credit card marketing; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status; and abrogating regulations.

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DETERMINE INFORMATION TO BE REQUIRED AS PART OF A POSTING.

(2) PROVIDE FOR A TIME-LIMITED EXPIRATION OF A POSTING MADE BY A SCHOOL ENTITY OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL.

20230SB0843PN1239 - 3 - (3) BE SEARCHABLE BY, AT A MINIMUM, COUNTY, INTERMEDIATE UNIT, SCHOOL ENTITY, GRADE LEVEL, EMPLOYE TYPE AND ACADEMIC CONTENT AREA.

(4) BE MADE AVAILABLE AT NO COST TO A SCHOOL ENTITY, NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYE.

(B) A SCHOOL ENTITY OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL MAY SUBMIT A POSTING TO THE DATABASE ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) FOR AN OPEN POSITION OR AN ANTICIPATED OPEN POSITION.

(C) THE DEPARTMENT MAY CONTRACT WITH A THIRD PARTY TO OPERATE THE DATABASE ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBSECTION (A).

(D) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND PHRASES SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THIS SUBSECTION UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE:

"DEPARTMENT." THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

"EMPLOYE." THE FOLLOWING:

(1) A "PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYE" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1101(1).

(2) A PARAPROFESSIONAL OR EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETER AS DESCRIBED UNDER 22 PA.

CODE § 14.105 (RELATING TO PERSONNEL).

(3) ANY OTHER EMPLOYE IN A SCHOOL ENTITY OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

"NONPUBLIC SCHOOL." AS DEFINED IN SECTION 923.3-A(B).

"SCHOOL ENTITY." A SCHOOL DISTRICT, CHARTER SCHOOL, REGIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL, INTERMEDIATE UNIT OR AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL OPERATING WITHIN THIS COMMONWEALTH.

SECTION 131.

INSTRUCTIONAL VACANCY DATA.--(A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE A SCHOOL ENTITY TO SUBMIT CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INSTRUCTIONAL VACANCIES, INCLUDING, AT A MINIMUM, THE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTIONAL VACANCIES, THE NUMBER OF EMERGENCY PERMITS UTILIZED BY A SCHOOL ENTITY AND THE NUMBER OF 20230SB0843PN1239 - 4 - POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTES.

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DETERMINE THE FORM AND MANNER IN WHICH THE INFORMATION IS TO BE SUBMITTED BY A SCHOOL ENTITY.

TO THE BEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL UTILIZE EXISTING REPORTING METHODS TO COLLECT THIS DATA.

BY AUGUST 31, 2024, AND EACH AUGUST 31 THEREAFTER, EACH SCHOOL ENTITY SHALL REPORT THE FOLLOWING TO THE DEPARTMENT:

(1) THE TOTAL BUDGETED COMPLEMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYES FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR AND VACANCIES INCLUDED IN THE FINAL ADOPTED BUDGET OF A BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS.

(2) THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYE VACANCIES THE SCHOOL ENTITY HAD DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

(B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN THE INFORMATION COLLECTED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) ON ITS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE INTERNET WEBSITE.

(C) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND PHRASES SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THIS SUBSECTION UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE:

"DEPARTMENT." THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

"SCHOOL ENTITY." A SCHOOL DISTRICT, CHARTER SCHOOL, REGIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL, INTERMEDIATE UNIT OR AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL OPERATING WITHIN THIS COMMONWEALTH.

SECTION 132.

DATA TRANSPARENCY.--(A) TO THE EXTENT THAT FUNDING IS MADE AVAILABLE, NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31 OF EACH YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST ON ITS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE INTERNET WEBSITE DATA RELATED TO THE EDUCATOR WORKFORCE IN THIS COMMONWEALTH THAT ALLOWS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO VIEW, DISAGGREGATE AND MANIPULATE THE FOLLOWING DATA IF COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT:

20230SB0843PN1239 - 5 - (1) EDUCATOR SUPPLY DATA, INCLUDING EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROVIDER ENROLLMENT AND COMPLETION DATA AND EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT, DISAGGREGATED BY CATEGORIES, INCLUDING PROGRAM, CERTIFICATION AREA AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.

(2) EDUCATOR DEMAND DATA, INCLUDING CURRENT EDUCATOR WORKFORCE NUMBERS, UNFILLED POSITIONS AND RATES, NEW HIRES AND EMERGENCY PERMITS OR OUT-OF-FIELD EDUCATORS, DISAGGREGATED BY CATEGORIES, INCLUDING SCHOOL ENTITY, SCHOOL, SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT, CERTIFICATION AREA, TYPE OF EMERGENCY PERMIT AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.

(3) EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM OUTCOMES DATA, INCLUDING DATA ON PERCENTAGE OF PROGRAM ENROLLEES WHO:

(I) COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.

(II) PASS THE CERTIFICATION TEST ON THE FIRST TIME AND OVERALL.

(III) RECEIVE CERTIFICATION.

(IV) ARE EMPLOYED BY A SCHOOL ENTITY IN YEARS ONE THROUGH FIVE.

(V) ARE RETAINED BY A SCHOOL ENTITY IN YEARS ONE THROUGH FIVE.

(4) EDUCATOR RETENTION AT ONE-YEAR, THREE-YEAR AND FIVE-YEAR RATES, DISAGGREGATED BY CATEGORIES, INCLUDING SCHOOL ENTITY, SCHOOL, SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT, CERTIFICATION AREA, TYPE OF EMERGENCY PERMIT AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.

(B) THE DEPARTMENT MAY CONTRACT WITH AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.

(C) NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 15, 2023, AND EACH DECEMBER 15 THEREAFTER, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, SHALL ISSUE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND 20230SB0843PN1239 - 6 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE EDUCATOR WORKFORCE IN THIS COMMONWEALTH.

THE REPORT SHALL BE POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE INTERNET WEBSITE.

THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON:

(1) TRENDS IN EDUCATOR SUPPLY AND EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROVIDER EFFECTIVENESS, INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ATTRACTING MORE HIGH-QUALITY AND DIVERSE TEACHER CANDIDATES AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATOR PREPARATION IN THIS COMMONWEALTH.

(2) THE EDUCATOR POSITIONS, BY CERTIFICATION AREA, IN HIGH DEMAND IN THIS COMMONWEALTH AND THE LOCATION OF EXISTING VACANCIES BY SCHOOL ENTITY.

(3) PROJECTIONS OF SHORTAGE AREAS AND SUBJECTS IN THE UPCOMING THREE TO FIVE YEARS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDRESSING THESE SHORTAGES.

(4) OVERALL AND DISAGGREGATED TRENDS IN EDUCATOR RETENTION, INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING RETENTION.

(D) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND PHRASES SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THIS SUBSECTION UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE:

"DEPARTMENT." THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

"SCHOOL ENTITY." A SCHOOL DISTRICT, CYBER CHARTER SCHOOL, CHARTER SCHOOL, REGIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL, AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL OR INTERMEDIATE UNIT.

SECTION 1.2.

SECTION 732.1(A) OF THE ACT, AMENDED JULY 8, 2022 (P.L.620, NO.55), IS AMENDED TO READ:

SECTION 732.1.

LIMITATION ON NEW APPLICATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION APPROVAL OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS.--(A) FOR THE 2012-2013 FISCAL YEAR, 2013-2014 FISCAL YEAR, 2017-2018 FISCAL YEAR, 2018-2019 FISCAL YEAR, 2019-2020 FISCAL YEAR, 2020- 20230SB0843PN1239 - 7 - 2021 FISCAL YEAR, 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR [AND], 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL NOT ACCEPT OR APPROVE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT APPLICATIONS UNDER THIS ARTICLE.

THE DEFINITION OF "SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS" IN SECTION 923.3-A(B)123(K)(2) AND SUBSECTION (C) OF THE ACT AREIS AMENDED TO READ:

SECTIONSection 923.3-A.123.

SCHOOLBasic SAFETYEducation ANDFunding SECURITYCommission.--* ENHANCEMENTS.-** * (k) * (B)* DEFINITIONS.* (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the commission shall be reconstituted July 1, 2022, and shall issue the report to the recipients listed in subsection (i)(12) not later than [November 30, 2023] January 11, 2024.

AS* USED* IN* THISSection SECTION:129.

*Special *Provisions *Applicable "SCHOOLto SAFETYLimited ANDSchool SECURITY<-- ENHANCEMENTS"Years.--Notwithstanding MEANSany PROGRAMSprovision WHICHof ARElaw DESIGNEDor TOregulation ADDRESSto SCHOOLthe SAFETYcontrary, AND[for SECURITYthe AND2021-2022 LISTEDand IN2022-2023 SECTIONschool [1302-A(C)]years,] 1306.1-B(J),if, WHICHin AREthe SECULARjudgment ANDof NONIDEOLOGICALa INschool NATURE.employer, an emergency or shortage of day-to-day substitute teachers exists under 24 Pa.C.S.

(C)§ PROGRAM8346(b) OF(relating SCHOOLto SAFETYtermination ANDof SECURITYannuities), ENHANCEMENTS.the school employer may hire an annuitant, as defined in 24 Pa.C.S.

A§ PROGRAM8102 OF(relating SCHOOLto SECURITYdefinitions), ENHANCEMENTSregardless SHALLof BEwhether PROVIDEDthe BYschool ANemployer INTERMEDIATEfirst UNITattempts INto WHICHsecure Anonretired NONPUBLICpersonnel, SCHOOLexcept ISthat LOCATED,the INschool ACCORDANCEemployer WITHshall STANDARDScomply DEVELOPEDwith BYsection THE1125.1(d)(2) [SECRETARYby OFfirst EDUCATIONoffering INthe CONSULTATIONwork WITHto THEany OFFICEcertified OFprofessional SAFEemploye SCHOOLSon ANDa THErecall PENNSYLVANIAlist. COMMISSION ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY.] SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 1302-B IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

THROUGHThe THEprovisions PROGRAM,of AN24 INTERMEDIATEPa.C.S. UNIT SHALL MAKE APPLICATION FOR SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS UPON THE REQUEST OF A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OR COMBINATION OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS LOCATED WITHIN THE INTERMEDIATE UNIT.

SCHOOL§ SAFETY8346(b) ANDregarding SECURITYthe ENHANCEMENTScontinuation FORof WHICHannuity GRANTSor AREdistributions RECEIVEDto SHALLan BEannuitant PROVIDEDwho FORreturns ORto CONTRACTEDschool 20230SB0843PN1239service -during 8an -emergency FORshall DIRECTLYapply BYto THEannuitants INTERMEDIATEhired UNITunder ORthis LOANEDsection. BY THE INTERMEDIATE UNIT TO THE NONPUBLIC SCHOOL.

*Nothing *under *this section shall supersede or preempt a 20230SB0843PN1290 - 3 - provision of an existing collective bargaining agreement between a school employer and an exclusive representative of the employes under the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the "Public Employe Relations Act." SECTION 3.

SECTION 1201.1(3)123.1(J)(5) OF THE ACTACT, ISADDED AMENDEDJULY AND8, THE<-- SECTION2022 IS(P.L.620, AMENDEDNO.55), BYIS ADDINGAMENDED A PARAGRAPH TO READ:

SECTION 1201.1.123.1.

SUBSTITUTECOMMISSION TEACHINGON PERMITEDUCATION FORAND PROSPECTIVEECONOMIC TEACHERS.--ANCOMPETITIVENESS.--* INDIVIDUAL* WHO* DOES(J) NOTTHE HOLDFOLLOWING A CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 1201 SHALL BEAPPLY ELIGIBLE TO TEACHDUTIES: AS A SUBSTITUTE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT, AN AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL OR AN INTERMEDIATE UNIT PROVIDED THAT:

* * * (3)(5) ANUPON INDIVIDUALRECEIPT RECEIVINGOF ATHE SUBSTITUTEREPORT TEACHINGFROM PERMITTHE FORSUBCOMMITTEE, PROSPECTIVETHE TEACHERSCOMMISSION MAYSHALL SERVESEEK ASPUBLIC ACOMMENT SUBSTITUTEON TEACHERTHE FORPROPOSED NOLONG-TERM MOREVISION THAN TEN (10) DAYS PER SCHOOL YEAR FOR A SINGLEPERIOD PROFESSIONALTHAT EMPLOYEIS ORNO TEMPORARYLESS PROFESSIONALTHAN EMPLOYE,THREE PROVIDED(3) THATMONTHS THEAND INDIVIDUALISSUE MAYA SERVEFINAL ASREPORT AWITH SUBSTITUTELEGISLATIVE FORRECOMMENDATIONS MULTIPLETO PROFESSIONALTHE EMPLOYESGENERAL ORASSEMBLY TEMPORARY[WITHIN PROFESSIONALEIGHTEEN EMPLOYES(18) FORMONTHS NOOF MORETHE THANCOMMISSION'S TWENTYCREATION] (20)BY DAYSNOVEMBER PER1, SCHOOL2025. YEAR.

[FOR* THE* 2021-2022* ANDSection 2022-2023]1.1 SUBJECT4. TO PARAGRAPH (3.1), FOR THE 2023-2024, 2024-2025 AND 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEARS, THE NUMBER OF DAYS OR HOURS PER SCHOOL YEAR FOR WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING A PERMIT UNDER THIS SECTION MAY SERVE AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHALL NOT BE LIMITED, EXCEPT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS UNDERTAKING A STUDENT TEACHER PROGRAM AS REQUIRED UNDER 22 PA.

CODEThe §act 354.25(F)is (RELATINGamended TOby PREPARATIONadding PROGRAMsections CURRICULUM)to FOR<-- EDUCATORread: PREPARATION PROGRAMS.

(3.1)Section DURING130. AN INDIVIDUAL'S STUDENT TEACHER PROGRAM REQUIRED UNDER 22 PA.

CODEPublic §Job 354.25(F)Posting (RELATINGDatabase.--(a) TOThe PREPARATIONdepartment PROGRAMshall CURRICULUM)establish FORand EDUCATORmaintain PREPARATIONa PROGRAMS,public THEdatabase INDIVIDUALfor MAYschool SERVEentities ASor Anonpublic SUBSTITUTEschools TEACHERto FORvoluntarily NOadvertise MOREemploye THANvacancies 20230SB0843PN1239on -the 9department's -publicly TENaccessible (10)Internet DAYSwebsite. IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S ASSIGNED CLASSROOM OR CLASSROOMS OR FOR OTHER TEACHERS WITHIN THE BUILDING OR BUILDINGS IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN PLACED AS A STUDENT TEACHER.

*The *database *shall, SECTIONat 4.a minimum:

SECTION(1) 1215Allow OFa THEschool ACTentity ISor AMENDEDnonpublic TOschool READ:to post in real time an employe vacancy.

SECTIONThe 1215.department shall determine information to be required as part of a posting.

LOCALLY(2) ISSUEDProvide TEMPORARYfor CERTIFICATIONa FORtime-limited SUBSTITUTEexpiration TEACHERS.--Aof TEMPORARYa SUBSTITUTEposting TEACHERmade CERTIFICATEby MAYa BEschool ISSUEDentity BYor Anonpublic PUBLICschool. SCHOOL ENTITY TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO PRESENTS A LETTER FROM A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY VERIFYING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS COMPLETED AN APPROVED TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM, HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE CERTIFICATION TESTING REQUIREMENTS OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF SCHEDULING THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATION TESTING AND HAS COMPLETED ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARDING OF A BACHELOR'S DEGREE ON A DATE CERTAIN.

THE(3) TEMPORARYBe SUBSTITUTEsearchable TEACHERby, CERTIFICATEat SHALLa ONLYminimum, BEcounty, USEDintermediate FOR20230SB0843PN1290 DAY-TO-DAY- ASSIGNMENTS4 AND- SHALLunit, EXPIREschool UPONentity, THEgrade TERMINATIONlevel, OFemploye ANYtype SUMMERand SCHOOLacademic CONDUCTEDcontent INarea. THE SUMMER WHICH FOLLOWS THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OR UPON THE RECEIPT OF INSTRUCTIONAL I CERTIFICATION BY THE INDIVIDUAL.

[FOR(4) THEBe 2021-2022made ANDavailable 2022-2023at SCHOOLno YEARS,cost THE]to THEa TEMPORARYschool SUBSTITUTEentity, TEACHERnonpublic CERTIFICATEschool ISSUEDor UNDERprospective THISemploye. SECTION MAY BE USED FOR ASSIGNMENTS OF MORE THAN TWENTY (20) CONSECUTIVE DAYS TO FILL A POSITION DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED PERSONNEL.

SECTION(b) 5.A school entity or nonpublic school may submit a posting to the database established under subsection (a) for an open position or an anticipated open position.

SECTION(c) 1218The OFdepartment THEmay ACT,contract EXPIREDwith JUNEa 30,third 2023,party ISto REPEALED:operate the database established under subsection (a).

[SECTION(d) 1218.As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

PERMIT"Department." FORThe CLASSROOMDepartment MONITORS.--(A)of AEducation SCHOOLof ENTITYthe MAYCommonwealth. REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT ISSUE A CLASSROOM MONITOR PERMIT TO ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO DELIVER TO STUDENTS ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE PREPLANNED BY A PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYE OR TEMPORARY 20230SB0843PN1239 - 10 - PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYE.

A"Employe." CLASSROOMThe MONITORfollowing: MAY NOT PLAN LESSONS OR CREATE OR GRADE STUDENT WORK.

(B)(1) AN INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING A PERMIT"professional UNDERemploye" SUBSECTIONas (A)defined SHALLin SATISFYsection ALL1101(1). OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1)(2) HAS COMPLETED AT LEAST SIXTY (60) SEMESTER HOURS OR THE EQUIVALENT OF COURSES AT A COLLEGEparaprofessional ORor UNIVERSITYeducational LOCATEDinterpreter INas THISdescribed COMMONWEALTHunder AND22 ACCREDITEDPa. BY A REGIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY, OR HAS AT LEAST THREE (3) YEARS' EXPERIENCE AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL IN A SCHOOL ENTITY AND IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL IN A SCHOOL ENTITY.

(2)Code HAS§ MET14.105 THE(relating REQUIREMENTSto UNDERpersonnel). SECTIONS 111, 111.1 AND 1109(A) AND 23 PA.C.S.

CH.(3) Any other employe in a school entity or nonpublic school as determined by the department.

63"Nonpublic SUBCH.school." As defined in section 923.3-A(b).

C"School (RELATINGentity." TOA POWERSschool ANDdistrict, DUTIEScharter OFschool, DEPARTMENT).regional charter school, intermediate unit or area career and technical school operating within this Commonwealth.

(3)Section HAS131. ATTAINED A MINIMUM AGE OF TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS.

(4)Instructional HASVacancy COMPLETEDData.--(a) TRAININGThe ONdepartment CLASSROOMshall MANAGEMENTrequire PROVIDEDa BYschool ANentity INTERMEDIATEto UNITsubmit ANDcertain APPROVEDinformation BYrelating THEto DEPARTMENT.instructional vacancies, including, at a minimum, the number of instructional vacancies, the number of emergency permits utilized by a school entity and the number of positions occupied by long-term substitutes.

(C)The ANdepartment INDIVIDUAL20230SB0843PN1290 RECEIVING- A5 PERMIT- UNDERshall THISdetermine SECTIONthe WHOform ISand ALREADYmanner EMPLOYEDin BYwhich THEthe SCHOOLinformation ENTITYis ASto Abe PARAPROFESSIONALsubmitted SHALLby RECEIVEa THEschool HIGHERentity. OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S EXISTING CONTRACTUAL COMPENSATION OR THE COMPENSATION ESTABLISHED BY THE SCHOOL ENTITY FOR DAY-TO-DAY SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

(D)To EACHthe SCHOOLbest ENTITYextent THATpossible, USESthe THEdepartment SERVICESshall OFutilize Aexisting CLASSROOMreporting MONITORmethods UNDERto THIScollect SECTIONthis SHALLdata. ENSURE THAT EACH STUDENT WHO RECEIVES SERVICES UNDER AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT (PUBLIC LAW 91-230, 20 U.S.C.

§By 1400August ET31, SEQ.)2024, RECEIVESand Aeach FREEAugust AND31 APPROPRIATEthereafter, PUBLICeach EDUCATIONschool ASentity REQUIREDshall UNDERreport THEthe INDIVIDUALSfollowing WITHto DISABILITIESthe EDUCATIONdepartment: ACT.

(E)(1) EACHThe SCHOOLtotal ENTITYbudgeted SHALLcomplement REPORTof TOinstructional THEemployes DEPARTMENTfor THEthat FOLLOWINGfiscal BYyear MARCHand 31,vacancies 2023:included in the final adopted budget of a board of school directors.

20230SB0843PN1239(2) -The 11quarterly -average (1)number THEof NUMBERinstructional OFemploye INDIVIDUALSvacancies WHOthe SERVEDschool ASentity CLASSROOMhad MONITORSduring UNDERthe THISschool SECTIONyear. AND THE NUMBER OF DAYS ON WHICH THE SCHOOL ENTITY USED THE SERVICES OF CLASSROOM MONITORS.

(2)(b) THEThe SCHOOLdepartment ENTITY'Sshall DAY-TO-DAYmaintain SUBSTITUTEthe TEACHERinformation COMPENSATIONcollected RATESunder INsubsection THE(a) 2020-2021,on 2021-2022its ANDpublicly 2022-2023accessible SCHOOLInternet YEARS.website.

FOR(c) AAs SCHOOLused ENTITYin THATthis USESsection, Athe THIRD-PARTYfollowing ENTITYwords TOand PROVIDEphrases SUBSTITUTEshall TEACHERS,have THEthe RATEmeanings REPORTEDgiven BYto THEthem SCHOOLin ENTITYthis SHALLsubsection BEunless THEthe TAKE-HOMEcontext AMOUNTclearly RECEIVEDindicates BYotherwise: AN INDIVIDUAL, EXCLUDING THE PORTION PAID TO THE THIRD-PARTY ENTITY.

THE"Department." DEPARTMENTThe SHALLDepartment ISSUEof RULESEducation NECESSARYof TOthe EFFECTUATECommonwealth. THIS SUBSECTION.

(F)"School BYentity." APRIL 15, 2023, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A REPORTschool ONdistrict, THEcharter EFFECTIVENESSschool, OFregional THEcharter CLASSROOMschool, MONITORintermediate PERMITunit ANDor RECOMMENDATIONSarea FORcareer IMPROVEMENTand ORtechnical CONTINUATIONschool OFoperating THEwithin PERMIT.this Commonwealth.

THESection REPORT132. SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE INFORMATION REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT UNDER SUBSECTION (E) AND A FORMAL EVALUATION OF THE PERMIT AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS BY AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION WHICH MAY INCLUDE A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY ACCREDITED BY A REGIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY.

THEData REPORTTransparency.--(a) SHALLTo BEthe SUBMITTEDextent TOthat THEfunding GENERALis ASSEMBLYmade ANDavailable, THEno STATElater BOARDthan ANDDecember SHALL31 BEof POSTEDeach ONyear, THEthe DEPARTMENT'Sdepartment PUBLICLYshall ACCESSIBLEpost INTERNETon WEBSITE.its publicly accessible Internet website data related to the educator workforce in this Commonwealth that allows members of the public to view, disaggregate and manipulate the following data if collected by the department:

(G)(1) THISEducator SECTIONsupply SHALLdata, EXPIREincluding ONeducator JUNEpreparation 30,20230SB0843PN1290 2023.]- SECTION6 6.- provider enrollment and completion data and education professional certificates issued by the department, disaggregated by categories, including program, certification area and demographic information.

THE(2) ACTEducator ISdemand AMENDEDdata, BYincluding ADDINGcurrent Aeducator SECTIONworkforce TOnumbers, READ:unfilled positions and rates, new hires and emergency permits or out-of-field educators, disaggregated by categories, including school entity, school, specific assignment, certification area, type of emergency permit and demographic information.

SECTION(3) 1218.1.Educator preparation program outcomes data, including data on percentage of program enrollees who:

PERMIT(i) FORComplete CLASSROOMthe MONITORS.--(A)program. A SCHOOL ENTITY MAY REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT ISSUE A CLASSROOM MONITOR PERMIT TO ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO DELIVER TO STUDENTS ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE PREPLANNED BY A PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYE OR TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYE.

A(ii) CLASSROOMPass MONITORthe MAYcertification NOTtest PLANon LESSONSthe ORfirst CREATEtime ORand GRADEoverall. STUDENT WORK.

20230SB0843PN1239(iii) -Receive 12certification. - (B) AN INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING A PERMIT UNDER SUBSECTION (A) SHALL SATISFY ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1)(iv) HASAre COMPLETEDemployed ATby LEASTa SIXTYschool (60)entity SEMESTERin HOURSyears ORone THEthrough EQUIVALENTfive. OF COURSES AT A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN THIS COMMONWEALTH AND ACCREDITED BY A REGIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY OR HAS AT LEAST THREE (3) YEARS' EXPERIENCE AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL IN A SCHOOL ENTITY AND IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL IN A SCHOOL ENTITY.

(2)(v) HASAre METretained THEby REQUIREMENTSa UNDERschool SECTIONSentity 111,in 111.1years ANDone 1109(A)through ANDfive. 23 PA.C.S.

CH.(4) Educator retention at one-year, three-year and five-year rates, disaggregated by categories, including school entity, school, specific assignment, certification area, type of emergency permit and demographic information.

63(b) SUBCH.The department may contract with an outside organization to meet the requirements of this section.

C(c) (RELATINGNo TOlater POWERSthan ANDDecember DUTIES15, OF2023, DEPARTMENT).and each December 15 thereafter, the department, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industry, shall issue a report to the Governor and General Assembly on the educator workforce in this Commonwealth.

(3)20230SB0843PN1290 HAS- ATTAINED7 A- MINIMUMThe AGEreport OFshall TWENTY-FIVEbe (25)posted YEARS.on the department's publicly accessible Internet website.

(4)The HASreport COMPLETEDshall TRAININGinclude ONinformation CLASSROOMon: MANAGEMENT PROVIDED BY AN INTERMEDIATE UNIT AND APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

(C)(1) ANTrends INDIVIDUALin RECEIVINGeducator Asupply PERMITand UNDEReducator THISpreparation SECTIONprovider WHOeffectiveness, ISincluding ALREADYrecommendations EMPLOYEDfor BYattracting THEmore SCHOOLhigh-quality ENTITYand ASdiverse Ateacher PARAPROFESSIONALcandidates SHALLand RECEIVEimproving THEthe HIGHERquality OFof THEeducator INDIVIDUAL'Spreparation EXISTINGin CONTRACTUALthis COMPENSATIONCommonwealth. OR THE COMPENSATION ESTABLISHED BY THE SCHOOL ENTITY FOR DAY-TO-DAY SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

(D)(2) EACHThe SCHOOLeducator ENTITYpositions, THATby USEScertification THEarea, SERVICESin OFhigh Ademand CLASSROOMin MONITORthis UNDERCommonwealth THISand SECTIONthe SHALLlocation ENSUREof THATexisting EACHvacancies STUDENTby WHOschool RECEIVESentity. SERVICES UNDER AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT (PUBLIC LAW 91-230, 20 U.S.C.

§(3) 1400Projections ETof SEQ.)shortage RECEIVESareas Aand FREEsubjects ANDin APPROPRIATEthe PUBLICupcoming EDUCATIONthree ASto REQUIREDfive UNDERyears THEand INDIVIDUALSrecommendations WITHfor DISABILITIESaddressing EDUCATIONthese ACT.shortages.

(E)(4) EACHOverall SCHOOLand ENTITYdisaggregated SHALLtrends REPORTin TOeducator THEretention, DEPARTMENTincluding THErecommendations FOLLOWINGfor BYimproving MARCHretention. 31, 2026:

(1)(d) THEAs NUMBERused OFin INDIVIDUALSthis WHOsection, SERVEDthe ASfollowing CLASSROOMwords MONITORSand UNDERphrases THISshall SECTIONhave ANDthe THEmeanings NUMBERgiven OFto DAYSthem ONin WHICHthis THEsubsection 20230SB0843PN1239unless -the 13context -clearly SCHOOLindicates ENTITYotherwise: USED THE SERVICES OF CLASSROOM MONITORS.

(2)"Department." THEThe SCHOOLDepartment ENTITY'Sof DAY-TO-DAYEducation SUBSTITUTEof TEACHERthe COMPENSATIONCommonwealth. RATES IN EACH OF THE SCHOOL YEARS FROM 2020-2021 THROUGH 2025-2026.

FOR"School Aentity." SCHOOL ENTITY THAT USES A THIRD-PARTYschool ENTITYdistrict, TOcyber PROVIDEcharter SUBSTITUTEschool, TEACHERS,charter THEschool, RATEregional REPORTEDcharter BYschool, THEarea SCHOOLcareer ENTITYand SHALLtechnical BEschool THEor TAKE-HOMEintermediate AMOUNTunit. RECEIVED BY AN INDIVIDUAL, EXCLUDING THE PORTION PAID TO THE THIRD-PARTY ENTITY.

THESection DEPARTMENT1.2. SHALL ISSUE RULES NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS SUBSECTION.

(F)Section BY732.1(a) APRILof 15,the 2026,act, THEamended DEPARTMENTJuly SHALL8, ISSUE<-- A2022 REPORT(P.L.620, ONNo.55), THEis EFFECTIVENESSamended OFto THEread: CLASSROOM MONITOR PERMIT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OR CONTINUATION OF THE PERMIT.

THESection REPORT732.1. SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE INFORMATION REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT UNDER SUBSECTION (E) AND A FORMAL EVALUATION OF THE PERMIT AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS BY AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION WHICH MAY INCLUDE A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY ACCREDITED BY A REGIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY.

THELimitation REPORTon SHALLNew BEApplications SUBMITTEDfor TODepartment THEof GENERALEducation ASSEMBLYApproval ANDof THEPublic STATESchool BOARDBuilding ANDProjects.--(a) SHALLFor BEthe POSTED2012-2013 ONfiscal THEyear, DEPARTMENT'S2013-2014 PUBLICLYfiscal ACCESSIBLEyear, INTERNET2017-2018 WEBSITE.fiscal year, 2018-2019 fiscal year, 2019-2020 fiscal year, 2020- 2021 fiscal year, 2021-2022 fiscal year [and], 2022-2023 fiscal 20230SB0843PN1290 - 8 - year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Education shall not accept or approve new school building construction or reconstruction project applications under this article.

(G)* THIS* SECTION* SHALLSection EXPIRE2. ON JUNE 30, 2026.

SECTIONThe 7.definition of "school safety and security enhancements" in section 923.3-A(b) and subsection (c) of the act are amended to read:

THESection ACT923.3-A. IS AMENDED BY ADDING ARTICLES TO READ:

School Safety and Security Enhancements.-* * * (b) Definitions.

