Act 168 Of 2014 "Pass The Trash"

Among other changes aimed at protecting Pennsylvania's children, former Governor Tom Corbett signed Act 168 of 2014 on October 22, 2014, with an effective date of December 21, 2014. Also known as the "Pass the Trash" legislation, the changes made in the act greatly increased the steps involved in hiring anyone who might be deemed to have "direct contact with children."

Initially, those impacted by this act are (1) school entities, (2) all those contractors for schools whose personnel have "direct contact with children" (defined here as the "possibility of care, supervision, guidance or control of children or routine interaction with children") and (3) all those current and prior employers of people applying to work for (1) or (2) above. The legislation does not impact current school employees and those independent contractors already working both at a school and having direct contact with children.