HB 1069 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in pupils and attendance, further providing for military child advance enrollment.

PRINTER'S NO.     1169

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1069
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY GLEIM, M. MACKENZIE, SCIALABBA, HAMM, SCHEUREN,
        RAPP, RIVERA, FINK, K.HARRIS AND ZIMMERMAN, MARCH 31, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
        PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 31, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the public school system, including certain
 3      provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
 4      schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
 5      laws relating thereto," in pupils and attendance, further
 6      providing for military child advance enrollment.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    Section 1302.1 of the act of March 10, 1949
10   (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
11   amended to read:
12      Section 1302.1.    Military Child Advance Enrollment, Credit
13   Transfer and Calculation of Grade Point Average.--(a)     A school
14   district shall develop a policy or revise an existing policy on
15   enrollment of students to allow a child whose parent or legal
16   guardian is an active duty member of the armed forces of the
17   United States, including a reserve component, and has received
18   official military orders to transfer into or within this
19   Commonwealth to enroll in the school district prior to
 1   establishing residency for purposes of section 1302 upon
 2   providing a copy of the official military orders to the school
 3   district and proof of the parent or legal guardian's intention
 4   to move into the school district. Proof under this subsection
 5   may include a signed contract to purchase a home, a signed lease
 6   agreement or a statement from the parent or legal guardian
 7   stating their intention to move into the school district.
 8      (b)   The parent or legal guardian of a child enrolled in a
 9   school district under subsection (a) must provide to the school
10   district proof of residence in the school district no later than
11   forty-five (45) days after the arrival date specified in the
12   military orders.
13      (c)   Upon acceptance of a credit transfer by the receiving
14   school district for a child enrolled in a secondary school under
15   subsection (a), the receiving school district shall accept the
16   grade point associated with credit transferred from the sending
17   school entity.     The grade point associated with the credit
18   transferred shall be used in the calculation of a cumulative
19   grade point average for the child by the receiving school
20   district.
21      (d)   As used in this section, the following words and phrases
22   shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
23   the context clearly indicates otherwise:
24      "Receiving school district."     A school district within this
25   Commonwealth that a child of a military family transfers to
26   after leaving the sending school entity.
27      "Secondary school."     As defined in section 2002-B.
28      "Sending school entity."     The school from which a child of a
29   military family transfers from prior to enrolling in a receiving
30   school district.

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1     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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