Bill Information

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An act relating to the public school system, including certain provisions applicable as well to private and parochial schools, consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto," providing for training for school directors, for regional assistance teams, for evaluation of superintendents and assistant superintendents, for rating systems for professional employees, for career ladder and salaries, for continuing professional development, for mentoring/induction, for peer assistance and review, for collaborative professional development, for expenditures for professional development and teacher coaches, for annual assessments, for value-added analysis, for promotion and high school graduation, for re-testing and remediation, for expenditures to assist struggling students, for education empowerment districts, for school and school district accountability, for innovation grants, for a study of school staffing, for establishment of an Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission, and for definitions; establishing a joint Senate-House Select Committee to study the Commonwealth's pupil transportation funding mechanisms; establishing a joint Senate-House Select Committee to study the Commonwealth's school construction funding mechanisms; requiring the Commonwealth to pay the application fee for teachers seeking certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; providing for the successful school budget subsidy system; further providing for payments; making an appropriation; and making repeals.