SB 955 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, further providing for firefighter and emergency service training.

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1450955 THE2017 GENERALINTRODUCED ASSEMBLYBY OFVULAKOVICH, PENNSYLVANIACOSTA, SENATEARGALL, BILLBAKER, SessionBREWSTER, FONTANA, GORDNER, HUTCHINSON, KILLION, RAFFERTY, RESCHENTHALER, SABATINA, SCHWANK, TOMLINSON, WARD, WHITE AND YUDICHAK, NOVEMBER 13, 2017 REFERRED TO EDUCATION, NOVEMBER 13, 2017 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 laws relating thereto," in terms and courses of study,g the further providing for firefighter and emergency service training.

955 2017 INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, COSTA, ARGALL, BAKER, BREWSTER, FONTANA, GORDNER, HUTCHINSON, KILLION, RAFFERTY, RESCHENTHALER, SABATINA, SCHWANK, TOMLINSON, WARD, WHITE, YUDICHAK, AUMENT, STEFANO, SCAVELLO, HUGHES, LEACH, DINNIMAN AND REGAN, NOVEMBER 13, 2017 SENATOR BROWNE, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, JANUARY 30, 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;

amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto," in terms and courses of study, further providing for firefighter and emergency service training.

20170SB0955PN1450 - 2 - (2) A community college selected by the State Fire 20170SB0955PN1315 - 2 - Commissioner shall operate the pilot program by entering into an agreement with a school district or an area vocational-technical school, or both, for the provision of fire instruction to students who are in at least the ninth grade and leading to Firefighter I certification.

(6) During the pilot program, the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall conduct a survey of volunteer fire companies in the municipalities surrounding the school districts AND AREA VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOLS that participated <-- PARTICIPATE in the pilot program to determine whether the pilot <-- program increased IS INCREASING the number of volunteer <-- firefighters and any additional recommendations.

The results of the survey shall be submitted to the chair and minority chair of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee of the 20170SB0955PN1450 - 3 - Senate and the chair and minority chair of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee of the House of Representatives 20170SB0955PN1315 - 3 - within six months of the expiration of the pilot program.

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