2025–2026 Regular Session · State Senate bill

SB 984

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, 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 and for penalties for violating compulsory school attendance requirements, repealing provisions relating to study of truancy procedure, providing for department supports to prevent truancy and further providing for reports to Superintendent of Public Instruction.

In committee Last action August 27, 2025: Referred to Education

Official bill page and text: palegis.us

Sponsors 8

Prime sponsor

Tracy Pennycuick

Cosponsors (7)

Elder Vogel, Judy Ward, Lisa Baker, Lynda Schlegel Culver, Patrick Stefano, Rosemary Brown, Wayne Langerholc

Status

In committee as of August 27, 2025. Session ends November 30, 2026; the 2027–2028 session begins in January 2027.

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 1

Date	Chamber	Action
August 27, 2025	Senate	Referred to Education

Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated), updated November 5, 2026. Official record: palegis.us. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.