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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania requires schools to notify parents of student suicide threats and bullying incidents starting in 2026
Last action · March 24, 2025: Referred to EDUCATION, March 24, 2025Sponsors: Liz Hanbidge and 16 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, Pennsylvania public school entities must adopt and post policies for notifying parents or legal guardians when a student threatens suicide or is involved in bullying. Schools must also provide families with suicide prevention materials, maintain confidential notification records, and give students the right to request or these records after graduation.
The measure establishes mandatory communication protocols between schools and families regarding severe behavioral and mental health incidents, impacting administrative reporting practices and family access to student safety records.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
parents or legal guardians
Parents or legal guardians must receive notification when their student threatens suicide or is involved in bullying, along with suicide prevention materials.
students
Students are subject to parental notification policies and gain the right to request copies of their records or have them expunged after high school graduation.
school entity employe
School employees must be informed of the newly adopted parental notification policies.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
When do schools have to start notifying parents about suicide threats or bullying?
Are notification records public?
Can a student see or remove their notification records later?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Mar 24, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to EDUCATION, March 24, 2025
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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