As used in this section:

* * * "School safety and security enhancements" means programs which are designed to address school safety and security and listed in section [1302-A(c)] 1306.1-B(j), which are secular and nonideological in nature.

(c) Program of School Safety and Security Enhancements.

A program of school security enhancements shall be provided by an intermediate unit in which a nonpublic school is located, in accordance with standards developed by the [Secretary of Education in consultation with the Office of Safe Schools and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.] School Safety and Security Committee established under section 1302-B in consultation with the Department of Education.

Through the program, an intermediate unit shall make application for school safety and security enhancements upon the request of a nonpublic school or combination of nonpublic schools located within the intermediate unit.

School safety and security enhancements for which grants are received shall be provided for or contracted for directly by the intermediate unit or loaned by the 20230SB0843PN1290 - 9 - intermediate unit to the nonpublic school.

* * * Section 3.

Section 1201.1(3) of the act is amended and the section is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

Section 1201.1.

Substitute Teaching Permit for Prospective Teachers.--An individual who does not hold a certificate under section 1201 shall be eligible to teach as a substitute in a school district, an area career and technical school or an intermediate unit provided that:

* * * (3) An individual receiving a Substitute Teaching Permit for Prospective Teachers may serve as a substitute teacher for no more than ten (10) days per school year for a single professional employe or temporary professional employe, provided that the individual may serve as a substitute for multiple professional employes or temporary professional employes for no more than twenty (20) days per school year.

[For the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023] Subject to paragraph (3.1), for the 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, the number of days or hours per school year for which an individual receiving a permit under this section may serve as a substitute teacher shall not be limited, except for an individual who is undertaking a student teacher program as required under 22 Pa.

Code § 354.25(f) (relating to preparation program curriculum) for educator preparation programs.

(3.1) During an individual's student teacher program required under 22 Pa.

Code § 354.25(f) (relating to preparation program curriculum) for educator preparation programs, the individual may serve as a substitute teacher for no more than ten (10) days in the individual's assigned classroom or 20230SB0843PN1290 - 10 - classrooms or for other teachers within the building or buildings in which the individual has been placed as a student teacher.

* * * Section 4.

Section 1215 of the act is amended to read:

Section 1215.

Locally Issued Temporary Certification for Substitute Teachers.--A temporary substitute teacher certificate may be issued by a public school entity to an individual who presents a letter from a college or university verifying that the individual has completed an approved teacher preparation program, has successfully completed the certification testing requirements or is in the process of scheduling the required certification testing and has completed all requirements for the awarding of a bachelor's degree on a date certain.

The temporary substitute teacher certificate shall only be used for day-to-day assignments and shall expire upon the termination of any summer school conducted in the summer which follows the date of issuance or upon the receipt of Instructional I certification by the individual.

[For the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years, the] The temporary substitute teacher certificate issued under this section may be used for assignments of more than twenty (20) consecutive days to fill a position due to the absence of professional certified personnel.

Section 5.

Section 1218 of the act, expired June 30, 2023, is repealed:

[Section 1218.

Permit for Classroom Monitors.--(a) A school entity may request that the department issue a classroom monitor permit to allow an individual to deliver to students assignments that are preplanned by a professional employe or temporary professional employe.

A classroom monitor may not plan lessons 20230SB0843PN1290 - 11 - or create or grade student work.

(b) An individual receiving a permit under subsection (a) shall satisfy all of the following:

(1) Has completed at least sixty (60) semester hours or the equivalent of courses at a college or university located in this Commonwealth and accredited by a regional accrediting agency, or has at least three (3) years' experience as a paraprofessional in a school entity and is currently employed as a paraprofessional in a school entity.

(2) Has met the requirements under sections 111, 111.1 and 1109(a) and 23 Pa.C.S.

Ch.

63 Subch.

C (relating to powers and duties of department).

(3) Has attained a minimum age of twenty-five (25) years.

(4) Has completed training on classroom management provided by an intermediate unit and approved by the department.

(c) An individual receiving a permit under this section who is already employed by the school entity as a paraprofessional shall receive the higher of the individual's existing contractual compensation or the compensation established by the school entity for day-to-day substitute teachers.

(d) Each school entity that uses the services of a classroom monitor under this section shall ensure that each student who receives services under an Individualized Education Program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Public Law 91-230, 20 U.S.C.

§ 1400 et seq.) receives a free and appropriate public education as required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

(e) Each school entity shall report to the department the following by March 31, 2023:

(1) The number of individuals who served as classroom 20230SB0843PN1290 - 12 - monitors under this section and the number of days on which the school entity used the services of classroom monitors.

(2) The school entity's day-to-day substitute teacher compensation rates in the 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.

For a school entity that uses a third-party entity to provide substitute teachers, the rate reported by the school entity shall be the take-home amount received by an individual, excluding the portion paid to the third-party entity.

The department shall issue rules necessary to effectuate this subsection.

(f) By April 15, 2023, the department shall issue a report on the effectiveness of the classroom monitor permit and recommendations for improvement or continuation of the permit.

The report shall include, but not be limited to, the information reported to the department under subsection (e) and a formal evaluation of the permit and its effectiveness by an independent research organization which may include a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency.

The report shall be submitted to the General Assembly and the State Board and shall be posted on the department's publicly accessible Internet website.

(g) This section shall expire on June 30, 2023.] Section 6.

The act is amended by adding a section to read:

Section 1218.1.

Permit for Classroom Monitors.--(a) A school entity may request that the department issue a classroom monitor permit to allow an individual to deliver to students assignments that are preplanned by a professional employe or temporary professional employe.

A classroom monitor may not plan lessons or create or grade student work.

(b) An individual receiving a permit under subsection (a) 20230SB0843PN1290 - 13 - shall satisfy all of the following:

(1) Has completed at least sixty (60) semester hours or the equivalent of courses at a college or university located in this Commonwealth and accredited by a regional accrediting agency or has at least three (3) years' experience as a paraprofessional in a school entity and is currently employed as a paraprofessional in a school entity.

(2) Has met the requirements under sections 111, 111.1 and 1109(a) and 23 Pa.C.S.

Ch.

63 Subch.

C (relating to powers and duties of department).

(3) Has attained a minimum age of twenty-five (25) years.

(4) Has completed training on classroom management provided by an intermediate unit and approved by the department.

(c) An individual receiving a permit under this section who is already employed by the school entity as a paraprofessional shall receive the higher of the individual's existing contractual compensation or the compensation established by the school entity for day-to-day substitute teachers.

(d) Each school entity that uses the services of a classroom monitor under this section shall ensure that each student who receives services under an Individualized Education Program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Public Law 91-230, 20 U.S.C.

§ 1400 et seq.) receives a free and appropriate public education as required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

(e) Each school entity shall report to the department the following by March 31, 2026:

(1) The number of individuals who served as classroom monitors under this section and the number of days on which the school entity used the services of classroom monitors.

20230SB0843PN1290 - 14 - (2) The school entity's day-to-day substitute teacher compensation rates in each of the school years from 2020-2021 through 2025-2026.

For a school entity that uses a third-party entity to provide substitute teachers, the rate reported by the school entity shall be the take-home amount received by an individual, excluding the portion paid to the third-party entity.

The department shall issue rules necessary to effectuate this subsection.

(f) By April 15, 2026, the department shall issue a report on the effectiveness of the classroom monitor permit and recommendations for improvement or continuation of the permit.

The report shall include, but not be limited to, the information reported to the department under subsection (e) and a formal evaluation of the permit and its effectiveness by an independent research organization which may include a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency.

The report shall be submitted to the General Assembly and the State Board and shall be posted on the department's publicly accessible Internet website.

(g) This section shall expire on June 30, 2026.

Section 7 5.

The act is amended by adding articles AN <-- ARTICLE to read:

The Governor of Pennsylvania, on behalf of this State, is authorized to execute a compact in substantially the following 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 1415 - form with any one or more of the states of the United States and the General Assembly hereby signifies in advance its approval and ratification of the compact:

20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 1516 - A.

"Eligible Military Spouse" - means the spouse of any individual in full-time duty status in the active armed forces of the United States including members of the National Guard and 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 1617 - Reserve moving as a result of a military mission or military career progression requirements or are on their terminal move as a result of separation or retirement (to include surviving spouses of deceased military members).

"Teacher" - means an individual who currently holds an authorization from a Member State that forms the basis for employment in the P-12 public schools of the State to provide 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 1718 - instruction in a specific subject area, grade level, or student population.

Such a determination shall be made in the sole discretion of the Receiving State's Licensing Authority and may include a determination that the applicant is not eligible for any of the Receiving State's 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 1819 - Eligible Licenses.

When a Teacher is required to renew a license received 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 1920 - pursuant to this Compact, the State granting such a license may require the Teacher to complete State Specific Requirements as a condition of licensure renewal or advancement in that State.

20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 2021 - B.

20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 2122 - 1.

20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 2223 - 1.

10.Hire employees, elect, or appoint officers, fix compensation, define duties, grant such individuals appropriate authority to carry out the purposes of the compact, and establish the Commission's personnel policies and programs relating to conflicts of interest, 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 2324 - qualifications of personnel, and other related personnel matters.

The Executive Committee of the Interstate Teacher Mobility 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 2425 - Compact Commission.

20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 2526 - e.

Disclosure of information of a personal 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 2627 - nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

The Commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of, the reasonable expenses of its establishment, 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 2728 - organization, and ongoing activities.

The members, officers, executive director, employees and representatives of the Commission shall be immune from suit and liability, either personally or in 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 2829 - their official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred, or that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties or responsibilities;

The Commission shall indemnify and hold harmless any member, officer, executive director, employee, or representative of the Commission for the amount of any settlement or judgment obtained against that person 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 2930 - arising out of any actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, provided that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission did not result from the intentional or willful or wanton misconduct of that person.

20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 3031 - E.

The executive and judicial branches of State government in each Member State shall enforce this Compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 3132 - the Compact's purposes and intent.

If the Commission determines that a Member State has defaulted in the performance of its obligations or responsibilities under this Compact or the promulgated Rules, 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 3233 - the Commission shall:

The defaulting State may appeal the action of the 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 3334 - Commission by petitioning the U.S.

ARTICLE XI- EFFECTUATION, WITHDRAWAL, AND AMENDMENT 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 3435 - A.

A Member State's withdrawal shall not take effect 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 3536 - until six (6) months after enactment of the repealing statute.

20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 3637 - B.

The commissioner who represents this State, as provided for in the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, shall not be entitled to any additional compensation for his duties and responsibilities as commissioner but shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with his duties and responsibilities as commissioner 20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 3738 - in the same manner as for expenses incurred in connection with other duties and responsibilities of his office or employment.

ARTICLE XII-C <-- EDUCATOR PIPELINE SUPPORT GRANT PROGRAM Section 2.1201-C.

ThisScope actof shallarticle. take effect in 60 days.

<--This ARTICLEarticle XII-Crelates <--to EDUCATOReducator PIPELINEworkforce. SUPPORT GRANT PROGRAM SECTION 1201-C.

SCOPESection OF1202-C. ARTICLE.

THISDefinitions. ARTICLE RELATES TO EDUCATOR WORKFORCE.

SECTIONThe 1202-C.following words and phrases when used in this article shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

DEFINITIONS."Agency." The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.

THE"Approved FOLLOWINGeducator WORDSpreparation ANDprogram." PHRASESA WHENsequence USEDof INcourses THISand ARTICLEexperiences SHALLoffered HAVEby THEan MEANINGSinstitution GIVENof TOhigher THEMeducation INthat THISis SECTIONreviewed UNLESSand THEapproved CONTEXTby CLEARLYthe INDICATESdepartment. OTHERWISE:

"AGENCY.""Cooperating THEteacher." PENNSYLVANIAAn HIGHERindividual EDUCATIONwho ASSISTANCEsatisfies AGENCY.all of the following:

"APPROVED(1) EDUCATORHolds PREPARATIONa PROGRAM."certification Aunder SEQUENCEsection OF1201 COURSESin ANDthe EXPERIENCESsubject OFFEREDarea BYin ANwhich INSTITUTIONthe OFindividual HIGHERwill EDUCATIONbe THATproviding ISguidance REVIEWEDto ANDthe APPROVEDstudent BYteacher. THE DEPARTMENT.

"COOPERATING(2) TEACHER."Has ANreceived INDIVIDUALat WHOleast SATISFIESthree ALLyears OFof THEsatisfactory FOLLOWING:ratings as a certified teacher.

(1)(3) HOLDSHas Aat CERTIFICATIONleast UNDERone SECTIONyear 1201of INcertificated THEteaching SUBJECTexperience AREAin INthe WHICHschool THEentity INDIVIDUALwhere WILLthe BEstudent PROVIDINGteacher GUIDANCEis TOplaced. THE STUDENT TEACHER.

(2)"Department." HASThe RECEIVEDDepartment ATof LEASTEducation THREEof YEARSthe OFCommonwealth. SATISFACTORY RATINGS AS A CERTIFIED TEACHER.

(3)"Institution HASof AThigher LEASTeducation." ONEA YEARcollege OFor CERTIFICATEDuniversity TEACHINGthat EXPERIENCEoffers INa THEprogram SCHOOLapproved ENTITYby WHEREthe THEdepartment STUDENTto TEACHERprepare ISprofessional PLACED.personnel for employment in a school entity in 20230SB0843PN1290 - 39 - accordance with 22 Pa.

"DEPARTMENT."Code THECh. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

"INSTITUTION49 OF(relating HIGHERto EDUCATION."certification Aof COLLEGEprofessional ORpersonnel). UNIVERSITY THAT OFFERS A PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE 20230SB0843PN1239 - 38 - PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL FOR EMPLOYMENT IN A SCHOOL ENTITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 22 PA.

CODE"Nonpublic CH.school." As defined in section 923.3-A(b).

49"Program." (RELATINGThe TOEducator CERTIFICATIONPipeline OFSupport PROFESSIONALGrant PERSONNEL).Program established under section 1203-C.

"NONPUBLIC"School SCHOOL."entity." ASA DEFINEDschool INdistrict, SECTIONintermediate 923.3-A(B).unit, area career and technical school, charter school, regional charter school or cyber charter school operating within this Commonwealth.

"PROGRAM.""Student THEteacher." EDUCATORAn PIPELINEindividual SUPPORTparticipating GRANTin PROGRAMa ESTABLISHEDclassroom UNDERteaching SECTIONexperience 1203-C.who, as part of an approved educator preparation program for the initial or advanced preparation of professional educators, performs classroom teaching or assists in a school entity's or nonpublic school's education program under the supervision of a cooperating teacher.

"SCHOOLSection ENTITY."1203-C. A SCHOOL DISTRICT, INTERMEDIATE UNIT, AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL, CHARTER SCHOOL, REGIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OR CYBER CHARTER SCHOOL OPERATING WITHIN THIS COMMONWEALTH.

"STUDENTProgram TEACHER."establishment ANand INDIVIDUALduties PARTICIPATINGof INagency. A CLASSROOM TEACHING EXPERIENCE WHO, AS PART OF AN APPROVED EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM FOR THE INITIAL OR ADVANCED PREPARATION OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS, PERFORMS CLASSROOM TEACHING OR ASSISTS IN A SCHOOL ENTITY'S OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL'S EDUCATION PROGRAM UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A COOPERATING TEACHER.

SECTION(a) 1203-C.Establishment.--The Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program is established within the agency.

