SB 246 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in student supports, providing for parental and employee notification of weapon incidents.

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752246 THE2025 GENERALINTRODUCED ASSEMBLYBY OFCOLEMAN, PENNSYLVANIATARTAGLIONE, SENATEFONTANA, BILLCOSTA, SessionSTEFANO, DUSH AND ARGALL, FEBRUARY 13, 2025 REFERRED TO EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 13, 2025 AN ACT Amending the act of No.March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An act relating to the public school system, including certain provisions applicable as well to private and parochial schools;

246 2025 INTRODUCED BY COLEMAN, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA, COSTA, STEFANO, DUSH, ARGALL AND MASTRIANO, FEBRUARY 13, 2025 SENATOR CULVER, EDUCATION, AS AMENDED, MAY 6, 2025 AN ACT Ameact relating to the public school system, including certainAn provisions applicable as well to private and parochial schools;

Parental and Employe Notification of Weapon Incidents.--(a) A school entity,entity NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OR <-- PRIVATE SCHOOL shall notify parents and guardians and school employes of an incident involving the possession of a weapon on any school property that constitutes a violation of one of the following:

(3) Locally established policies of a THE school entity's,entity's <-- NONPUBLIC SCHOOL'S OR PRIVATE SCHOOL'S governing body relating to weapons.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), if an incident involving the possession of a weapon occurs at a school building, the school entity,entity NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL <-- may limit notification to parents and guardians of students enrolled in or attending, or school employes assigned to, the school building where the incident occurred.

(3) If the school building at which the incident occurs shares a campus with other school buildings, the school entity,entity <-- NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL shall make notification to parents and guardians of students enrolled in or attending, or school employes assigned to, any building situated on the shared campus.

(i) The school entity,entity NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL <-- shall ensure that the notification required under this section 20250SB0246PN0752 - 2 - reaches the appropriate population of parents and guardians and school employes.

(ii) A notification is not required if the incident is not directly related to the school-sponsored activity or the 20250SB0246PN0199 - 2 - students or staff involved in the activity.

§ 1232g (relating to family educational and privacy rights), a school employe to whom a student in possession of a weapon under subsection (a) is assigned shall be deemed to be a school official with legitimate educational interest in the student, and the school entity,entity <-- NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL shall notify the school employe of the student's identity and portion of the student's records relating to the incident.

(1) Limit a school entity's,entity's NONPUBLIC SCHOOL'S OR PRIVATE <-- SCHOOL'S responsibility to report incidents to local law enforcement prior to providing parents and guardians and school employes with the notification required under subsection (a).

(2) In an emergency, supersede or limit a school entity's,entity's <-- NONPUBLIC SCHOOL'S OR PRIVATE SCHOOL'S responsibility to follow the procedure in its disaster response and emergency preparedness plan developed under 35 Pa.C.S.

(3) Supersede or preempt any provision of a collective bargaining agreement between a school entity,entity NONPUBLIC SCHOOL <-- OR PRIVATE SCHOOL and an employe organization.

(d) Except as required to notify the parent or guardian of a student found in possession of a weapon, to provide notice to school employes under subsection (b)(5) or as otherwise permitted, the school entity's,entity's NONPUBLIC SCHOOL'S OR PRIVATE <-- 20250SB0246PN0752 - 3 - SCHOOL'S notification to parents or guardians or school employes under this section shall not contain personally identifiable information about a student in compliance with 20 U.S.C.

"NONPUBLIC20250SB0246PN0199 SCHOOL."- A3 NONPROFIT- SCHOOL,"School OTHERentity." THANAn Aarea PUBLICcareer <--and SCHOOLtechnical WITHINschool, THIScharter COMMONWEALTH,school, INcyber WHICHcharter Aschool, RESIDENTnonpublic OFschool, THISprivate COMMONWEALTHschool, MAYregional LEGALLYcharter FULFILLschool THEor COMPULSORYschool SCHOOLdistrict. ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT AND THAT MEETS THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 (PUBLIC LAW 88-352, 42 U.S.C.

§ 2000 ET SEQ.).

"PRIVATE SCHOOL." A PRIVATE ACADEMIC SCHOOL AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2 OF THE ACT OF JANUARY 28, 1988 (P.L.24, NO.11), KNOWN AS THE PRIVATE ACADEMIC SCHOOLS ACT.

"School entity." An area career and technical school, charter school, cyber charter school, nonpublic school, private <-- school, regional charter school or school district OR <-- INTERMEDIATE UNIT.

(3) A conveyance providing transportation to a school entity,entity NONPUBLIC SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL or school-sponsored <-- activity.

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