HB 1770 — 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
 1   Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the public school system, including certain
 3      provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
 4      schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
 5      laws relating thereto," in terms and courses of study,
 6      providing for supplemental mathematics program for
 7      kindergarten through grade five.
 8      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 9   hereby enacts as follows:
10      Section 1.    The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
11   as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
12   section to read:
13      Section 1556.    Supplemental Mathematics Program for
14   Kindergarten through Grade Five.--(a)   Beginning with the 2025-
15   2026 school year, the department shall select a mathematics
16   program to supplement and complement school entities' existing
17   mathematics curricula for kindergarten through grade five
18   learners that meets the following qualifications:
19      (1)   Demonstrates experience in engaging and motivating
20   students to learn mathematics through self-directed practice.
 1      (2)    Functions as a flexible supplemental resource.
 2      (3)    Is designed to:
 3      (i)    Give students control over the students' learning
 4   process so that the student takes ownership.
 5      (ii)    Strengthen fact-fluency, automaticity, computational
 6   thinking and other critical problem-solving skills in
 7   mathematics.
 8      (iii)    Be device-agnostic in order to include usage by
 9   teachers for in-class demonstration, modeling and coaching
10   support to assist all students in meeting grade-level
11   mathematics in accordance with the State academic standards
12   approved by the State Board of Education.
13      (iv)    Offer access to a family member to encourage parental
14   involvement.
15      (b)    The department shall make the supplemental mathematics
16   program available for both public and nonpublic schools to
17   voluntarily provide access to students. The department may not
18   charge a fee for the mathematics program.
19      (c)    The department shall establish criteria by which a
20   school can measure mathematics outcomes.
21      (d)    By July 1 each year, the department shall report to the
22   General Assembly the number of users or school entities that
23   voluntarily accessed the mathematics program in the past school
24   year.
25      (e)    As used in this section, the following words and phrases
26   shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
27   the context clearly indicates otherwise:
28      "Department."    The Department of Education of the
29   Commonwealth.
30      "Nonpublic school."      The term shall mean the same as defined

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1   under section 922.1-A(b).
2      "School entity."   A school district, intermediate unit,
3   charter school, cyber charter school or regional charter school.
4      Section 2.   This act shall take effect immediately.




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