PROGRAM(b) ESTABLISHMENTDuties.--The ANDagency, DUTIESin OFconsultation AGENCY.with the department, shall administer the program and, in the agency's sole discretion, award a grant to an individual who submits a completed application and satisfies the eligibility requirements under section 1204-C.

(A)(c) ESTABLISHMENT.--THEApplication.--No EDUCATORlater PIPELINEthan SUPPORT120 GRANTdays PROGRAMafter ISthe ESTABLISHEDeffective WITHINdate THEof AGENCY.this subsection, the agency shall develop and make available an application form that an individual who is seeking placement as a student teacher may use to apply for a grant under the program.

(B)(d) DUTIES.--THE(Reserved). AGENCY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM AND, IN THE AGENCY'S SOLE DISCRETION, AWARD A GRANT TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SUBMITS A COMPLETED APPLICATION AND SATISFIES THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 1204-C.

(C)20230SB0843PN1290 APPLICATION.--NO- LATER40 THAN- 120(e) DAYSGrant AFTERamount.-- THE(1) EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE AGENCY SHALL DEVELOP AND MAKE AVAILABLE AN APPLICATION FORM THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SEEKING PLACEMENT AS A STUDENTstudent TEACHERteacher MAYshall USEreceive TOa APPLYminimum FORgrant Aof GRANT$10,000. UNDER THE PROGRAM.

20230SB0843PN1239(2) -A 39payment -received (D)by (RESERVED).an individual under this article shall not be included in classes of income under section 303 of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971.

(E)(f) GRANTAdditional AMOUNT.--grant amount for certain areas.-- (1) AAn STUDENTeligible TEACHERstudent SHALLteacher RECEIVEwho Acompletes MINIMUMrequired GRANTstudent OFteaching $10,000.in a school entity in an area of this Commonwealth that attracts few student teachers or that has a high rate of open teaching positions shall, in addition to the amount awarded under subsection (e)(1), receive a minimum grant amount of $5,000.

(2)The Aagency, PAYMENTin RECEIVEDconsultation BYwith ANthe INDIVIDUALdepartment, UNDERshall THISutilize ARTICLEdata SHALLfrom NOTthe BEdepartment INCLUDEDto INdetermine CLASSESthe OFareas INCOMEidentified UNDERin SECTIONthis 303paragraph. OF THE ACT OF MARCH 4, 1971 (P.L.6, NO.2), KNOWN AS THE TAX REFORM CODE OF 1971.

(F)(2) ADDITIONALFor GRANTthe AMOUNTpurposes FORof CERTAINcomputing AREAS.--the (1)tax ANunder ELIGIBLEArticle STUDENTIII TEACHERof WHOthe COMPLETESTax REQUIREDReform STUDENTCode TEACHINGof IN1971, Athe SCHOOLclasses ENTITYof INincome ANunder AREAsection OF303 THISof COMMONWEALTHthe THATTax ATTRACTSReform FEWCode STUDENTof TEACHERS1971 ORshall THATnot HASinclude Aa HIGHpayment RATEreceived OFby OPENan TEACHINGindividual POSITIONSunder SHALL,this INarticle. ADDITION TO THE AMOUNT AWARDED UNDER SUBSECTION (E)(1), RECEIVE A MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT OF $5,000.

THE(g) AGENCY,Funding.-- IN(1) CONSULTATIONThe WITHagency THEshall DEPARTMENT,use SHALLmoney UTILIZEappropriated DATAfor FROMthe THEpurpose DEPARTMENTof TOthe DETERMINEprogram THEand AREASmay IDENTIFIEDaccept INfunding THISfrom PARAGRAPH.public and private sources, including the Federal Government, for the payment of grants under this section.

(2) FORIf THEthe PURPOSESagency OFdetermines COMPUTINGthat THEthe TAXdemand UNDERfor ARTICLEthe IIIprogram OFexceeds THEthe TAXavailable REFORMresources, CODEthe OFagency 1971,may THErequest CLASSESadditional OFfunding INCOMEas UNDERpart SECTIONof 303the OFagency's THEbudget TAXrequest REFORMfor CODEthe OFnext 1971fiscal SHALLyear NOTin INCLUDEaccordance Awith PAYMENTsection RECEIVED20230SB0843PN1290 BY- AN41 INDIVIDUAL- UNDER610 THISof ARTICLE.the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929.

(G)(h) FUNDING.--Additional (1)duties.--When THEthe AGENCYagency SHALLawards USEa MONEYgrant APPROPRIATEDto FORa THEstudent PURPOSEteacher OFunder THEthis PROGRAMarticle, ANDthe MAYagency ACCEPTshall FUNDINGalso FROMaward PUBLICa ANDgrant PRIVATEpayment SOURCES,to INCLUDINGthe THEstudent FEDERALteacher's GOVERNMENT,cooperating FORteacher. THE PAYMENT OF GRANTS UNDER THIS SECTION.

(2)The IFcooperating THEteacher AGENCYshall DETERMINESreceive THATa THEminimum DEMANDgrant FORof THE$2,500. PROGRAM EXCEEDS THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES, THE AGENCY MAY REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING AS PART OF THE AGENCY'S BUDGET 20230SB0843PN1239 - 40 - REQUEST FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 610 OF THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929 (P.L.177, NO.175), KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1929.

(H)The ADDITIONALagency DUTIES.--WHENmay THEreduce AGENCYthe AWARDSgrant Aaward GRANTamount TOto Aa STUDENTcooperating TEACHERteacher UNDERif THISthe ARTICLE,cooperating THEteacher AGENCYreceives SHALLcompensation ALSOfrom AWARDan Ainstitution GRANTof PAYMENThigher TOeducation THEfor STUDENTserving TEACHER'Sas COOPERATINGa TEACHER.cooperating teacher.

THEAn COOPERATINGinstitution TEACHERof SHALLhigher RECEIVEeducation Amay MINIMUMnot GRANTcharge OFa $2,500.student teacher who receives a grant for the cost of paying a cooperating teacher.

THE(i) AGENCYDissemination MAYof REDUCEinformation.--The THEagency GRANTshall AWARDannually AMOUNTprovide TOinformation Aabout COOPERATINGthe TEACHERprogram IFon THEthe COOPERATINGdepartment's TEACHERpublicly RECEIVESaccessible COMPENSATIONInternet FROMwebsite ANand INSTITUTIONto OFall HIGHERapproved EDUCATIONeducator FORpreparation SERVINGprograms ASand Apublic COOPERATINGand TEACHER.nonpublic secondary schools.

ANAn INSTITUTIONapproved OFeducator HIGHERpreparation EDUCATIONprogram MAYshall NOTannually CHARGEdisseminate Ainformation STUDENTabout TEACHERthe WHOprogram, RECEIVESincluding Ainformation GRANTidentifying FORthe THEschool COSTentities OFthat PAYINGqualify Athe COOPERATINGstudent TEACHER.for an additional grant award amount under subsection (f).

(I)(j) DISSEMINATIONPayment.--The OFagency INFORMATION.--THEshall AGENCYestablish SHALLa ANNUALLYmethod PROVIDEfor INFORMATIONpaying ABOUTgrant THEawards PROGRAMunder ONthe THEprogram DEPARTMENT'Sto PUBLICLYa ACCESSIBLEschool INTERNETentity WEBSITEor ANDnonpublic TOschool. ALL APPROVED EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

ANThe APPROVEDschool EDUCATORentity PREPARATIONor PROGRAMnonpublic SHALLschool ANNUALLYshall DISSEMINATEuse INFORMATIONall ABOUTof THEthe PROGRAM,money INCLUDINGreceived INFORMATIONunder IDENTIFYINGthe THEprogram SCHOOLfor ENTITIESpayment THATto QUALIFYstudent THEteachers STUDENTand FORcooperating ANteachers ADDITIONALas GRANTrequired AWARDby AMOUNTthis UNDERsection SUBSECTIONand (F).the agency.

(J)(k) PAYMENT.--THEAdministrative AGENCYfee.--The SHALLagency ESTABLISHmay Atake METHODa FORreasonable PAYINGadministrative GRANTfee AWARDSfor UNDERdirect THEcosts PROGRAMassociated TOwith Athe SCHOOLimplementation, ENTITYadministration ORand NONPUBLICservicing SCHOOL.of the program.

THEThe SCHOOLfee ENTITYshall ORbe NONPUBLICtaken SCHOOLfrom SHALLthe USEfunding ALLreceived OFunder THEsubsection MONEY20230SB0843PN1290 RECEIVED- UNDER42 THE- PROGRAM(g) FORand PAYMENTmay TOnot STUDENTexceed TEACHERS5%. AND COOPERATING TEACHERS AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION AND THE AGENCY.

(K)Section ADMINISTRATIVE1204-C. FEE.--THE AGENCY MAY TAKE A REASONABLE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR DIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION, ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE PROGRAM.

THEEligibility. 20230SB0843PN1239 - 41 - FEE SHALL BE TAKEN FROM THE FUNDING RECEIVED UNDER SUBSECTION (G) AND MAY NOT EXCEED 5%.

SECTION(a) 1204-C.Eligibility.--For an individual to be eligible for a grant as a student teacher under the program, the individual shall meet all of the following:

ELIGIBILITY.(1) Be currently enrolled in an institution of higher education located in this Commonwealth.

(A)(2) ELIGIBILITY.--FORBe ANcurrently INDIVIDUALenrolled TOin BEan ELIGIBLEapproved FOReducator Apreparation GRANTprogram. AS A STUDENT TEACHER UNDER THE PROGRAM, THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1)(3) BEMeet CURRENTLYthe ENROLLEDminimum INgrade ANpoint INSTITUTIONaverage OFestablished HIGHERunder EDUCATION22 LOCATEDPa. IN THIS COMMONWEALTH.

(2)Code BE§ CURRENTLY354.24 ENROLLED(relating INto ANacademic APPROVEDperformance). EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM.

(3)(4) MEETBe THEplaced MINIMUMin GRADEa POINTposition AVERAGEas ESTABLISHEDa UNDERstudent 22teacher PA.at a school entity or nonpublic school located in this Commonwealth.

CODE(5) §Have 354.24obtained (RELATINGthe TOnecessary ACADEMICclearances PERFORMANCE).required under section 111 and 23 Pa.C.S.

(4)§ BE6344(a.1) PLACED(relating INto Aemployees POSITIONhaving AScontact Awith STUDENTchildren; TEACHER AT A SCHOOL ENTITY OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATED IN THIS COMMONWEALTH.

(5)adoptive HAVEand OBTAINEDfoster THEparents). NECESSARY CLEARANCES REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 111 AND 23 PA.C.S.

§(6) 6344(A.1)Agree (RELATINGto TOwork EMPLOYEESas HAVINGa CONTACTteacher WITHat CHILDREN;a school entity or nonpublic school in this Commonwealth for a period of no less than three years, unless the agency determines that there are extenuating circumstances.

ADOPTIVE(b) ANDConstruction.--Nothing FOSTERin PARENTS).this section shall be deemed to create a right of an individual to receive a grant under the program.

(6)(c) AGREELimitation.--An TOindividual WORKmay ASnot Areceive TEACHERmore ATthan Aone SCHOOLgrant ENTITYfrom ORthe NONPUBLICagency SCHOOLunder INthe THISprogram COMMONWEALTHas FORa Astudent PERIODteacher. OF NO LESS THAN THREE YEARS, UNLESS THE AGENCY DETERMINES THAT THERE ARE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.

(B)This CONSTRUCTION.--NOTHINGsubsection INshall THISnot SECTIONapply SHALLto BEgrants DEEMEDreceived TOby CREATEa Acooperating RIGHTteacher. OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO RECEIVE A GRANT UNDER THE PROGRAM.

(C)20230SB0843PN1290 LIMITATION.--AN- INDIVIDUAL43 MAY- NOTSection RECEIVE1205-C. MORE THAN ONE GRANT FROM THE AGENCY UNDER THE PROGRAM AS A STUDENT TEACHER.

THISReport. SUBSECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO GRANTS RECEIVED BY A 20230SB0843PN1239 - 42 - COOPERATING TEACHER.

SECTION(a) 1205-C.General rule.--The agency shall prepare and submit to the Governor, the Secretary of Education and the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2024, and each December 31 thereafter, to the extent that funds are available, a report detailing the operation of the program.

REPORT.The report shall, at a minimum, include:

(A)(1) GENERALThe RULE.--THEnumber AGENCYof SHALLapplicants. PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31, 2024, AND EACH DECEMBER 31 THEREAFTER, TO THE EXTENT THAT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, A REPORT DETAILING THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM.

THE(2) REPORTThe SHALL,number ATof Aapplicants MINIMUM,who INCLUDE:received a grant under the program.

(1)(3) THEThe NUMBERnumber OFof APPLICANTS.applicants who received an additional award under section 1203-C(f).

(2)(4) THEA NUMBERlist OFof APPLICANTSschool WHOentities RECEIVEDor Anonpublic GRANTschools UNDERwhere THEan PROGRAM.applicant served as a student teacher.

(3)(5) THEA NUMBERlist OFof APPLICANTSapproved WHOeducator RECEIVEDpreparation ANprograms ADDITIONALwhere AWARDapplicants UNDERwho SECTIONwere 1203-C(F).awarded a grant were enrolled.

(4)(6) A LISTlist OFof SCHOOLschool ENTITIESentities ORwhere NONPUBLICgrantees SCHOOLSare WHEREemployed ANfollowing APPLICANTcertification. SERVED AS A STUDENT TEACHER.

(5)(7) AThe LISTnumber OFof APPROVEDapplicants EDUCATORwho PREPARATIONdid PROGRAMSnot WHEREfulfill APPLICANTSthe WHOrequirements WEREunder AWARDEDsection A1204-C(a)(6). GRANT WERE ENROLLED.

(6)(8) AAny LISTother OFinformation SCHOOLthe ENTITIESagency WHEREdetermines. GRANTEES ARE EMPLOYED FOLLOWING CERTIFICATION.

(7)(b) THECoordination.--The NUMBERdepartment OFand APPLICANTSthe WHODepartment DIDof NOTLabor FULFILLand THEIndustry REQUIREMENTSshall UNDERassist SECTIONthe 1204-C(A)(6).agency by providing necessary data to determine outcomes related to the program.

(8)Section ANY1206-C. OTHER INFORMATION THE AGENCY DETERMINES.

(B)Data COORDINATION.--THEcollection. DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY SHALL ASSIST THE AGENCY BY PROVIDING NECESSARY DATA TO DETERMINE OUTCOMES RELATED TO THE PROGRAM.

SECTION(a) 1206-C.Student teaching placement data.--The department shall maintain a database of student teaching opportunities for the upcoming school year.

DATAThe COLLECTION.following shall apply to the database:

(A)(1) STUDENTA TEACHINGschool PLACEMENTentity DATA.--THEor DEPARTMENTnonpublic SHALLschool MAINTAINwho Ais DATABASEinterested OFin STUDENThosting TEACHINGa OPPORTUNITIESstudent FORteacher THEmay UPCOMINGsubmit SCHOOLto YEAR.the 20230SB0843PN1290 - 44 - department the number of student teachers the school entity or nonpublic school is seeking for the upcoming school year.

THEIf FOLLOWINGa SHALLschool APPLYentity's TOor THEnonpublic DATABASE:school's request for student teachers from the previous school year was not fulfilled, the school entity or nonpublic school may report the shortage of requested student teachers.

