2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Act 24 - PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE OF 1949 - MILITARY CHILD ADVANCE ENROLLMENT

Session of 2023

No. 2023-24

HB 1094

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 pupils and attendance, providing for military child advance enrollment.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a section to read:

Section 1302.1.  Military Child Advance Enrollment.--(a)  A school district shall develop a policy or revise an existing policy on enrollment of students to allow a child whose parent or legal guardian is an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, including a reserve component, and has received official military orders to transfer into or within this Commonwealth to enroll in the school district prior to establishing residency for purposes of section 1302 upon providing a copy of the official military orders to the school district and proof of the parent or legal guardian's intention to move into the school district. Proof under this subsection may include a signed contract to purchase a home, a signed lease agreement or a statement from the parent or legal guardian stating their intention to move into the school district.

(b)  The parent or legal guardian of a child enrolled in a school district under subsection (a) must provide to the school district proof of residence in the school district no later than forty-five (45) days after the arrival date specified in the military orders.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

APPROVED--The 6th day of November, A.D. 2023.

JOSH SHAPIRO