Bill > SB114

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 for partnerships between institutions of higher education or fire and emergency medical service training institutions and school entities or nonpublic schools to provide firefighter training to high school students. The bill also creates the Fire Training Fund, a non-lapsing account, to support the pilot program. The pilot program will run for four years and a survey of volunteer fire companies in the participating areas will be conducted to assess its impact on increasing the number of volunteer firefighters.