(1)(2) AEach SCHOOLapproved ENTITYeducator ORpreparation NONPUBLICprogram SCHOOLshall WHOsubmit ISto 20230SB0843PN1239the -department 43the -number INTERESTEDof INstudent HOSTINGteachers Aplaced STUDENTby TEACHERthe MAYapproved SUBMITeducator TOpreparation THEprogram DEPARTMENTin THEthe NUMBERprevious OFschool STUDENTyear. TEACHERS THE SCHOOL ENTITY OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL IS SEEKING FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

IFIf Athe SCHOOLapproved ENTITY'Seducator ORpreparation NONPUBLICprogram SCHOOL'Shad REQUESTmore FORrequests STUDENTfor TEACHERSstudent FROMteachers THEthan PREVIOUSavailable SCHOOLstudent YEARteachers, WASthe NOTapproved FULFILLED,educator THEpreparation SCHOOLprogram ENTITYshall ORreport NONPUBLICthe SCHOOLshortage MAYof REPORTavailable THEstudent SHORTAGEteachers OFto REQUESTEDthe STUDENTdepartment. TEACHERS.

(2)(3) EACHNo APPROVEDlater EDUCATORthan PREPARATIONJuly PROGRAM31, SHALL2024, SUBMITand TOeach THEJuly DEPARTMENT31 THEthereafter, NUMBEReach OFapproved STUDENTeducator TEACHERSpreparation PLACEDprogram BYshall THEreport: APPROVED EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM IN THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR.

IF(i) THEThe APPROVEDnumber EDUCATORof PREPARATIONagreements PROGRAMbetween HADapproved MOREeducator REQUESTSpreparation FORprograms STUDENTand TEACHERSschool THANentities AVAILABLEor STUDENTnonpublic TEACHERS,schools THEfor APPROVEDthe EDUCATORpurpose PREPARATIONof PROGRAMplacing SHALLstudent REPORTteachers. THE SHORTAGE OF AVAILABLE STUDENT TEACHERS TO THE DEPARTMENT.

(3)(ii) NOThe LATERname THANof JULYeach 31,school 2024,entity ANDor EACHnonpublic JULYschool 31with THEREAFTER,which EACHan APPROVEDapproved EDUCATOReducator PREPARATIONpreparation PROGRAMprogram SHALLentered REPORT:into an agreement.

(I)(iii) THEThe NUMBERnumber OFof AGREEMENTSstudent BETWEENteachers APPROVEDplaced EDUCATORin PREPARATIONthe PROGRAMSprevious ANDyear SCHOOLby ENTITIESan ORapproved NONPUBLICeducator SCHOOLSpreparation FORprogram THEand PURPOSEthe OFschool PLACINGentity STUDENTor TEACHERS.nonpublic school at which the student teacher was placed.

(II)(b) THE(Reserved). NAME OF EACH SCHOOL ENTITY OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL WITH WHICH AN APPROVED EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT.

(III)Section THE1207-C. NUMBER OF STUDENT TEACHERS PLACED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR BY AN APPROVED EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM AND THE SCHOOL ENTITY OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL AT WHICH THE STUDENT TEACHER WAS PLACED.

(B)Miscellaneous (RESERVED).provisions.

20230SB0843PN123920230SB0843PN1290 - 4445 - SECTION(a) 1207-C.Institutions of higher education.--Within one year of the effective date of this section, if an institution of higher education requires a student enrolled in an approved educator preparation program to take a class or seminar as part of the student teaching experience while the student is participating in a student teaching program, the institution of higher education shall provide the student with the ability to participate in the class or seminar by virtual means.

MISCELLANEOUS(b) PROVISIONS.Credit.--If a student teacher receives a grant under the program, an approved educator preparation program may not prohibit the student teacher from receiving academic credit for participating in a student teacher experience if the student teacher successfully completes the student teaching experience.

(A)Section INSTITUTIONS8. OF HIGHER EDUCATION.--WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, IF AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION REQUIRES A STUDENT ENROLLED IN AN APPROVED EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM TO TAKE A CLASS OR SEMINAR AS PART OF THE STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE WHILE THE STUDENT IS PARTICIPATING IN A STUDENT TEACHING PROGRAM, THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CLASS OR SEMINAR BY VIRTUAL MEANS.

(B)Article CREDIT.--IFXIII-A Aheading STUDENTand TEACHERsections RECEIVES1301-A Aand GRANT1302-A UNDERof THEthe PROGRAM,act ANare APPROVEDamended EDUCATORto PREPARATIONread: PROGRAM MAY NOT PROHIBIT THE STUDENT TEACHER FROM RECEIVING ACADEMIC CREDIT FOR PARTICIPATING IN A STUDENT TEACHER EXPERIENCE IF THE STUDENT TEACHER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES THE STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE.

SECTION 8.

ARTICLE XIII-A HEADING AND SECTIONS 1301-A AND 1302-A OF THE ACT ARE AMENDED TO READ:

SECTIONSection 1301-A.

DEFINITIONS.--ASDefinitions.--As USEDused INin THISthis ARTICLE,article, "CHIEF"Chief SCHOOLschool ADMINISTRATOR"administrator" SHALLshall MEANmean THEthe SUPERINTENDENTsuperintendent OFof Aa PUBLICpublic SCHOOLschool DISTRICT,district, SUPERINTENDENTsuperintendent OFof ANan AREAarea CAREERcareer ANDand TECHNICALtechnical SCHOOL,school, EXECUTIVEexecutive DIRECTORdirector OFof ANan INTERMEDIATEintermediate UNITunit ORor CHIEFchief EXECUTIVEexecutive OFFICERofficer OFof Aa CHARTERcharter SCHOOL.school.

["OFFICE"["Office" SHALLshall MEANmean THEthe OFFICEOffice FORfor SAFESafe SCHOOLSSchools WITHINwithin THEthe DEPARTMENTDepartment OFof EDUCATION.]Education.] "SCHOOL"School ENTITY"entity" SHALLshall MEANmean ANYany PUBLICpublic SCHOOLschool DISTRICT,district, INTERMEDIATEintermediate UNIT,unit, AREAarea CAREERcareer ANDand TECHNICALtechnical SCHOOLschool ORor CHARTERcharter SCHOOL.school.

"SCHOOL-BASED"School-based DIVERSIONdiversion PROGRAMS"programs" SHALLshall MEANmean PROGRAMSprograms [THAT,[that, INin PARTNERSHIPpartnership WITHwith OTHERother STAKEHOLDERS,stakeholders, DIVERTdivert YOUTHyouth OUTout OFof THEthe 20230SB0843PN1239juvenile -justice 45system.] -and JUVENILEinterventions JUSTICEdesigned SYSTEM.]to ANDredirect INTERVENTIONS20230SB0843PN1290 DESIGNED- TO46 REDIRECT- YOUTHyouth WHOwho COMMITcommit MINORminor OFFENSESoffenses INin SCHOOLschool FROMfrom EXCLUSIONARYexclusionary DISCIPLINARYdisciplinary PRACTICESpractices ORor FORMALformal PROCESSINGprocessing INin THEthe JUVENILEjuvenile JUSTICEjustice SYSTEM,system, WHILEwhile STILLstill HOLDINGholding THEthe STUDENTstudent ACCOUNTABLEaccountable FORfor THEthe STUDENT'Sstudent's ACTIONS.actions.

THESEThese PROGRAMSprograms INCLUDE,include, BUTbut AREare NOTnot LIMITEDlimited TO,to, YOUTHyouth AIDaid PANELSpanels [IN[in WHICHwhich Aa PANELpanel OFof COMMUNITYcommunity MEMBERSmembers DECIDEdecide ANan APPROPRIATEappropriate RESOLUTIONresolution TOto HOLDhold THEthe STUDENTstudent ACCOUNTABLEaccountable FORfor THEthe STUDENT'Sstudent's ACTIONSactions BY,by, AMONGamong OTHERother OPTIONS,options, REQUIRINGrequiring THEthe STUDENTstudent TOto COMPLETEcomplete EDUCATIONALeducational ACTIVITIES,activities, COMMUNITYcommunity SERVICE,service, RESTITUTIONrestitution ANDand ANYany OTHERother RELATEDrelated PROGRAMprogram ORor SERVICE.],service.], POSITIVEpositive YOUTHyouth DEVELOPMENTdevelopment PROGRAMMING,programming, TEEN/YOUTHteen/youth COURTS,courts, RESTORATIVErestorative JUSTICEjustice INTERVENTIONS,interventions, TRUANCYtruancy PREVENTIONprevention ANDand INTERVENTIONintervention PROGRAMS,programs, MENTORINGmentoring PROGRAMSprograms ANDand INTERVENTIONintervention PROGRAMSprograms ANDand EDUCATIONALeducational PRACTICESpractices TOto ASSISTassist STUDENTSstudents WITHwith PERSISTENTpersistent DISRUPTIVEdisruptive ANDand SERIOUSserious PROBLEMproblem BEHAVIORS.behaviors.

"SCHOOL"School PROPERTY"property" SHALLshall MEANmean ANYany PUBLICpublic SCHOOLschool GROUNDS,grounds, ANYany SCHOOL-SPONSOREDschool-sponsored ACTIVITYactivity ORor ANYany CONVEYANCEconveyance PROVIDINGproviding TRANSPORTATIONtransportation TOto Aa SCHOOLschool ENTITYentity ORor SCHOOL-SPONSOREDschool-sponsored ACTIVITY.activity.

"SCHOOL-WIDE"School-wide POSITIVEpositive BEHAVIORbehavior SUPPORT"support" MEANSmeans Aa SCHOOL-WIDE,school-wide, EVIDENCE-BASEDevidence-based [AND[and DATA-DRIVENdata-driven APPROACHapproach TOto IMPROVINGimproving SCHOOLschool BEHAVIORbehavior THATthat SEEKSseeks TOto REDUCEreduce UNNECESSARYunnecessary STUDENTstudent DISCIPLINARYdisciplinary ACTIONSactions ANDand PROMOTEpromote Aa CLIMATEclimate OFof GREATERgreater PRODUCTIVITY,productivity, SAFETYsafety ANDand LEARNING]learning] TIEREDtiered FRAMEWORKframework FORfor SUPPORTINGsupporting STUDENTS'students' BEHAVIORAL,behavioral, ACADEMIC,academic, SOCIAL,social, EMOTIONALemotional ANDand MENTALmental HEALTH.health.

["STUDENT["Student WITHwith Aa DISABILITY"disability" SHALLshall MEANmean Aa STUDENTstudent WHOwho MEETSmeets THEthe DEFINITIONdefinition OFof "CHILD"child WITHwith Aa DISABILITY"disability" UNDERunder THEthe INDIVIDUALSIndividuals WITHwith DISABILITIESDisabilities EDUCATIONEducation ACTAct (PUBLIC(Public LAWLaw 91-230, 20 U.S.C.

§ 1400 ETet SEQ.)seq.) ORor WHOwho MEETSmeets THEthe DEFINITIONdefinition OFof Aa "HANDICAPPED"handicapped PERSON"person" UNDERunder SECTIONsection 504 OFof THEthe REHABILITATIONRehabilitation ACTAct OFof 1973 (PUBLIC(Public LAWLaw 93-112, 29 U.S.C.

§ 794) ANDand ITSits 20230SB0843PN1239implementing -regulations 46 - IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS (34 C.F.R.

§ 104.3(J)).104.3(j)).

THEThe TERMterm INCLUDES20230SB0843PN1290 A- STUDENT47 FOR- WHOMincludes ANa EVALUATIONstudent ISfor PENDINGwhom UNDERan EITHERevaluation THEis INDIVIDUALSpending WITHunder DISABILITIESeither EDUCATIONthe ACTIndividuals ORwith REHABILITATIONDisabilities ACT.]Education "WEAPON"Act SHALLor INCLUDE,Rehabilitation BUTAct.] NOT"Weapon" BEshall LIMITEDinclude, TO,but ANYnot KNIFE,be CUTTINGlimited INSTRUMENT,to, CUTTINGany TOOL,knife, NUNCHAKU,cutting FIREARM,instrument, SHOTGUN,cutting RIFLEtool, ANDnunchaku, ANYfirearm, OTHERshotgun, TOOL,rifle INSTRUMENTand ORany IMPLEMENTother CAPABLEtool, OFinstrument INFLICTINGor SERIOUSimplement BODILYcapable INJURY.of inflicting serious bodily injury.

SECTIONSection 1302-A.

[OFFICE[Office FORfor SAFESafe SCHOOLS]Schools] STUDENTStudent SUPPORTS.--(A)Supports.--(a) [THERE[There ISis HEREBYhereby ESTABLISHEDestablished INin THEthe DEPARTMENTDepartment OFof EDUCATIONEducation ANan OFFICEOffice FORfor SAFESafe SCHOOLS.]Schools.] (RESERVED).(Reserved).

(B)(b) THEThe [OFFICE][office] DEPARTMENTDepartment OFof EDUCATIONEducation SHALLshall HAVEhave THEthe POWERpower ANDand DUTYduty TOto IMPLEMENTimplement THEthe FOLLOWING:following:

(1) [TO[To COORDINATEcoordinate ANTIVIOLENCEantiviolence EFFORTSefforts BETWEENbetween SCHOOL,school, PROFESSIONAL,professional, PARENTAL,parental, GOVERNMENTAL,governmental, LAWlaw ENFORCEMENTenforcement ANDand COMMUNITYcommunity ORGANIZATIONSorganizations ANDand ASSOCIATIONS.associations.

(2) TOTo COLLECT,collect, DEVELOPdevelop ANDand DISSEMINATEdisseminate INFORMATION,information, POLICIES,policies, STRATEGIESstrategies ANDand OTHERother INFORMATIONinformation TOto ASSISTassist INin THEthe DEVELOPMENTdevelopment OFof PROGRAMSprograms TOto IMPACTimpact SCHOOLschool VIOLENCE.violence.

(2.1) TOTo DIRECTdirect ALLall SCHOOLschool ENTITIESentities TOto SUBMITsubmit ANNUALannual SCHOOLschool VIOLENCEviolence STATISTICSstatistics ANDand REPORTSreports TOto THEthe OFFICEoffice NOno LATERlater THANthan JULYJuly 31 OFof EACHeach YEAR.year.

(3)] TOTo COLLECT,collect, DEVELOPdevelop ANDand DISSEMINATEdisseminate INFORMATION,information, POLICIES,policies, STRATEGIESstrategies ANDand OTHERother INFORMATIONinformation TOto ASSISTassist INin THEthe DEVELOPMENTdevelopment OFof PROGRAMSprograms THATthat SUPPORTsupport STUDENTS,students, REDUCEreduce UNNECESSARYunnecessary STUDENTstudent DISCIPLINARYdisciplinary ACTIONSactions ANDand PROMOTEpromote ANan ENVIRONMENTenvironment OFof GREATERgreater PRODUCTIVITY,productivity, SAFETYsafety ANDand LEARNING,learning, INCLUDING,including, BUTbut NOTnot LIMITEDlimited TO:to:

(I)(i) SCHOOL-WIDESchool-wide POSITIVEpositive BEHAVIORbehavior SUPPORTsupport THATthat INCLUDESincludes PRIMARYprimary ORor UNIVERSAL,universal, SECONDARYsecondary ANDand TERTIARYtertiary SUPPORTSsupports ANDand 20230SB0843PN1239interventions -in 47school -entities. INTERVENTIONS IN SCHOOL ENTITIES.

(II)20230SB0843PN1290 SCHOOL-BASED- DIVERSION48 PROGRAMS.- (ii) School-based diversion programs.

(III)(iii) CLASSROOMClassroom MANAGEMENT.management.

(IV)(iv) STUDENTStudent DISCIPLINE.discipline.

