Pennsylvania Statutes Title 51 Pa.C.S.A. Military Affairs § 9803. Description of program

(a) General rule.--The department shall develop program guidelines in consultation with the Department of Education. Consistent with 32 U.S.C. § 509(a) (relating to National Guard Youth Challenge Program of opportunities for civilian youth), the program shall seek to improve the life skills and employment potential of participants by providing military-based training and supervised work experience, together with the core program components of assisting participants to receive a high school diploma or its equivalent, leadership development, promoting fellowship and community service, developing life coping skills and job skills and improving physical fitness and health and hygiene. The department shall post the program guidelines on the home page of the department's publicly accessible Internet website and shall provide the guidelines to the Department of Education.

(b) Duties of Department of Education.--The Department of Education shall post the program guidelines on the home page of the publicly accessible Internet website of the Department of Education and shall annually distribute the guidelines and relevant program information to all school entities.