PRINTER'S NO. 3177
No. 2349 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, TRELLO, PISTELLA AND CIVERA, MARCH 19, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 19, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," further providing for certification
6 of teachers; and making editorial changes.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1205 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended July 22, 1970 (P.L.540, No.183), is amended to read:
12 Section 1205. Issuing Permanent College Certificates.--The
13 [Superintendent of Public Instruction] Secretary of Education
14 shall issue a permanent college certificate to every graduate of
15 an approved college or university, and of such departments
16 therein as are approved by him, when such graduate furnishes
17 satisfactory evidence of good moral character and successful
18 experience of three years' teaching on a provisional college
19 certificate in approved elementary or secondary schools, in
20 private institutions from which the Department of [Public
1 Instruction] Education purchases services on a tuition basis,
2 and in state-aided and state-owned secondary schools, and has
3 completed such work in education as may be required by the
4 standards of the State Board of Education. Standards under this
5 section shall include a requirement for at least three college
6 credits in safety education. Such work in education shall not
7 exceed that required as of the time of graduation of such
8 graduates from colleges or universities approved by the State
9 Board of Education. Such certificate shall entitle its holder to
10 teach without further examination.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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