(V)(v) STUDENTStudent CODEScodes OFof CONDUCT.conduct.

(VI)(vi) TRAININGTraining TOto ASSESSassess RISKrisk FACTORSfactors THATthat INCREASEincrease THEthe LIKELIHOODlikelihood OFof PROBLEMproblem BEHAVIORSbehaviors AMONGamong STUDENTS.students.

(VII)(vii) CONFLICTConflict RESOLUTIONresolution ANDand DISPUTEdispute MANAGEMENT.management.

(VIII)(viii) STAFFStaff TRAININGtraining PROGRAMSprograms INin THEthe USEuse OFof POSITIVEpositive BEHAVIORbehavior SUPPORTS,supports, DE-ESCALATIONde-escalation TECHNIQUES,techniques, APPROPRIATEappropriate RESPONSESresponses TOto STUDENTstudent BEHAVIORbehavior THATthat MAYmay REQUIRErequire IMMEDIATEimmediate INTERVENTIONintervention ANDand TRAUMA-INFORMEDtrauma-informed TREATMENTtreatment FORfor MENTALmental HEALTHhealth PROVIDERSproviders INin SCHOOLS.schools.

(IX)(ix) RESEARCH-BASEDResearch-based VIOLENCEviolence PREVENTIONprevention PROGRAMSprograms THATthat ADDRESSaddress RISKrisk FACTORSfactors TOto REDUCEreduce INCIDENTSincidents OFof PROBLEMproblem BEHAVIORSbehaviors AMONGamong STUDENTS,students, INCLUDING,including, BUTbut NOTnot LIMITEDlimited TO,to, MENTALmental HEALTHhealth EARLYearly INTERVENTION,intervention, SELF-CARE,self-care, BULLYINGbullying ANDand SUICIDEsuicide AWARENESSawareness ANDand PREVENTION.prevention.

(X)(x) RISKRisk ASSESSMENT,assessment, SAFETY-RELATED,safety-related, VIOLENCEviolence PREVENTIONprevention CURRICULA,curricula, INCLUDINGincluding DATINGdating VIOLENCEviolence CURRICULA,curricula, RESTORATIVErestorative JUSTICEjustice STRATEGIES,strategies, MENTALmental HEALTHhealth EARLYearly INTERVENTION,intervention, SELF-CAREself-care ANDand SUICIDEsuicide AWARENESSawareness ANDand PREVENTIONprevention CURRICULA.curricula.

(XI)(xi) EVIDENCE-BASEDEvidence-based SCREENINGSscreenings FORfor ADVERSEadverse CHILDHOODchildhood EXPERIENCESexperiences THATthat AREare PROVENproven TOto BEbe DETERMINANTSdeterminants OFof PHYSICAL,physical, SOCIALsocial ANDand BEHAVIORALbehavioral HEALTHhealth ANDand PROVIDEprovide TRAUMA-INFORMEDtrauma-informed COUNSELINGcounseling SERVICESservices ASas NECESSARYnecessary TOto STUDENTSstudents BASEDbased UPONupon THEthe SCREENINGscreening RESULTS.results.

(XII)(xii) TRAUMA-INFORMEDTrauma-informed APPROACHESapproaches THATthat INCREASEincrease STUDENTstudent ANDand SCHOOLschool EMPLOYEEemployee ACCESSaccess TOto QUALITYquality TRAUMAtrauma SUPPORTsupport SERVICESservices ANDand BEHAVIORALbehavioral HEALTHhealth CARE.care.

20230SB0843PN1239(2) -To 48provide -direct (2)training TOto PROVIDEschool DIRECTemployes, TRAININGparents, TO20230SB0843PN1290 SCHOOL- EMPLOYES,49 PARENTS,- LAWlaw ENFORCEMENTenforcement OFFICIALSofficials ANDand COMMUNITIEScommunities ONon EFFECTIVEeffective MEASURESmeasures TOto [PREVENT[prevent ANDand COMBATcombat SCHOOLschool VIOLENCE.violence.

(4)] MAINTAINmaintain ANDand IMPROVEimprove LEARNINGlearning ENVIRONMENTSenvironments FORfor STUDENTSstudents ANDand STAFF.staff.

(3) TOTo [ADVISE][advise] ASSISTassist INin COLLABORATIONcollaboration ANDand COORDINATIONcoordination WITHwith THEthe SCHOOLSchool SAFETYSafety ANDand SECURITYSecurity COMMITTEECommittee ESTABLISHEDestablished UNDERunder SECTIONsection 1302-B SCHOOLschool ENTITIESentities ANDand NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOLSschools ONon THEthe DEVELOPMENTdevelopment OFof POLICIESpolicies TOto BEbe USEDused REGARDINGregarding POSSESSIONpossession OFof WEAPONSweapons BYby ANYany PERSON,person, ACTSacts OFof VIOLENCEviolence ANDand PROTOCOLSprotocols FORfor COORDINATIONcoordination WITHwith ANDand REPORTINGreporting TOto LAWlaw ENFORCEMENTenforcement OFFICIALSofficials ANDand THEthe DEPARTMENTDepartment OFof EDUCATION.Education.

[(4.1)] (4) TOTo VERIFYverify THEthe EXISTENCEexistence OFof CORRECTIVEcorrective ACTIONaction PLANSplans TOto REDUCEreduce INCIDENTSincidents OFof VIOLENCEviolence ASas REQUIREDrequired INin THEthe [NO[No CHILDChild LEFTLeft BEHINDBehind ACTAct OFof 2001 (PUBLIC(Public LAWLaw 107-110, 115 STAT.Stat.

1425).] EVERYEvery STUDENTStudent SUCCEEDSSucceeds ACTAct (PUBLIC(Public LAWLaw 114-95, 129 STAT.Stat.

(5) TOTo DEVELOPdevelop INin COLLABORATIONcollaboration ANDand COORDINATIONcoordination WITHwith THEthe SCHOOLSchool SAFETYSafety ANDand SECURITYSecurity COMMITTEECommittee ESTABLISHEDestablished UNDERunder SECTIONsection 1302-B FORMSforms TOto BEbe USEDused BYby SCHOOLschool ENTITIESentities ANDand POLICEpolice DEPARTMENTSdepartments FORfor REPORTINGreporting INCIDENTSincidents INVOLVINGinvolving ACTSacts OFof VIOLENCEviolence ANDand POSSESSIONpossession OFof WEAPONSweapons ONon SCHOOLschool PROPERTY.property.

THEThe FORMSforms SHALLshall BEbe REVIEWEDreviewed ONon Aa BIENNIALbiennial BASISbasis ANDand REVISEDrevised WHENwhen NECESSARY.necessary.

[(6) TOTo VERIFYverify THATthat EACHeach SCHOOLschool ENTITYentity HAShas Aa BIENNIALLYbiennially UPDATEDupdated ANDand REEXECUTEDreexecuted MEMORANDUMmemorandum OFof UNDERSTANDINGunderstanding WITHwith LOCALlocal LAWlaw ENFORCEMENTenforcement ANDand HAShas FILEDfiled SUCHsuch MEMORANDUMmemorandum WITHwith THEthe OFFICEoffice ONon Aa BIENNIALbiennial BASIS.basis.

(7) TOTo PUBLISHpublish ANDand POSTpost ONon THEthe DEPARTMENTDepartment OFof EDUCATION'SEducation's INTERNETInternet WEBSITEwebsite Aa SCHOOLSchool SAFETYSafety ANNUALAnnual REPORTReport NOno LATERlater THANthan NOVEMBERNovember 1 OFof EACHeach CALENDARcalendar YEARyear OUTLININGoutlining ALLall INCIDENTSincidents 20230SB0843PN1239required -to 49be -reported REQUIREDunder TOsection BE1303-A REPORTEDand UNDERany SECTIONschool 1303-A20230SB0843PN1290 AND- ANY50 SCHOOL- DISTRICTdistrict THATthat FAILEDfailed TOto SUBMITsubmit Aa REPORTreport UNDERunder SECTIONsection 1303-A.

(8) TOTo ESTABLISHestablish CRITERIA,criteria, INin CONSULTATIONconsultation WITHwith THEthe PENNSYLVANIAPennsylvania STATEState POLICE,Police, FORfor CERTIFYINGcertifying APPROVEDapproved VENDORSvendors TOto PROVIDEprovide SCHOOLschool POLICEpolice OFFICERSofficers TOto NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOLSschools FORfor THEthe PURPOSESpurposes OFof AWARDINGawarding GRANTSgrants UNDERunder SUBSECTIONsubsection (C.1)(3).(c.1)(3).

(9) TOTo PUBLISHpublish ANDand POSTpost ONon THEthe DEPARTMENTDepartment OFof EDUCATION'SEducation's PUBLICLYpublicly ACCESSIBLEaccessible INTERNETInternet WEBSITEwebsite Aa LISTINGlisting OFof ALLall APPROVEDapproved VENDORSvendors UNDERunder PARAGRAPHparagraph (8).] (B.1)(b.1) THEThe [OFFICE][office] DEPARTMENTDepartment OFof EDUCATIONEducation SHALLshall PROCESSprocess ANDand TABULATEtabulate THEthe DATAdata ONon ANan ANNUALannual BASISbasis TOto ASSISTassist SCHOOLschool ADMINISTRATORS,administrators, THEthe SCHOOLSchool SAFETYSafety ANDand SECURITYSecurity COMMITTEECommittee ESTABLISHEDestablished UNDERunder SECTIONsection 1302-B ANDand LAWlaw ENFORCEMENTenforcement OFFICIALSofficials INin THEIRtheir DUTIESduties UNDERunder THISthis ARTICLE.article.

[(C)[(c) INIn ADDITIONaddition TOto THEthe POWERSpowers ANDand DUTIESduties SETset FORTHforth UNDERunder SUBSECTIONsubsection (B),(b), THEthe OFFICEoffice ISis AUTHORIZEDauthorized TOto MAKEmake TARGETEDtargeted GRANTSgrants TOto SCHOOLschool ENTITIES,entities, ANDand TOto INTERMEDIATEintermediate UNITSunits ONon BEHALFbehalf OFof NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOLS,schools, TOto FUNDfund PROGRAMSprograms WHICHwhich ADDRESSaddress SCHOOLschool VIOLENCE,violence, INCLUDING:including:

(1) CONFLICTConflict RESOLUTIONresolution ORor DISPUTEdispute MANAGEMENT,management, INCLUDINGincluding RESTORATIVErestorative JUSTICEjustice STRATEGIES.strategies.

(1.1) SCHOOL-WIDESchool-wide POSITIVEpositive BEHAVIORbehavior SUPPORTsupport THATthat INCLUDESincludes PRIMARYprimary ORor UNIVERSAL,universal, SECONDARYsecondary ANDand TERTIARYtertiary SUPPORTSsupports ANDand INTERVENTIONSinterventions INin SCHOOLschool ENTITIES.entities.

(1.2) SCHOOL-BASEDSchool-based DIVERSIONdiversion PROGRAMS.programs.

(2) PEERPeer HELPERShelpers PROGRAMS.programs.

(3) RISKRisk ASSESSMENT,assessment, SAFETY-RELATED,safety-related, VIOLENCEviolence PREVENTIONprevention CURRICULA,curricula, INCLUDING,including, BUTbut NOTnot LIMITEDlimited TO,to, DATINGdating VIOLENCEviolence CURRICULAcurricula ANDand RESTORATIVErestorative JUSTICEjustice STRATEGIES.strategies.

(4) CLASSROOMClassroom MANAGEMENT.management.

20230SB0843PN1239 - 50 - (5) STUDENTStudent CODEScodes OFof CONDUCT.conduct.

20230SB0843PN1290 - 51 - (6) TRAININGTraining TOto UNDERTAKEundertake Aa DISTRICTWIDEdistrictwide ASSESSMENTassessment OFof RISKrisk FACTORSfactors THATthat INCREASEincrease THEthe LIKELIHOODlikelihood OFof PROBLEMproblem BEHAVIORSbehaviors AMONGamong STUDENTS.students.

(7) DEVELOPMENTDevelopment ANDand IMPLEMENTATIONimplementation OFof RESEARCH-BASEDresearch-based VIOLENCEviolence PREVENTIONprevention PROGRAMSprograms THATthat ADDRESSaddress RISKrisk FACTORSfactors TOto REDUCEreduce INCIDENTSincidents OFof PROBLEMproblem BEHAVIORSbehaviors AMONGamong STUDENTSstudents INCLUDING,including, BUTbut NOTnot LIMITEDlimited TO,to, BULLYING.bullying.

(8) COMPREHENSIVE,Comprehensive, DISTRICTWIDEdistrictwide SCHOOLschool SAFETY,safety, VIOLENCEviolence PREVENTION,prevention, EMERGENCYemergency PREPAREDNESSpreparedness ANDand ALL-HAZARDSall-hazards PLANS,plans, INCLUDINGincluding REVISIONSrevisions ORor UPDATESupdates TOto SUCHsuch PLANSplans ANDand CONDUCTINGconducting EMERGENCYemergency PREPAREDNESSpreparedness DRILLSdrills ANDand RELATEDrelated ACTIVITIESactivities WITHwith LOCALlocal EMERGENCYemergency RESPONDERS.responders.

(9) SECURITYSecurity PLANNING,planning, PURCHASEpurchase OFof SECURITY-RELATEDsecurity-related TECHNOLOGYtechnology WHICHwhich MAYmay INCLUDEinclude METALmetal DETECTORS,detectors, PROTECTIVEprotective LIGHTING,lighting, SURVEILLANCEsurveillance EQUIPMENT,equipment, SPECIALspecial EMERGENCYemergency COMMUNICATIONScommunications EQUIPMENT,equipment, ELECTRONICelectronic LOCKSETS,locksets, DEADBOLTSdeadbolts ANDand THEFTtheft CONTROLcontrol DEVICESdevices ANDand TRAININGtraining INin THEthe USEuse OFof SECURITY-security- RELATEDrelated TECHNOLOGY.technology.

SECURITYSecurity PLANNINGplanning ANDand PURCHASEpurchase OFof SECURITY-security- RELATEDrelated TECHNOLOGYtechnology SHALLshall BEbe BASEDbased ONon SAFETYsafety NEEDSneeds IDENTIFIEDidentified BYby THEthe SCHOOLschool ENTITY'Sentity's BOARDboard OFof DIRECTORS.directors.

(10) INSTITUTIONInstitution OFof STUDENT,student, STAFFstaff ANDand VISITORvisitor IDENTIFICATIONidentification SYSTEMS,systems, INCLUDINGincluding CRIMINALcriminal BACKGROUNDbackground CHECKcheck SOFTWARE.software.

(12) PROVISIONProvision OFof SPECIALIZEDspecialized STAFFstaff ANDand STUDENTstudent TRAININGtraining PROGRAMS,programs, INCLUDINGincluding TRAININGtraining FORfor STUDENTStudent ASSISTANCEAssistance PROGRAMProgram TEAMteam MEMBERSmembers INin ELEMENTARY,elementary, MIDDLEmiddle ANDand HIGHhigh SCHOOLSschools INin THEthe REFERRALreferral OFof STUDENTSstudents ATat RISKrisk OFof VIOLENTviolent BEHAVIORbehavior TOto APPROPRIATEappropriate COMMUNITY-BASEDcommunity-based SERVICES,services, INCLUDINGincluding MENTALmental HEALTHhealth SERVICES.services.

(13) ALTERNATIVEAlternative EDUCATIONeducation PROGRAMSprograms PROVIDEDprovided FORfor INin ARTICLEArticle 20230SB0843PN1239 - 51 - XIX-C.

