Pennsylvania SB 315: 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 preliminary provisions, further providing for Special Education Funding Commission and for minimum number of days or hours; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for admission fees for school-sponsored activities; in intermediate units, further providing for staff; in certification of teachers, further providing for certificates qualifying persons to teach and for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department, providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and for State certificate fee reduction, further providing for standard employment application, for career and technical instructional certificate, for program of continuing professional and paraprofessional education and for postbaccalaureate certification, providing for assessment of basic skills, further providing for professional educator discipline fee and providing for career and technical administrative director certification flexibility; in pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools, for procedure when child is truant, for procedure by school when child habitually truant, for procedure upon filing of citation, for penalties for violating compulsory school attendance requirements and for study of truancy procedure, providing for department supports to prevent truancy and further providing for reports to Superintendent of Public Instruction and for exceptional children and education and training; in student supports, further providing for definitions; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions, for School Safety and Security Committee, for school safety and security assessment providers, for School Safety and Security Grant Program, for school safety and security coordinator and for school safety and security training, providing for school safety and mental health grants for 2025-2026 school year and further providing for reporting and memorandum of understanding; in school security, further providing for training, for school resource officers, for school security guards and for duties of commission; in Safe2Say Program, further providing for intent, for definitions, for Safe2Say Program and for annual report; in threat assessment, further providing for definitions, for threat assessment teams and for threat assessment guidelines, training and information materials; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Program, further providing for scope of program and selection of students and for enrollment of students; in evidence-based reading instruction, further providing for definitions and providing for school entity duties related to evidence-based reading instruction, for school entity duties related to reading screening, for reading deficiency identification and parental notification, for reading intervention plans, for grant program, for funding, for reporting, for accountability and for construction; in high schools, further providing for attendance in other districts and providing for Free Application for Federal Student Aid; in interscholastic athletics accountability, further providing for council recommendations and standards; in charter schools, further providing for funding for cyber charter schools, for enrollment and notification and for enrollee wellness checks; in career and technical education, further providing for capital reserve fund for approved purchases of equipment and facility maintenance, for career and technical education equipment grants, for Cosmetology Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program and for Barber Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program; providing for Nursing Shortage Assistance Program; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions and for Grow Pennsylvania Merit Scholarship Program; in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations; in higher education accountability and transparency, further providing for exit counseling; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, repealing provisions relating to State-related university performance-based funding model, further providing for prohibition on scholarship displacement at public institutions of higher education and providing for cooperation and for State scholarship renewals; in institutions of higher education, further providing for powers and duties of State Board of Higher Education, for definitions, for Performance-based Funding Council and for public institution of higher education reporting, providing for State-related University Performance Fund, for performance-based funding formula and for public accountability and further providing for agency duties, for grant priority and for report; in Ready-to-Succeed Scholarship, further providing for agency; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2025-2026; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding beginning with 2023-2024 school year, for extraordinary special education program expenses, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status and for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; abrogating regulations; and making an editorial change.

Status: Act No. 47 of 2025 (as of 2025-11-12)

State: Pennsylvania · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: SB 315

Sponsors: Lynda Schlegel Culver, Rosemary Brown, Tracy Pennycuick, Wayne Fontana, Jay Costa, Christine Tartaglione, Patrick Stefano, Judith Schwank, Cris Dush, Lindsey Williams, Frank Farry, James Malone

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 249, 1226, 1307 PRINTER'S NO. 1310
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 315
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CULVER, BROWN, PENNYCUICK, FONTANA, COSTA,
TARTAGLIONE, STEFANO, SCHWANK, DUSH, L. WILLIAMS, FARRY AND
MALONE, FEBRUARY 26, 2025
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE AMENDMENTS, IN SENATE, NOVEMBER 12, 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 certification of teachers,
providing for assessment of basic skills; in pupils and
attendance, further providing for exceptional children and
education and training; in school safety and security,
further providing for School Safety and Security Grant
Program and providing for school safety and mental health
grants for 2025-2026 school year; in Drug and Alcohol
Recovery High School Program, further providing for scope of
program and selection of students and for enrollment of
students; in charter schools, further providing for funding
for cyber charter schools; in career and technical education,
further providing for career and technical education
equipment grants; in community colleges, further providing
for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in State
colleges, further providing for powers and duties of State
Board of Higher Education, for definitions, for Performance-
based Funding Council and for public institution of higher
education reporting, establishing the State-related
University Performance Fund and providing for performance-
based funding formula and for public accountability; in
funding for public libraries, providing for State Aid for
Fiscal Year 2025-2026; in reimbursement by Commonwealth and
between school districts, further providing for student-
weighted basic education funding beginning with 2023-2024
school year, for assistance to school districts declared to
be in financial recovery status or identified for financial
watch status and for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant; and, in
construction and renovation of buildings by school entities,
further providing for applicability.
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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 PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS, FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING COMMISSION AND FOR
MINIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS OR HOURS; IN DUTIES AND POWERS OF
BOARDS OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS, PROVIDING FOR ADMISSION FEES FOR
SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES; IN INTERMEDIATE UNITS, FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR STAFF; IN CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS, FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR CERTIFICATES QUALIFYING PERSONS TO TEACH AND
FOR INSTRUCTIONAL CERTIFICATE GRADE SPANS AND AGE LEVELS AND
DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONAL CERTIFICATE
GRADE SPANS AND AGE LEVELS AND FOR STATE CERTIFICATE FEE
REDUCTION, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR STANDARD EMPLOYMENT
APPLICATION, FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONAL
CERTIFICATE, FOR PROGRAM OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL AND
PARAPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND FOR POSTBACCALAUREATE
CERTIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR ASSESSMENT OF BASIC SKILLS,
FURTHER PROVIDING FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR DISCIPLINE FEE
AND PROVIDING FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATIVE
DIRECTOR CERTIFICATION FLEXIBILITY; IN PUPILS AND ATTENDANCE,
FURTHER PROVIDING FOR ATTENDANCE POLICY AT CHARTER, REGIONAL
CHARTER AND CYBER CHARTER SCHOOLS, FOR PROCEDURE WHEN CHILD
IS TRUANT, FOR PROCEDURE BY SCHOOL WHEN CHILD HABITUALLY
TRUANT, FOR PROCEDURE UPON FILING OF CITATION, FOR PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATING COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS AND
FOR STUDY OF TRUANCY PROCEDURE, PROVIDING FOR DEPARTMENT
SUPPORTS TO PREVENT TRUANCY AND FURTHER PROVIDING FOR REPORTS
TO SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND FOR EXCEPTIONAL
CHILDREN AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING; IN STUDENT SUPPORTS,
FURTHER PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; IN SCHOOL SAFETY AND
SECURITY, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, FOR SCHOOL
SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE, FOR SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY
ASSESSMENT PROVIDERS, FOR SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY GRANT
PROGRAM, FOR SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR AND FOR
SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY TRAINING, PROVIDING FOR SCHOOL
SAFETY AND MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS FOR 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR AND
FURTHER PROVIDING FOR REPORTING AND MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING; IN SCHOOL SECURITY, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR
TRAINING, FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, FOR SCHOOL SECURITY
GUARDS AND FOR DUTIES OF COMMISSION; IN SAFE2SAY PROGRAM,
FURTHER PROVIDING FOR INTENT, FOR DEFINITIONS, FOR SAFE2SAY
PROGRAM AND FOR ANNUAL REPORT; IN THREAT ASSESSMENT, FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, FOR THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAMS AND
FOR THREAT ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES, 

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