Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 15-1555. Moment of silence on September 11 anniversary

(a) Each school entity shall conduct a moment of silence during instructional hours for students and faculty to observe the anniversary of September 11, 2001, as a remembrance of the thousands of military servicepersons, government employees, civilians and emergency responders who lost their lives or were wounded by terrorist attacks on that date.

(b) The Department of Education shall identify a model curriculum for instruction in the events and significance of September 11, 2001, no later than twelve (12) months after the effective date of this section. The model curriculum identified by the Department of Education shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following topics where appropriate:

(c) The Department of Education shall make available on the department's publicly accessible Internet website curriculum materials and other available resources regarding the events and significance of September 11, 2001, for voluntary use by school entities.

(d) Nothing in subsections (b) and (c) shall be construed to require a school entity or nonpublic school to implement, adopt or use the curriculum, materials and other resources made available by the department under this section.

(e) For purposes of this section, the term “school entity” shall mean a school district, charter school, regional charter school, cyber charter school, intermediate unit or area career and technical school.