20230SB0843PN1290 - 52 - (14) COUNSELINGCounseling SERVICESservices FORfor STUDENTSstudents ENROLLEDenrolled INin ALTERNATIVEalternative EDUCATIONeducation PROGRAMS.programs.

(15) ANAn INTERNETInternet WEB-BASEDweb-based SYSTEMsystem FORfor THEthe MANAGEMENTmanagement OFof STUDENTstudent DISCIPLINE,discipline, INCLUDINGincluding MISCONDUCTmisconduct ANDand CRIMINALcriminal OFFENSES.offenses.

(16) STAFFStaff TRAININGtraining PROGRAMSprograms INin THEthe USEuse OFof POSITIVEpositive BEHAVIORbehavior SUPPORTS,supports, DE-ESCALATIONde-escalation TECHNIQUEStechniques ANDand APPROPRIATEappropriate RESPONSESresponses TOto STUDENTstudent BEHAVIORbehavior THATthat MAYmay REQUIRErequire IMMEDIATEimmediate INTERVENTION.intervention.

(17) THEThe IMPLEMENTATIONimplementation OFof ARTICLEArticle XIII-E.

(C.1)(c.1) (1) INIn ADDITIONaddition TOto THEthe POWERSpowers ANDand DUTIESduties SETset FORTHforth UNDERunder SUBSECTIONSsubsections (B)(b) ANDand (C),(c), THEthe OFFICEoffice ISis AUTHORIZEDauthorized TOto MAKEmake TARGETEDtargeted GRANTSgrants TOto SCHOOLschool ENTITIES,entities, MUNICIPALITIES,municipalities, LOCALlocal LAWlaw ENFORCEMENTenforcement AGENCIESagencies ANDand APPROVEDapproved VENDORSvendors TOto FUNDfund PROGRAMSprograms WHICHwhich ADDRESSaddress SCHOOLschool VIOLENCEviolence BYby ESTABLISHINGestablishing ORor ENHANCINGenhancing SCHOOLschool SECURITY,security, INCLUDINGincluding COSTScosts ASSOCIATEDassociated WITHwith THEthe TRAININGtraining ANDand COMPENSATIONcompensation OFof SCHOOLschool RESOURCEresource OFFICERSofficers ANDand SCHOOLschool POLICEpolice OFFICERS.officers.

MUNICIPALITIESMunicipalities ORor LOCALlocal LAWlaw ENFORCEMENTenforcement AGENCIESagencies THATthat RECEIVEreceive GRANTSgrants UNDERunder THISthis SUBSECTIONsubsection SHALL,shall, WITHwith THEthe PRIORprior CONSENTconsent OFof THEthe GOVERNINGgoverning BOARDboard OFof THEthe SCHOOLschool ENTITYentity ORor NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOL,school, ASSIGNassign SCHOOLschool RESOURCEresource OFFICERSofficers TOto CARRYcarry OUTout THEIRtheir OFFICIALofficial DUTIESduties ONon THEthe PREMISESpremises OFof THEthe SCHOOLschool ENTITYentity ORor NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOL.school.

(2) MUNICIPALITIESMunicipalities ORor LOCALlocal LAWlaw ENFORCEMENTenforcement AGENCIESagencies MAYmay NOTnot RECEIVEreceive GRANTgrant FUNDSfunds UNDERunder THISthis SUBSECTIONsubsection FORfor ANYany PURPOSEpurpose OTHERother THANthan FORfor COSTScosts ASSOCIATEDassociated WITHwith SCHOOLschool RESOURCEresource OFFICERSofficers ANDand AREare NOTnot ELIGIBLEeligible FORfor OTHERother GRANTSgrants PROVIDEDprovided TOto SCHOOLschool ENTITIESentities UNDERunder THISthis SECTION.section.

INIn ASSIGNINGassigning SCHOOLschool RESOURCEresource OFFICERSofficers PURSUANTpursuant TOto THISthis SUBSECTION,subsection, MUNICIPALITIESmunicipalities SHALLshall TAKEtake INTOinto CONSIDERATIONconsideration THEthe PROPORTIONproportion OFof STUDENTSstudents ENROLLEDenrolled INin EACHeach SCHOOLschool ENTITYentity ORor NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOL.school.

20230SB0843PN1239(3) -Nonpublic 52schools -are (3)authorized NONPUBLICto SCHOOLSapply AREto AUTHORIZEDthe TOoffice APPLY20230SB0843PN1290 TO- THE53 OFFICE- FORfor GRANTgrant FUNDINGfunding UNDERunder PARAGRAPHparagraph (1) TOto BEbe USEDused FORfor THEthe COSTScosts ASSOCIATEDassociated WITHwith OBTAININGobtaining THEthe SERVICESservices OFof Aa SCHOOLschool POLICEpolice OFFICERofficer FROMfrom Aa LISTlist OFof APPROVEDapproved VENDORSvendors CERTIFIEDcertified BYby THEthe OFFICE.office.

GRANTGrant AWARDSawards FORfor THISthis PURPOSEpurpose SHALLshall BEbe AWARDEDawarded ANDand PAIDpaid DIRECTLYdirectly TOto THEthe APPROVEDapproved VENDORvendor WITHwith WHICHwhich THEthe NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOLschool CONTRACTScontracts FORfor SERVICES.services.

NONPUBLICNonpublic SCHOOLSschools MAYmay NOTnot APPLYapply FORfor GRANTgrant FUNDINGfunding UNDERunder THISthis SECTIONsection FORfor ANYany PURPOSEpurpose OTHERother THANthan OBTAININGobtaining THEthe SERVICESservices OFof Aa SCHOOLschool POLICEpolice OFFICERofficer UNDERunder THISthis PARAGRAPH.paragraph.

(D)(d) THEThe OFFICEoffice SHALLshall HAVEhave THEthe FOLLOWINGfollowing DUTIESduties ASas TOto TARGETEDtargeted GRANTS:grants:

(1) TARGETEDTargeted GRANTSgrants SHALLshall BEbe ALLOCATEDallocated THROUGHthrough Aa COMPETITIVEcompetitive GRANTgrant REVIEWreview PROCESSprocess ESTABLISHEDestablished BYby THEthe OFFICE.office.

SCHOOLSchool ENTITIESentities MUSTmust SATISFYsatisfy THEthe REQUIREMENTSrequirements OFof THISthis SECTIONsection ANDand SECTIONsection 1303-A TOto BEbe ELIGIBLEeligible FORfor GRANTS.grants.

THEThe APPLICATIONapplication FORfor Aa TARGETEDtargeted GRANTgrant SHALLshall INCLUDE:include:

(I)(i) THEthe PURPOSEpurpose FORfor WHICHwhich THEthe TARGETEDtargeted GRANTgrant SHALLshall BEbe UTILIZED;utilized;

(II)(ii) INFORMATIONinformation INDICATINGindicating NEEDneed FORfor THEthe TARGETEDtargeted GRANT,grant, INCLUDING,including, BUTbut NOTnot LIMITEDlimited TO,to, SCHOOLschool VIOLENCEviolence STATISTICS;statistics;

(III)(iii) ANan ESTIMATEDestimated BUDGET;budget;

(IV)(iv) METHODSmethods FORfor MEASURINGmeasuring OUTCOMES;outcomes;

ANDand (V)(v) ANYany OTHERother CRITERIAcriteria ASas THEthe OFFICEoffice MAYmay REQUIRE.require.

(2) THEThe OFFICEoffice SHALL:shall:

(I)(i) GIVEGive PRIORITYpriority INin GRANTgrant FUNDINGfunding UNDERunder SUBSECTIONsubsection (C)(c) TOto Aa SCHOOLschool ENTITYentity DESIGNATEDdesignated ASas Aa PERSISTENTLYpersistently DANGEROUSdangerous SCHOOLschool ASas DEFINEDdefined INin 22 PA.Pa.

CODECode § 403.2 (RELATING(relating TOto DEFINITIONS).definitions).

(II)(ii) GIVEGive PRIORITYpriority INin GRANTgrant FUNDINGfunding UNDERunder SUBSECTIONsubsection (C)(c) TOto SCHOOLschool ENTITIESentities WITHwith THEthe GREATESTgreatest NEEDneed TOto ESTABLISHestablish SAFETYsafety ANDand ORDER.order.

20230SB0843PN1239(iii) -To 53the -greatest (III)extent TOpossible, THEensure GREATESTthat EXTENTgrant POSSIBLE,20230SB0843PN1290 ENSURE- THAT54 GRANT- FUNDINGfunding ISis GEOGRAPHICALLYgeographically DISPERSEDdispersed TOto SCHOOLschool ENTITIESentities ANDand MUNICIPALITIESmunicipalities THROUGHOUTthroughout THISthis COMMONWEALTH.Commonwealth.

(IV)(iv) FORFor SCHOOLschool ENTITIES,entities, MUNICIPALITIES,municipalities, LOCALlocal LAWlaw ENFORCEMENTenforcement AGENCIESagencies ANDand NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOLSschools THATthat APPLYapply FORfor FUNDINGfunding FORfor THEthe TRAININGtraining ANDand COMPENSATIONcompensation OFof SCHOOLschool RESOURCEresource OFFICERSofficers ANDand SCHOOLschool POLICEpolice OFFICERSofficers UNDERunder SUBSECTIONsubsection (C.1),(c.1), GIVEgive PRIORITYpriority TOto SCHOOLschool ENTITIES,entities, MUNICIPALITIES,municipalities, LOCALlocal LAWlaw ENFORCEMENTenforcement AGENCIESagencies ANDand NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOLSschools THATthat UTILIZEutilize SCHOOLschool RESOURCEresource OFFICERSofficers ORor SCHOOLschool POLICEpolice OFFICERSofficers WHOwho HAVEhave COMPLETEDcompleted ADDITIONALadditional TRAININGtraining RECOMMENDEDrecommended BYby THEthe DEPARTMENTDepartment OFof EDUCATIONEducation RELATINGrelating TOto INTERACTIONinteraction WITHwith ALLall CHILDRENchildren ANDand ADOLESCENTSadolescents WITHINwithin Aa SCHOOLschool SETTING.setting.

(V)(v) FORFor SCHOOLschool ENTITIESentities ORor NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOLSschools THATthat APPLYapply FORfor FUNDINGfunding FORfor SCHOOLschool POLICEpolice OFFICERSofficers UNDERunder SUBSECTIONsubsection (C.1),(c.1), GIVEgive PRIORITYpriority TOto SCHOOLschool ENTITIESentities ANDand NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOLSschools THATthat UTILIZEutilize SCHOOLschool POLICEpolice OFFICERSofficers WHOwho SATISFYsatisfy ALLall OFof THEthe FOLLOWING:following:

(A) AREAre RETIREDretired FEDERALFederal AGENTSagents ORor RETIREDretired STATE,State, MUNICIPALmunicipal ORor MILITARYmilitary POLICEpolice OFFICERS.officers.

(B) AREAre INDEPENDENTindependent CONTRACTORScontractors OFof THEthe SCHOOLschool ENTITYentity ORor NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOL.school.

(C) AREAre COMPENSATEDcompensated ONon ANan HOURLYhourly BASISbasis ANDand RECEIVEreceive NOno OTHERother COMPENSATIONcompensation ORor FRINGEfringe BENEFITSbenefits FROMfrom THEthe SCHOOLschool ENTITYentity ORor NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOL.school.

(D) HAVEHave COMPLETEDcompleted SUCHsuch ANNUALannual TRAININGtraining ASas SHALLshall BEbe REQUIREDrequired BYby THEthe MUNICIPALMunicipal POLICEPolice OFFICERS'Officers' EDUCATIONEducation ANDand TRAININGTraining COMMISSIONCommission PURSUANTpursuant TOto 53 PA.C.S.Pa.C.S.

CH.Ch.

21 SUBCH.Subch.

D (RELATING(relating TOto MUNICIPALmunicipal POLICEpolice EDUCATIONeducation ANDand TRAINING).training).

(E) AREAre INin SATISFACTIONsatisfaction OFof THEthe REQUIREMENTSrequirements OFof SECTIONsection 111.

(F) INIn THEthe CASEcase OFof Aa SCHOOLschool ENTITY,entity, HAVEhave BEENbeen INDEMNIFIEDindemnified BYby 20230SB0843PN1239the -school 54entity -pursuant THEto SCHOOL ENTITY PURSUANT TO 42 PA.C.S.Pa.C.S.

§ 8548 (RELATING(relating TOto INDEMNITY).20230SB0843PN1290 - 55 - indemnity).

(G) AREAre UTILIZEDutilized BYby Aa SCHOOLschool ENTITYentity ORor NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOLschool THATthat HAShas NOTnot EMPLOYEDemployed Aa SCHOOLschool POLICEpolice OFFICERofficer WITHINwithin THEthe THREEthree YEARSyears IMMEDIATELYimmediately PRECEDINGpreceding THEthe EFFECTIVEeffective DATEdate OFof THISthis CLAUSE.clause.

NOTHINGNothing INin THISthis CLAUSEclause SHALLshall BEbe CONSTRUEDconstrued TOto IMPACTimpact ONon GRANTgrant DECISIONSdecisions FORfor SCHOOLschool ENTITIES,entities, MUNICIPALITIESmunicipalities ORor LOCALlocal LAWlaw ENFORCEMENTenforcement AGENCIESagencies THATthat APPLYapply FORfor FUNDINGfunding FORfor HIRINGhiring OFof SCHOOLschool RESOURCEresource OFFICERSofficers PURSUANTpursuant TOto SUBSECTIONsubsection (C.1).(c.1).

(3) THEThe OFFICEoffice SHALLshall PROVIDEprovide ALLall TARGETEDtargeted GRANTgrant AGREEMENTSagreements TOto THEthe DEPARTMENTDepartment OFof EDUCATION'SEducation's COMPTROLLERcomptroller FORfor REVIEWreview ANDand APPROVALapproval PRIORprior TOto AWARDINGawarding THEthe GRANT.grant.

THEThe SCHOOLschool ENTITY,entity, MUNICIPALITY,municipality, LOCALlocal LAWlaw ENFORCEMENTenforcement AGENCYagency ORor APPROVEDapproved VENDORvendor SHALLshall PROVIDEprovide THEthe OFFICEoffice WITHwith FULLfull ANDand COMPLETEcomplete ACCESSaccess TOto ALLall RECORDSrecords RELATINGrelating TOto THEthe PERFORMANCEperformance OFof THEthe GRANT,grant, ANDand SHALLshall SUBMIT,submit, ATat SUCHsuch TIMEtime ANDand INin SUCHsuch FORMform ASas MAYmay BEbe PRESCRIBED,prescribed, TRUTHFULtruthful ANDand ACCURATEaccurate INFORMATIONinformation THATthat THEthe OFFICEoffice MAYmay REQUIRE.require.

THEThe OFFICEoffice SHALLshall CONDUCTconduct Aa THOROUGHthorough ANNUALannual EVALUATIONevaluation OFof EACHeach PROGRAMprogram FORfor WHICHwhich Aa GRANTgrant UNDERunder THISthis SECTIONsection ISis MADE.made.

THEThe OFFICEoffice SHALLshall SEEKseek REPAYMENTrepayment OFof FUNDSfunds IFif ITit DETERMINESdetermines THATthat FUNDSfunds WEREwere NOTnot UTILIZEDutilized FORfor THEthe ORIGINALoriginal STATEDstated PURPOSE.purpose.

