{"id":"PA-074","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly; approved by Governor Wolf Mar. 27, 2020","authority":"Act of Mar. 27, 2020, P.L. 30, No. 13, amending the Public School Code of 1949 (S.B. 751)","instrument":"Act 13 of 2020 - Public School Code amendments: pandemic of 2020 (school closures, 180-day waiver, continuity of education, employee pay)","title":"Public School Code of 1949 - Rating System, Persons to be Suspended, Revised Rating System and Pandemic of 2020","dateIssued":"2020-03-27","effective":"2020-03-27 (immediately)","end":"2019-2020 school year provisions","startDate":"2020-03-27","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SCH"],"addressees":["Secretary of Education","all school entities, including private and nonpublic schools","school bus contractors"],"clause":"(2) The Secretary of Education may do any or all of the following: (i) Order the closure of all school entities until the [threat to health and safety has passed]... [a school entity closed as a result of the pandemic of 2020 is deemed to meet the 180-day and instructional-hours requirements]... [each school entity shall develop a] plan to offer continuity of education to students using alternative means during the period of closure... (k) A private or nonpublic school which was closed because of the pandemic of 2020 [is deemed to meet the school-day requirements if the] nonpublic school is offering continuity of education during the period of closure.... During the period of school closure, the school bus transportation [contracts are to be maintained]...","enforcement":"Statute","functions":["IN in-person instruction closed statewide for the balance of 2019-2020","WF (parents)","TR school transportation contractors","FS school food service"],"notes":"Legislative ratification of the Governor\u0027s Mar. 13, 2020 statewide school closure (announced for Mar. 16; extended Mar. 23 and Mar. 30; made permanent for the school year Apr. 9, 2020; PA-119) and grant of closure power to the Secretary of Education.","sourceUrl":"https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/PDF/2020/0/0013..PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":212923,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-074","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-074","citation":"General Assembly; approved by Governor Wolf Mar. 27, 2020, Act 13 of 2020 - Public School Code amendments: pandemic of 2020 (school closures, 180-day waiver, continuity of education, employee pay) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. PA-074)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-119","AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070"]}