Pennsylvania HB 224: An Act establishing the Rebuild Pennsylvania Board, the Rebuild Pennsylvania Program and the Rebuild Pennsylvania Fund; providing for powers and duties of the board and for use of program money; and making an interfund transfer.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 177
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 224
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KUTZ, FLEMING, PICKETT, VENKAT, KENYATTA, HOWARD,
ROWE, M. JONES, BOROWSKI, SANCHEZ, ECKER AND GREEN,
JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in higher education accountability
and transparency, further providing for comparison tool.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2003-H(a) and (d) of the act of March 10,
1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
are amended and subsection (b) is amended by adding a paragraph
to read:
Section 2003-H. Comparison tool.
(a) Duty of department.--[If the United States Department of
Education discontinues the publication of the College Navigator
website, the] The department shall make available on the
department's publicly accessible Internet website a search tool
that allows an individual to compare institutions of higher
education that meet certain criteria selected by the individual,
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including the offering of a particular major or program of
study.
(b) Requirements.--The comparison tool required under this
section must:
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(4.1) Allow a user to identify and compare high priority
occupations in this Commonwealth. The information under this
paragraph shall be searchable by county and include
information on educational attainment, wages and employment
demand.
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(d) Duty of institutions.--[If the department is required to
develop the comparison tool under subsection (a), each] Each
institution of higher education shall provide the information
listed in this section, as available, to the department not
later than January 1 of each year. If the information required
under this subsection is available in an institution of higher
education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
report, the institution of higher education may comply with the
reporting requirements of this subsection by sending an
electronic copy of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data
System report to the department. The department shall update the
comparison tool as soon as practicable after receiving
information from each institution of higher education.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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