(E)(e) FORFor ANYany FISCALfiscal YEARyear PRIORprior TOto 2019-2020, THEthe SUMsum APPROPRIATEDappropriated ANNUALLYannually TOto THEthe DEPARTMENTDepartment OFof EDUCATIONEducation FORfor THEthe PURPOSEpurpose OFof MAKINGmaking TARGETEDtargeted GRANTSgrants UNDERunder THISthis SECTIONsection SHALLshall BEbe ALLOCATEDallocated ASas FOLLOWS:follows:

(1) TWENTY-FIVETwenty-five PERCENTpercent OFof THEthe SUMsum SHALLshall BEbe ALLOCATEDallocated FORfor GRANTSgrants UNDERunder SUBSECTIONsubsection (C).(c).

(2) SEVENTY-FIVESeventy-five PERCENTpercent OFof THEthe SUMsum SHALLshall BEbe ALLOCATEDallocated FORfor GRANTSgrants UNDERunder SUBSECTIONsubsection (C.1).(c.1).

(E.1)(e.1) ANYAny GRANTgrant FUNDINGfunding ALLOCATEDallocated UNDERunder SUBSECTIONsubsection (C.1)(c.1) 20230SB0843PN1239above -the 55amount -allocated ABOVEin THEfiscal AMOUNTyear ALLOCATED2017-2018 INmay FISCALbe YEAR20230SB0843PN1290 2017-2018- MAY56 BE- PRIORITIZEDprioritized FORfor NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOLS.schools.

(E.2)(e.2) BEGINNINGBeginning INin FISCALfiscal YEARyear 2019-2020, GRANTSgrants AWARDEDawarded UNDERunder SUBSECTIONsubsection (C.1)(c.1) SHALLshall NOTnot EXCEEDexceed THEthe AMOUNTamount AWARDEDawarded INin FISCALfiscal YEARyear 2018-2019 UNDERunder THATthat SUBSECTIONsubsection ANDand NOno LESSless THANthan $3,200,000 SHALLshall BEbe AWARDEDawarded TOto INTERMEDIATEintermediate UNITSunits ONon BEHALFbehalf OFof NONPUBLICnonpublic SCHOOLSschools UNDERunder SUBSECTIONsubsection (C).(c).

(F)(f) ASAs USEDused INin THISthis SECTION,section, "SCHOOL"school ENTITY"entity" SHALLshall HAVEhave THEthe SAMEsame MEANINGmeaning GIVENgiven TOto ITit UNDERunder SECTIONsection 222(C).]222(c).] SECTIONSection 9.

SECTIONSSections 1302.1-A ANDand 1303-A OFof THEthe ACTact AREare REPEALED:repealed:

[SECTION[Section 1302.1-A.

REGULATIONS.--(A)Regulations.--(a) WITHINWithin ONEone YEARyear OFof THEthe EFFECTIVEeffective DATEdate OFof THISthis SECTION,section, THEthe STATEState BOARDBoard OFof EDUCATIONEducation SHALLshall PROMULGATEpromulgate FINAL-OMITTEDfinal-omitted REGULATIONSregulations PURSUANTpursuant TOto THEthe ACTact OFof JUNEJune 25, 1982 (P.L.633, NO.181),No.181), KNOWNknown ASas THEthe "REGULATORY"Regulatory REVIEWReview ACT,"Act," NECESSARYnecessary TOto IMPLEMENTimplement THISthis ARTICLE.article.

THEThe REGULATIONSregulations SHALLshall INCLUDEinclude THEthe FOLLOWING:following:

(1) A MODELmodel MEMORANDUMmemorandum OFof UNDERSTANDINGunderstanding BETWEENbetween SCHOOLschool ENTITIESentities ANDand LOCALlocal POLICEpolice DEPARTMENTS.departments.

THEThe MODELmodel MEMORANDUMmemorandum OFof UNDERSTANDINGunderstanding SHALLshall BEbe REVIEWEDreviewed ONon Aa BIENNIALbiennial BASISbasis ANDand REVISEDrevised WHEREwhere NECESSARY.necessary.

THEThe STATEState BOARDBoard OFof EDUCATIONEducation MAYmay REVISErevise THEthe MODELmodel MEMORANDUMmemorandum OFof UNDERSTANDINGunderstanding BYby PUBLISHINGpublishing Aa NOTICEnotice INin THEthe PENNSYLVANIAPennsylvania BULLETINBulletin THATthat CONTAINScontains THEthe COMPLETEcomplete REVISEDrevised MODELmodel MEMORANDUMmemorandum OFof UNDERSTANDING.understanding.

THEThe REVISEDrevised MODELmodel MEMORANDUMmemorandum OFof UNDERSTANDINGunderstanding SHALLshall BEbe INCORPORATEDincorporated INTOinto THEthe PENNSYLVANIAPennsylvania CODECode INin PLACEplace OFof THEthe EXISTINGexisting MODELmodel MEMORANDUMmemorandum OFof UNDERSTANDING.understanding.

(2) PROTOCOLProtocol FORfor THEthe NOTIFICATIONnotification OFof THEthe POLICEpolice DEPARTMENTdepartment WHENwhen ANan OFFENSEoffense LISTEDlisted UNDERunder SECTIONsection 1303-A(B)(4.1)1303-A(b)(4.1) OCCURSoccurs ONon SCHOOLschool PROPERTY,property, WHICHwhich SHALLshall INCLUDEinclude Aa REQUIREMENTrequirement THATthat THEthe LOCALlocal POLICEpolice DEPARTMENTdepartment BEbe NOTIFIEDnotified IMMEDIATELYimmediately WHENwhen SUCHsuch ANan 20230SB0843PN1239offense -occurs. 56 - OFFENSE OCCURS.

20230SB0843PN1290 - 57 - (3) PROTOCOLProtocol FORfor THEthe NOTIFICATIONnotification OFof THEthe POLICEpolice DEPARTMENTdepartment ATat THEthe DISCRETIONdiscretion OFof THEthe CHIEFchief SCHOOLschool ADMINISTRATORadministrator REGARDINGregarding ANan OFFENSEoffense LISTEDlisted UNDERunder SECTIONsection 1303-A(B)(4.2)1303-A(b)(4.2) ORor ANYany OTHERother OFFENSEoffense THATthat OCCURSoccurs ONon SCHOOLschool PROPERTY.property.

(4) PROTOCOLProtocol FORfor EMERGENCYemergency ANDand NONEMERGENCYnonemergency RESPONSEresponse BYby THEthe POLICEpolice DEPARTMENT,department, WHICHwhich SHALLshall INCLUDEinclude Aa REQUIREMENTrequirement THATthat THEthe SCHOOLschool DISTRICTdistrict SHALLshall SUPPLYsupply THEthe POLICEpolice DEPARTMENTdepartment WITHwith Aa COPYcopy OFof THEthe COMPREHENSIVEcomprehensive DISASTERdisaster RESPONSEresponse ANDand EMERGENCYemergency PREPAREDNESSpreparedness PLANplan ASas REQUIREDrequired BYby 35 PA.C.S.Pa.C.S.

§ 7701(G)7701(g) (RELATING(relating TOto DUTIESduties CONCERNINGconcerning DISASTERdisaster PREVENTION).prevention).

(5) PROCEDURESProcedures ANDand PROTOCOLSprotocols FORfor THEthe RESPONSEresponse ANDand HANDLINGhandling OFof STUDENTSstudents WITHwith Aa DISABILITY,disability, INCLUDINGincluding PROCEDURESprocedures RELATEDrelated TOto STUDENTstudent BEHAVIORbehavior ASas REQUIREDrequired BYby 22 PA.Pa.

CODECode §§ 14.104 (RELATING(relating TOto SPECIALspecial EDUCATIONeducation PLANS)plans) ANDand 14.133 (RELATING(relating TOto POSITIVEpositive BEHAVIORbehavior SUPPORT).support).

(B)(b) (1) INIn PROMULGATINGpromulgating THEthe REGULATIONSregulations REQUIREDrequired UNDERunder SUBSECTIONsubsection (A),(a), THEthe STATEState BOARDBoard OFof EDUCATIONEducation SHALLshall CONVENEconvene ANDand CONSULTconsult WITHwith Aa STATEWIDEStatewide ADVISORYadvisory COMMITTEEcommittee WHICHwhich SHALLshall INCLUDEinclude Aa POLICEpolice CHIEF,chief, JUVENILEjuvenile PUBLICpublic DEFENDER,defender, SCHOOLschool SUPERINTENDENT,superintendent, SCHOOLschool PRINCIPAL,principal, DISTRICTdistrict ATTORNEY,attorney, SOLICITORsolicitor OFof Aa SCHOOLschool DISTRICT,district, SPECIALspecial EDUCATIONeducation SUPERVISOR,supervisor, SPECIALspecial EDUCATIONeducation ADVOCATEadvocate ANDand IN-SCHOOLin-school PROBATIONprobation OFFICERofficer ANDand ONEone DESIGNEEdesignee FROMfrom THEthe DEPARTMENTDepartment OFof EDUCATION,Education, THEthe PENNSYLVANIAPennsylvania COMMISSIONCommission ONon CRIMECrime ANDand DELINQUENCY,Delinquency, THEthe MUNICIPALMunicipal POLICEPolice OFFICERS'Officers' EDUCATIONEducation ANDand TRAININGTraining COMMISSION,Commission, THEthe JUVENILEJuvenile COURTCourt JUDGES'Judges' COMMISSIONCommission ANDand THEthe PENNSYLVANIAPennsylvania STATEState POLICE.Police.

(2) MEMBERSMembers OFof THEthe COMMITTEEcommittee SHALLshall BEbe SELECTEDselected TOto BEbe REPRESENTATIVErepresentative OFof THEthe RURAL,rural, SUBURBANsuburban ANDand URBANurban SCHOOLschool ENTITIESentities OFof THISthis COMMONWEALTH.Commonwealth.

20230SB0843PN1239(3) -The 57advisory -committee (3)shall THEbe ADVISORYconvened COMMITTEEno SHALLlater BEthan CONVENED20230SB0843PN1290 NO- LATER58 THAN- SIXTYsixty (60) DAYSdays AFTERafter THEthe EFFECTIVEeffective DATEdate OFof THISthis SECTIONsection ANDand SHALLshall MEETmeet REGULARLYregularly TOto FULFILLfulfill THEthe REQUIREMENTSrequirements OFof THISthis SECTION.section.

SECTIONSection 1303-A.

REPORTING.--(A)Reporting.--(a) THEThe OFFICEoffice SHALLshall CONDUCTconduct Aa ONE-TIMEone-time SURVEYsurvey OFof ALLall SCHOOLschool ENTITIESentities TOto DETERMINEdetermine THEthe NUMBERnumber OFof INCIDENTSincidents INVOLVINGinvolving ACTSacts OFof VIOLENCEviolence ONon SCHOOLschool PROPERTYproperty ANDand ALLall CASEScases INVOLVINGinvolving POSSESSIONpossession OFof Aa WEAPONweapon BYby ANYany PERSONperson ONon SCHOOLschool PROPERTYproperty WHICHwhich OCCURREDoccurred WITHINwithin THEthe LASTlast FIVEfive (5) YEARS.years.

THEThe SURVEYsurvey SHALLshall BEbe BASEDbased ONon THEthe BESTbest AVAILABLEavailable INFORMATIONinformation PROVIDEDprovided BYby SCHOOLschool ENTITIES.entities.

(B)(b) EACHEach CHIEFchief SCHOOLschool ADMINISTRATORadministrator SHALLshall REPORTreport TOto THEthe OFFICEoffice BYby JULYJuly 31 OFof EACHeach YEARyear ALLall NEWnew INCIDENTSincidents INVOLVINGinvolving ACTSacts OFof VIOLENCE,violence, POSSESSIONpossession OFof Aa WEAPONweapon ORor POSSESSION,possession, USEuse ORor SALEsale OFof CONTROLLEDcontrolled SUBSTANCESsubstances ASas DEFINEDdefined INin THEthe ACTact OFof APRILApril 14, 1972 (P.L.233, NO.64),No.64), KNOWNknown ASas "THE"The CONTROLLEDControlled SUBSTANCE,Substance, DRUG,Drug, DEVICEDevice ANDand COSMETICCosmetic ACT,"Act," ORor POSSESSION,possession, USEuse ORor SALEsale OFof ALCOHOLalcohol ORor TOBACCOtobacco BYby ANYany PERSONperson ONon SCHOOLschool PROPERTY.property.

THEThe INCIDENTSincidents TOto BEbe REPORTEDreported TOto THEthe OFFICEoffice SHALLshall INCLUDEinclude ALLall INCIDENTSincidents INVOLVINGinvolving CONDUCTconduct THATthat CONSTITUTESconstitutes Aa CRIMINALcriminal OFFENSEoffense LISTEDlisted UNDERunder PARAGRAPHSparagraphs (4.1) ANDand (4.2).

REPORTSReports ONon Aa FORMform TOto BEbe DEVELOPEDdeveloped ANDand PROVIDEDprovided BYby THEthe OFFICEoffice SHALLshall INCLUDE:include:

(1) AGEAge ORor GRADEgrade OFof STUDENT.student.

(2) NAMEName ANDand ADDRESSaddress OFof SCHOOL.school.

(3) CIRCUMSTANCESCircumstances SURROUNDINGsurrounding THEthe INCIDENT,incident, INCLUDING,including, BUTbut NOTnot LIMITEDlimited TO,to, TYPEtype OFof WEAPON,weapon, CONTROLLEDcontrolled SUBSTANCE,substance, ALCOHOLalcohol ORor TOBACCO,tobacco, THEthe DATE,date, TIMEtime ANDand LOCATIONlocation OFof THEthe INCIDENT,incident, IFif Aa PERSONperson OTHERother THANthan Aa STUDENTstudent ISis INVOLVEDinvolved INin THEthe INCIDENTincident ANDand ANYany RELATIONSHIPrelationship TOto THEthe SCHOOLschool ENTITY.entity.

(3.1) RACERace OFof STUDENT.student.

20230SB0843PN1239(3.2) -Whether 58the -student (3.2)has WHETHERan THEIndividualized STUDENTEducation HAS20230SB0843PN1290 AN- INDIVIDUALIZED59 EDUCATION- PLANPlan UNDERunder THEthe INDIVIDUALSIndividuals WITHwith DISABILITIESDisabilities EDUCATIONEducation ACTAct (PUBLIC(Public LAWLaw 91-230, 20 U.S.C.

§ 1400 ETet SEQ.),seq.), ANDand IFif SO,so, THEthe TYPEtype OFof DISABILITY.disability.

(4) SANCTIONSanction IMPOSEDimposed BYby THEthe SCHOOL.school.

(4.1) A LISTlist OFof CRIMINALcriminal OFFENSESoffenses WHICHwhich SHALL,shall, ATat Aa MINIMUM,minimum, INCLUDE:include:

(I)(i) THEThe FOLLOWINGfollowing OFFENSESoffenses UNDERunder 18 PA.C.S.Pa.C.S.

(RELATING(relating TOto CRIMEScrimes ANDand OFFENSES):offenses):

SECTIONSection 908 (RELATING(relating TOto PROHIBITEDprohibited OFFENSIVEoffensive WEAPONS).weapons).

SECTIONSection 912 (RELATING(relating TOto POSSESSIONpossession OFof WEAPONweapon ONon SCHOOLschool PROPERTY).property).

CHAPTERChapter 25 (RELATING(relating TOto CRIMINALcriminal HOMICIDE).homicide).

SECTIONSection 2702 (RELATING(relating TOto AGGRAVATEDaggravated ASSAULT).assault).