HB 1288 — 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, providing for foreign language.

Bill text

Printer's No. 1469 · 1,962 characters · source document

PRINTER'S NO.    1469

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1288
                                                  Session of
                                                    2025

     INTRODUCED BY CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, BURGOS, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, RABB,
        SANCHEZ, PROBST, KENYATTA, MAYES, FREEMAN, CERRATO, STEELE,
        BRENNAN, RIVERA, K.HARRIS, SHUSTERMAN, JAMES AND DOUGHERTY,
        APRIL 23, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 23, 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 terms and courses of study,
 6      providing for foreign language.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
10   as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
11   section to read:
12      Section 1529.    Foreign Language.--(a)     Beginning with the
13   2026-2027 school year, the Department of Education shall develop
14   a toolkit and curriculum guidelines for instruction on foreign
15   languages for all public school students.
16      (b)   Each school district shall create a foreign language
17   curriculum for grades kindergarten through twelve utilizing the
18   foreign language toolkit and curriculum guidelines developed by
19   the Department of Education under subsection (a) and may choose
1   the foreign language that relates most to the demographics of
2   the district for the curriculum.
3      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

Predicted vote

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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1. 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Education Committee · pa-leg
2. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Robert Freeman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
3. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by La'Tasha D. Mayes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
4. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Melissa Cerrato (cosponsor) · sponsorship
5. 2025-04-23 · sponsored by Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (sponsor) · sponsorship
6. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Melissa L. Shusterman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
7. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Jose Giral (cosponsor) · sponsorship
8. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Christopher M. Rabb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
9. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Mandy Steele (cosponsor) · sponsorship
10. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Danilo Burgos (cosponsor) · sponsorship
11. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Tarah Probst (cosponsor) · sponsorship
12. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Sean Dougherty (cosponsor) · sponsorship
13. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by David M. Delloso (cosponsor) · sponsorship
14. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Nikki Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
15. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Keith S. Harris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
16. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Benjamin V. Sanchez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
17. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Carol Hill-Evans (cosponsor) · sponsorship
18. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by R. Lee James (cosponsor) · sponsorship
19. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Steven R. Malagari (cosponsor) · sponsorship
20. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Tim Brennan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
21. 2025-04-23 · cosponsored by Malcolm Kenyatta (cosponsor) · sponsorship