Section 7-777 - Defacing, injuring or destroying property used for school purposes; penalty(a) If any person shall willfully or maliciously break into, enter, deface, or write, mark, or place any obscene or improper matter upon, any public school building, or other building used for school purposes, or other purposes provided for in this act, or any out-house used in connection therewith; or shall deface, injure, damage, or destroy any school furniture, books, paper, maps, charts, apparatus, or other property contained in any public school building, or other building used and occupied for school purposes, or other purposes provided for in this act; or shall injure, damage, or destroy any shade-trees, shrubbery, fences, or any other property of any kind, upon any public school grounds, or upon any public school playground, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or undergo an imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months, either or both, at the discretion of the court. In addition to any other penalty prescribed by this subsection, the court, upon conviction of a defendant for a violation of this subsection, may order the defendant to compensate the school district for any damages it sustained as a result of the defendant's unlawful conduct.(b) The board of school directors of a school district is authorized to adopt regulations and procedures providing for rewards of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) to any person who provides information which aids in the conviction of any person for violating the provisions of subsection (a) and rewards of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) to any person who provides information which aids in the conviction of any person for violating any provision of Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, if the violation occurs on school property or property utilized for school purposes.1949, March 10, P.L. 30, art. VII, § 777. Amended 1977, Aug. 24, P.L. 199, No. 59, § 1, imd. effective; 1980, June 30, P.L. 279, No. 80, § 1, imd. effective.