PRINTER'S NO. 3080
No. 2251 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY J. TAYLOR, KENNEY, LEDERER, BUTKOVITZ AND KELLER,
DECEMBER 10, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, DECEMBER 10, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," further providing for
21 collective bargaining in education; and making a repeal.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 1321(a) of the act of April 9, 1929
25 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,
26 amended November 26, 1997 (P.L.530, No.57), is amended to read:
27 Section 1321. Collective Bargaining.--(a) School
1 administrators employed by a city of the first class shall,
2 through labor organizations or other representatives designated
3 by fifty per centum (50%) or more of such school administrators,
4 have the right to bargain collectively with their public
5 employers concerning the terms and conditions of their
6 employment, including compensation, hours, working conditions
7 and other benefits, and shall have the right to an adjustment or
8 settlement of their grievances or disputes in accordance with
9 the terms of this section. The Pennsylvania Labor Relations
10 Board shall resolve disputes as to the items under this
11 subsection in the same manner as it resolves disputes under the
12 act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the "Public
13 Employe Relations Act."
14 * * *
15 Section 2. Section 8 of the act of July 11, 1996 (P.L.619,
16 No.105), entitled "An act amending the act of April 9, 1929
17 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled 'An act providing for and
18 reorganizing the conduct of the executive and administrative
19 work of the Commonwealth by the Executive Department thereof and
20 the administrative departments, boards, commissions, and
21 officers thereof, including the boards of trustees of State
22 Normal Schools, or Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating,
23 reorganizing or authorizing the reorganization of certain
24 administrative departments, boards, and commissions; defining
25 the powers and duties of the Governor and other executive and
26 administrative officers, and of the several administrative
27 departments, boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the
28 salaries of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other
29 executive and administrative officers; providing for the
30 appointment of certain administrative officers, and of all
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1 deputies and other assistants and employes in certain
2 departments, boards, and commissions; and prescribing the manner
3 in which the number and compensation of the deputies and all
4 other assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
5 commissions shall be determined,' transferring the Scotland
6 School for Veterans' Children from the Department of Education
7 to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; providing
8 for a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission volunteer
9 program; further providing for the Aviation Restricted Account;
10 specifically authorizing collective bargaining between school
11 administrators in school districts of the first class and their
12 public employers; providing for arbitration in order to settle
13 disputes; requiring compliance with collective bargaining
14 agreements and findings of arbitrators; providing for pay to
15 certain inspectors, for contribution to Korea/Vietnam Memorial
16 National Education Center and for an exclusion from sales and
17 use tax; making repeals; and making editorial changes," is
18 repealed.
19 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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