Pennsylvania 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 14 R · 4 D cosponsors

HB 2158 — 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, providing for career information and recruitment.

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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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In plain language

The bill requires schools to provide career information and recruitment opportunities to students.

This bill amends the Public School Code of 1949 to ensure that school entities offer career information and recruitment options. Schools must allow various organizations to present career opportunities to students in grades four to twelve and document their compliance online.

What this means for you
  • Workers: This means workers from various fields can present career opportunities to students.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

67 added · 86 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of HB 2158 includes changes that expand the responsibilities of school entities regarding career information and planning for students. One significant addition is that schools must now ensure that representatives from various employers have equal access to provide career information to students in grades four through twelve at least once a year. This matters because it helps create more opportunities for students to explore different career paths and gain important information about education and job training options.

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SENATE AMENDED PRINTER'S NO.
PRINTER'S NO.
4144 PRIOR PRINTER'S NO.
MILLER, SAYLOR, MARSICO, RAPP, GOODMAN, B.
MILLER, SAYLOR, MARSICO AND RAPP, APRIL 9, 2018 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 9, 2018 AN ACT Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An provisions applicable as well to private and parochialrtain schools;
O'NEILL, ENGLISH, ROTHMAN, MICCARELLI, WATSON AND M.
QUINN, APRIL 9, 2018 SENATOR EICHELBERGER, EDUCATION, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 2, 2018 AN ACT Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An act relating to the public school system, including certain provisions applicable as well to private and parochial schools;
Career Information and Recruitment.--(a) Subject to subsection (b), a school entity shall consider all <-- career presenters in the same manner as follows:
Career Information and Recruitment.--(a) Subject to subsection (b), a school entity shall consider all career presenters in the same manner as follows:
A SCHOOL ENTITY THAT CONDUCTS A CAREER FAIR OR <-- OTHER INFORMATIONAL SESSION ON OCCUPATIONS FOR STUDENTS SHALL MAKE AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON A WIDE RANGE OF POTENTIAL CAREERS BY SEEKING INFORMATION FROM ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS:
(d) The Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Labor and Industry, shall develop standard informational materials which include, but are not limited to, a summary of regional workforce needs, career cluster occupations, high-priority occupations, training opportunities and future earning potential.
(1) A LOCAL CHAMBER OF BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY;
(2) A LOCAL LABOR OR TRADE ORGANIZATION;
(3) AN AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SCHOOL;
(4) AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION;
(5) A NONPROFIT OR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION;
AND 20180HB2158PN4144 - 2 - (6) THE UNITED STATES ARMED SERVICES.
(B) EACH SCHOOL ENTITY SHALL POST A PLAN FOR PROVIDING CAREER INFORMATION AND THE ORGANIZATIONS CONTACTED ON THE SCHOOL ENTITY'S PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE INTERNET WEBSITE.
(d) (C) The Department of Education, in collaboration with <-- the Department of Labor and Industry, shall develop standard informational materials which include, but are not limited to, a summary of regional workforce needs, career cluster occupations, high-priority occupations, training opportunities and future earning potential.
Each school entity shall ensure the distribution <-- AVAILABILITY of these materials during the school year and at <-- any scheduled educational or career fair.
Each school entity shall ensure the distribution of these materials during the school year and at any scheduled educational or career fair.
(e) (D) For the purposes of this section, the following <-- terms shall have the following meanings given to them in this subsection:
(e) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings given to them in this 20180HB2158PN3285 - 2 - subsection:
§ 6505 (relating to power to confer degrees) and as provided for by the standards 20180HB2158PN4144 - 3 - and qualifications prescribed by the State Board of Education under 24 Pa.C.S.
§ 6505 (relating to power to confer degrees) and as provided for by the standards and qualifications prescribed by the State Board of Education under 24 Pa.C.S.
20180HB2158PN4144 - 4 -
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Action History

  1. First consideration

  2. PN 4144 Reported as amended

  3. Referred to EDUCATION

  4. Third consideration and final passage

  5. Re-reported as committed

  6. Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS

  7. Second consideration

  8. Removed from table

  9. Laid on the table

  10. First consideration

  11. Reported as committed

  12. PN 3285 Referred to EDUCATION

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 41 co-sponsors · 211 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (41)

