Bill > SB331

This bill amends the Public School Code of 1949 to further provide for firefighter and emergency service training. It establishes the Secondary Education Fire Training Pilot Program, which allows select institutions of higher education to partner with school districts or area career and technical schools to provide fire training to high school students leading to Firefighter I certification. The bill also creates the Fire Training Fund, a nonlapsing, restricted account in the State Treasury, to support the pilot program. The pilot program will run for four years, and the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee will conduct a survey to evaluate its effectiveness in increasing the number of volunteer firefighters.