Council of Trustees Handbook

9/16/2020 Act of Jul. 1, 2020,P.L. 558, No. 50 Cl. 24 - PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE OF 1949 - OMNIBUS AMENDMENTS https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/li/uconsCheck.cfm?yr=2020&sessInd=0&act=50 11/11 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate degree and for a master's degree. (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in the three previous years and those estimated for that year. (c) The Joint State Government Commission shall develop a statistical comparison analysis recognizing differences in missions from the reports made under this section. The comparison shall be provided to the Education Committee of the Senate and the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Education Committee of the House of Representatives and the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives and the four State regional libraries. The comparative analysis shall be posted on the Joint State Government Commission's Internet website for a period of no less than five (5) years from the date of submission. (d) Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall be posted by the Department of Education on its Internet website for a period of no less than five (5) years from the date of submission.] Section 9. Section 2019-A of the act is amended by adding a subsection to read: Section 2019-A. Campus Police Powers and Duties.--* * * (d) Campus police may disseminate investigative information as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 9102 (relating to definitions) to university officials for use in student disciplinary matters subject to 22 Pa. Code Ch. 505 (relating to student personnel). Notwithstanding this section, all other provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 91 (relating to criminal history record information) shall apply to campus police. Section 10. The act is amended by adding a section to read: Section 2021-A. Student Records.--Student education records maintained in connection with a transaction, business or activity of the system or university shall not be subject to the provisions of the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the "Right-to-Know Law." Section 11. All acts and parts of acts are repealed and all regulations and parts of regulations are abrogated insofar as they are inconsistent with this act. Section 12. The provisions of section 2002-A(a.1), (a.2), (a.3), (a.4), (a.5), (a.6), (a.7) and (a.8) of the act shall expire when the reporting requirements in section 2002-A(a.7) of the act have concluded. Upon conclusion of the reporting requirements, the Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Education Committee of the Senate, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Education Committee of the House of Representatives shall jointly transmit notice of the expiration of section 2002-A(a.1), (a.2), (a.3), (a.4), (a.5), (a.6), (a.7) and (a.8) of the act to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Section 13. This act shall take effect immediately. APPROVED--The 1st day of July, A.D. 2020. TOM WOLF

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