Not signed on (211)

211 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Amended

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Republican 1000
Total 12000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
ALLOWAY — Yea
AUMENT — Yea
BREWSTER — Yea
BROWNE — Yea
DISANTO — Yea
DINNIMAN — Yea
FOLMER — Yea
LEACH — Yea
WILLIAMS — Yea
EICHELBERGER — Yea
SCARNATI — Yea
Kathleen C. Tomlinson Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 192 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 113006
Republican 43001
Democratic 36001
Total 192008
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (200)
Member Party Vote
BARRAR — Yea
BLOOM — Yea
BOBACK — Yea
CHARLTON — Yea
CHRISTIANA — Yea
CORBIN — Yea
CORR — Yea
COX — Yea
DIGIROLAMO — Yea
DOWLING — Yea
ELLIS — Yea
ENGLISH — Yea
EVANKOVICH — Yea
EVERETT — Yea
E GABLER — Not Voting
GILLESPIE — Yea
GODSHALL — Yea
HAHN — Yea
HARPER — Yea
E HARRIS, A. — Not Voting
HELM — Yea
HENNESSEY — Yea
HICKERNELL — Yea
HILL — Yea
KAMPF — Yea
KELLER, F. — Yea
KELLER, M.K. — Yea
KNOWLES — Yea
LEWIS — Yea
MACKENZIE — Yea
MAHER — Yea
MARSICO — Yea
MASSER — Yea
MCGINNIS — Yea
METCALFE — Yea
E MICCARELLI — Not Voting
MILLARD — Yea
MILNE — Yea
MURT — Yea
MUSTIO — Yea
NELSON — Yea
NESBIT — Yea
O'NEILL — Yea
PEIFER — Yea
PYLE — Yea
QUIGLEY — Yea
QUINN, C. — Yea
QUINN, M. — Yea
REED — Yea
REESE — Yea
ROE — Yea
RYAN — Yea
SACCONE — Yea
SANKEY — Yea
SANTORA — Yea
SAYLOR — Yea
SIMMONS — Yea
SONNEY — Yea
STEPHENS — Yea
TALLMAN — Yea
TAYLOR — Yea
TOBASH — Yea
TOEPEL — Yea
TOOHIL — Yea
WARD — Yea
WATSON — Yea
WHEELAND — Yea
BARBIN — Yea
BROWN, V. — Yea
CALTAGIRONE — Yea
CRUZ — Yea
DEAN — Yea
DELISSIO — Yea
E DELUCA — Not Voting
DERMODY — Yea
DONATUCCI — Yea
DRISCOLL — Yea
EVANS — Yea
E FABRIZIO — Not Voting
FITZGERALD — Yea
GAINEY — Yea
GALLOWAY — Yea
GOODMAN — Yea
HAGGERTY — Yea
HANNA — Yea
KAVULICH — Yea
KELLER, W. — Yea
KIRKLAND — Yea
KORTZ — Yea
LONGIETTI — Yea
MCCARTER — Yea
MULLERY — Yea
O'BRIEN — Yea
PETRARCA — Yea
RAVENSTAHL — Yea
READSHAW — Yea
E ROEBUCK — Not Voting
SAINATO — Yea
SIMS — Yea
SNYDER — Yea
STURLA — Yea
THOMAS — Yea
VAZQUEZ — Yea
WHEATLEY — Yea
YOUNGBLOOD — Yea
TURZAI — Yea
Aaron Kaufer — Yea
Barry Jozwiak — Yea
DAVIS, A — Yea
Dan Miller — Yea
Donna Bullock — Yea
Donna Oberlander — Yea
George Dunbar — Yea
Jim Marshall — Yea
Kevin Boyle — Yea
Mark Rozzi — Yea
Paul Schemel — Yea
Seth Grove — Yea
Stephen Kinsey — Yea
Andre D. Carroll Democratic Yea
Anita Astorino Kulik Democratic Yea
Brandon J. Markosek Democratic Yea
Carolyn T. Comitta Democratic Yea
Christopher M. Rabb Democratic Yea
Dan Frankel Democratic Yea
Daniel J. Deasy Democratic Yea
Ed Neilson Democratic Yea
Eddie Day Pashinski Democratic Yea
Frank Burns Democratic Yea
Greg Vitali Democratic Not Voting
Jared G. Solomon Democratic Yea
Jason Dawkins Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Jeanne McNeill Democratic Yea
