Bill Information

An Act amending the act of December 12, 1973 (P.L.397, No.141), referred to as the Teacher Certification Law, providing for a short title; further providing for definitions relating to professional standards and requirements, for the Professional Standards and Practices Commission, for its membership and qualifications, for its powers and duties, for its organization and meetings and for complaints; providing for the imposition of discipline against professional educators; further providing for confidentiality, for duties of local school board officials, for department action after investigation, for hearings, for decisions by hearing officers, for appeals, for reinstatement and for unauthorized release of information; providing for immunity from liability; further providing for commission proceedings and procedures; and providing for charter school staff members.