An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, providing for supplemental mathematics program for kindergarten through grade five.

PRINTER'S NO. 2178
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1770
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, JAMES, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, GIRAL,
GUZMAN, NEILSON, WARREN AND PARKER, JULY 29, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, AUGUST 4, 2025
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 terms and courses of study,
providing for supplemental mathematics program for
kindergarten through grade five.
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 1556. Supplemental Mathematics Program for
Kindergarten through Grade Five.--(a) Beginning with the 2025-
2026 school year, the department shall select a mathematics
program to supplement and complement school entities' existing
mathematics curricula for kindergarten through grade five
learners that meets the following qualifications:
(1) Demonstrates experience in engaging and motivating
students to learn mathematics through self-directed practice.
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(2) Functions as a flexible supplemental resource.
(3) Is designed to:
(i) Give students control over the students' learning
process so that the student takes ownership.
(ii) Strengthen fact-fluency, automaticity, computational
thinking and other critical problem-solving skills in
mathematics.
(iii) Be device-agnostic in order to include usage by
teachers for in-class demonstration, modeling and coaching
support to assist all students in meeting grade-level
mathematics in accordance with the State academic standards
approved by the State Board of Education.
(iv) Offer access to a family member to encourage parental
involvement.
(b) The department shall make the supplemental mathematics
program available for both public and nonpublic schools to
voluntarily provide access to students. The department may not
charge a fee for the mathematics program.
(c) The department shall establish criteria by which a
school can measure mathematics outcomes.
(d) By July 1 each year, the department shall report to the
General Assembly the number of users or school entities that
voluntarily accessed the mathematics program in the past school
year.
(e) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Department." The Department of Education of the
Commonwealth.
"Nonpublic school." The term shall mean the same as defined
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under section 922.1-A(b).
"School entity." A school district, intermediate unit,
charter school, cyber charter school or regional charter school.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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