(a) The board of directors of each school district shall take such steps as necessary in order to have or maintain a certified safety committee by June 30, 2011, or the effective date of this section, whichever occurs later, for the purposes of section 1002(b) of the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L. 736, No. 338),¹ known as the “Workers' Compensation Act.”

(b) The Department of Labor and Industry shall provide the Department of Education with the list of school districts that have certified safety committees.

(c) In the case of a school district that does not submit evidence to the Department of Education that complies with this section, the Department of Education shall deduct from any allocation from the Commonwealth to which the school district is entitled the amount of the discount the school district would otherwise receive under section 1002(b) of the “Workers' Compensation Act.”

(d) This section shall not apply to a school district that cannot receive a premium discount under section 1002(b) of the “Workers' Compensation Act,” or an equivalent reduction in contribution rates, by establishing and maintaining a certified safety committee because it is authorized to self-insure its liabilities under section 305 of the “Workers' Compensation Act”² or pool its liabilities under section 802 of the “Workers' Compensation Act.”³