Joanna E. McClinton Democratic Yea
Jordan A. Harris Democratic Yea
Leanne Krueger Democratic Yea
Marty Flynn Democratic Yea
Mary Jo Daley Democratic Yea
Matthew D. Bradford Democratic Yea
Maureen E. Madden Democratic Yea
Michael H. Schlossberg Democratic Yea
Morgan Cephas Democratic Yea
Nathan Davidson Democratic Yea
Patrick J. Harkins Democratic Yea
Patty Kim Democratic Yea
Perry S. Warren Democratic Yea
Peter Schweyer Democratic Yea
Robert F. Matzie Democratic Yea
Robert Freeman Democratic Yea
Ryan A. Bizzarro Democratic Yea
Scott Conklin Democratic Yea
Steve Samuelson Democratic Yea
Tim Briggs Democratic Yea
Tina M. Davis Democratic Yea
Aaron Bernstine Republican Yea
Brad Roae Republican Yea
Brett R. Miller Republican Yea
Bryan Cutler Republican Yea
Bud Cook Republican Yea
Carl Walker Metzgar Republican Yea
Craig T. Staats Republican Yea
Cris Dush Republican Yea
Dan Moul Republican Yea
David H. Zimmerman Republican Yea
David M. Maloney Republican Yea
Dawn W. Keefer Republican Yea
Doyle Heffley Republican Yea
Frank A. Farry Republican Yea
Gary W. Day Republican Yea
Greg Rothman Republican Yea
Jack Rader Republican Yea
Jamie Walsh Republican Yea
Jason Ortitay Republican Yea
Jesse Topper Republican Yea
Joe Emrick Republican Not Voting
John A. Lawrence Republican Yea
Jonathan Fritz Republican Yea
Kate A. Klunk Republican Yea
Kathy L. Rapp Republican Yea
Keith J. Greiner Republican Yea
Kerry A. Benninghoff Republican Yea
Lynda Schlegel Culver Republican Yea
Mark M. Gillen Republican Yea
Martin T. Causer Republican Yea
Martina A. White Republican Yea
Mindy Fee Republican Yea
Parke Wentling Republican Yea
R. Lee James Republican Yea
Rich Irvin Republican Yea
Rob W. Kauffman Republican Yea
Rosemary M. Brown Republican Yea
Russ Diamond Republican Yea
Ryan Warner Republican Yea
Sheryl M. Delozier Republican Yea
Steven C. Mentzer Republican Yea
Thomas L. Mehaffie Republican Yea
Tina Pickett Republican Yea
Zachary Mako Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 2158?
HB 2158 is sponsored by Seth Grove, Aaron Bernstine (Republican), Driscoll, Doyle Heffley (Republican), Kavulich, Dawn W. Keefer (Republican), Zachary Mako (Republican), Mullery, Kristin Phillips-Hill (Republican), Boback, Charlton, Bryan Cutler (Republican), Hahn, Hickernell, Quigley, Roebuck, Michael H. Schlossberg (Democratic), Toepel, Wheatley, Ward, Mcginnis, B. O'Neill, M. Quinn, English, Mindy Fee (Republican), Goodman, Hanna, Rich Irvin (Republican), Lewis, Marsico, Miccarelli, Eddie Day Pashinski (Democratic), Kathy L. Rapp (Republican), Greg Rothman (Republican), Saylor, Jared G. Solomon (Democratic), Craig T. Staats (Republican), Watson, Brett R. Miller (Republican), Tina M. Davis (Democratic), and Milou Mackenzie (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 2158?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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