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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 15-1550. Firefighter and emergency service training

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year and each school year thereafter, a school district may offer firefighter and emergency service training as credit-earning courses to students of the age of sixteen (16) years or older. Such courses may include:

(1) Training as a Firefighter I from the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications.

(2) Training as an emergency medical technician pursuant to the act of July 3, 1985 (P.L. 164, No. 45),  1 known as the “Emergency Medical Services Act.”

(b) A school district that offers firefighter and emergency service training as credit-earning courses shall provide transportation to and supervision during any firefighter and emergency service training program that takes place off school grounds. Supervision of training shall be conducted as a cooperative education program in accordance with the provisions of 22 Pa. Code § 11.28 (relating to out-of-school programs).

1 35 P.S. § 6921 et seq. (repealed); see now, 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 8101 et seq.
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