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.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-26
Latest action: — Act No. 47 of 2025, Nov. 12, 2025
Sponsors
- Lynda Schlegel Culver (R, PA-27) — sponsor · 2025-02-26
- Rosemary M. Brown (R, PA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Wayne D. Fontana (D, PA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Jay Costa (D, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Christine M. Tartaglione (D, PA-2) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Judith L. Schwank (D, PA-11) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Lindsey MARIE Williams (D, PA-38) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Frank A. Farry (R, PA-6) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- James ANDREW Malone (D, PA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to EDUCATION, Feb. 26, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, March 25, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, March 25, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, March 26, 2025
- · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, March 26, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported as committed, April 1, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, April 2, 2025 (49-0)
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to EDUCATION, April 3, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, June 24, 2025
- · house — First consideration, June 24, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, June 24, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, June 24, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, June 25, 2025
- · house — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 25, 2025
- · senate — (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 278-279), April 2, 2025
- · house — Amended in House Committee on APPROPRIATIONS, Oct. 8, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as amended, Oct. 8, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, Oct. 8, 2025 (105-98)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, Oct. 20, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported on concurrence, as amended, Nov. 11, 2025
- · senate — Amended on concurrence, Nov. 12, 2025
- · senate — Senate concurred in House amendments, as amended by the Senate, Nov. 12, 2025 (44-5)
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to RULES, Nov. 12, 2025
- · house — Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Nov. 12, 2025
- · house — House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments, Nov. 12, 2025 (167-36)
- · senate — Signed in Senate, Nov. 12, 2025
- · house — Signed in House, Nov. 12, 2025
- — Presented to the Governor, Nov. 12, 2025
- — Approved by the Governor, Nov. 12, 2025
- — Act No. 47 of 2025, Nov. 12, 2025
- · senate — (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1006-1008), Nov. 12, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 1463-1464), Oct. 8, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 1545-1547), Nov. 12, 2025
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Outbound (6)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Rules Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Rules And Executive Nominations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Education Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee | — | pa-leg |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 6 edges across 1 category. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
Committees
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.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lynda Schlegel Culver (R, state_upper PA-27) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Christine M. Tartaglione (D, state_upper PA-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Frank A. Farry (R, state_upper PA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | James ANDREW Malone (D, state_upper PA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jay Costa (D, state_upper PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Judith L. Schwank (D, state_upper PA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Lindsey MARIE Williams (D, state_upper PA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Rosemary M. Brown (R, state_upper PA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Wayne D. Fontana (D, state_upper PA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
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
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Rules Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Rules And Executive Nominations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Education Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee · pa-leg