Senator Scott Martin
Pennsylvania's 13th District
Serving Lancaster & Berks Counties
Senate Education Committee
Tuesday, September 20 | 10:30 a.m.
East Wing, Hearing Room 8E-B
Meeting to consider SB 139 and HB 1813
Senate Bill 139 (Mastriano) – Amends the Public School Code of 1949 to provide for a moment of silence in schools for the anniversary of September 11, 2001.
House Bill 1813 (Mackenzie) – Amends the Public School Code of 1949 to allow for the advance enrollment of children from military families.
Senate Education Committee
June 21, 2022 | 12 Noon
East Wing, Hearing Room 8E-A
Meeting to consider SB 766, SB 1243, SB 1277, SB 1278, HB 2169
Senate Bill 766 (Bartolotta) – An Act establishing the Adult Education and Workforce Recovery Grant Program and Fund.
Senate Bill 1243 (Gebhard) – Amends the Public School Code of 1949 to require completion of a economics and personal finance course to graduate high school.
Senate Bill 1277 (Aument) – Amends the Public School Code of 1949 to require school entities adopt a policy for notifying parents and guardians of sexually explicit materials available in the school and options to prevent and provide alternatives to their child viewing the sexually explicit materials.
Senate Bill 1278 (Martin) – Amends the Public School Code of 1949 to require school entities adopt a policy for parental notification and communication regarding student well-being and screenings, and addresses classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation.
House Bill 2169 (Owlett) – Amends the Public School Code of 1949 to establish the Lifeline Scholarship Program.
Senate Education Committee
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 |Off the floor
Rules Room
Meeting to consider House Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution Number 1
House Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution Number 1– Disapproving the Department of
Education regulations on charter schools and cyber charter schools.
HARRISBURG – The Senate Education Committee approved legislation today that closes a scoring loophole for the Keystone Exams, Chairman Scott Martin (R-13) said.
“At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the General Assembly passed legislation which provided a proficient score for waived Keystone exams in response to major disruptions in our schools,” Martin said. “Students excused from taking a Keystone exam in 2020 should not be inadvertently prevented from pursuing one of our state’s graduation pathways.”
In 2018, the legislature expanded opportunities available to students to meet the statewide requirements to graduate high school, including a three-score composite option via the Keystone exams. Students earning a combined score of 4,452 on the Algebra, Biology and Literature tests qualify, so long as they achieve a “proficient” level on at least one exam and no less than “basic” on the others.
In 2020, the federal government waived statewide assessments and the state legislature adopted Act 136, which assigned students an automatic “proficient” on all waived exams, but no numerical score. As such, students impacted by the waiver can’t apply for the three-score composite pathway without retesting.
“We need to act to create a temporary pathway for students impacted by the waiver and provide this much needed remedy to our students and schools,” Martin said.
Senate Bill 1244 now advances to the full Senate for consideration.
CONTACT: Terry Trego, 717-787-6535
Senate Education Committee
May 24, 2022 | 10:30 a.m.
East Wing, Hearing Room 8E-A
Meeting to consider SB 1244, HB 972 and HB 1041
Senate Bill 1244 (Martin) – Amends the Public School Code of 1949 to create a two-score composite graduation pathway for students impacted by Act 136 of 2020.
House Bill 972 (Gleim) – Establishes the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act.
House Bill 1041 (Topper) – Amends the Public School Code of 1949 to require a school district permit home education students’ participation in co-curriculum activities and area career and technical education programs.
Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate Education Committee
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 | 11 a.m.
North Office Building, Hearing Room #1
Public hearing on Act 50 update from the State System of Higher Education
Reports
Senate Education Committee
Monday, April 11, 2022 | Off the Floor
Rules Room
Meeting to consider SB 1191
Senate Bill 1191 (J. Ward) – Establishes the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act.
Senate Education Committee
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | 11:00 a.m.
East Wing, Hearing Room 8E-B
Meeting to consider a letter to the IRRC regarding charter and cyber charter schools – IRRC Letter
Senate Education Committee
Monday, February 7, 2022 | 12:30 p.m.
Room 8E-A, East Wing
Meeting to consider SB 232
House Bill 232 (Mustello) – Amends the Public School Code of 1949 to create a process for a school district of the 3rd class within a 4th or 6th class county to change its name.
Senate Education Committee
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 | 9:30 a.m.
East Wing, Hearing Room 8E-A
Meeting to consider SB 527
Senate Bill 527 (Regan) – Amends the Public School Code of 1949 to provide for conditional automatic increases to the amount of available tax credits in the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs.