HB 666 — 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 learning loss plans.

PRINTER'S NO.   673

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 666
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, HILL-EVANS AND SANCHEZ, FEBRUARY 20, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 20, 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 learning loss plans.
 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 1511.2.    Learning Loss Plans.--(a)   By July 1, 2026,
13   the department shall develop and distribute to school entities
14   model guidelines and best practices that school entities shall
15   implement upon the occurrence of learning loss triggering
16   events. The model guidelines and best practices shall include
17   in-person instruction, rather than remote or asynchronous
18   instruction, as well as options for the following:
19      (1)   Tutoring.
20      (2)   Extended instructional days.
 1      (3)   Additional instructional days.
 2      (4)   Any other remedial measure deemed necessary by the
 3   department.
 4      (b)   Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, upon the
 5   occurrence of a learning loss triggering event, an affected
 6   school entity shall submit to the department a remediation plan
 7   that includes enhanced instruction for a number of days equal to
 8   the number of days affected by the learning loss triggering
 9   event, or until the end of the academic year, whichever is
10   shorter. The plan shall include components of the model
11   guidelines and best practices established under subsection (a).
12      (c)   As used in this section, the following words and phrases
13   shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
14   the context clearly indicates otherwise:
15      "Department" shall mean the Department of Education of the
16   Commonwealth.
17      "Learning loss triggering event" shall mean an anomalous
18   event that materially disrupts the educational environment and
19   requires a school entity closure or remote instruction for five
20   (5) or more instructional days. The term includes an occurrence
21   of a pandemic, natural disaster or employe strike.
22      "School entity" shall mean a school district, intermediate
23   unit, charter school, regional charter school or area career and
24   technical school.
25      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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