THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, KITCHEN, ROBBINS, FOLMER, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, WAUGH, PILEGGI, COSTA, EARLL, VANCE, RAFFERTY, WONDERLING AND WARD, MARCH 13, 2009

REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 13, 2009  

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; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the

laws relating thereto," further providing for eligibility and

incompatible offices.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 322 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,

No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, amended May 11,

1982 (P.L.396, No.115) and repealed in part June 26, 1989

(P.L.47, No.10), is amended to read:

Section 322.  Eligibility; Incompatible Offices.--Any citizen

of this Commonwealth, having a good moral character, being

eighteen (18) years of age or upwards, and having been a

resident of the district for at least one (1) year prior to the

date of his election or appointment, and being registered to

vote in the political subdivision he or she is seeking to

represent, shall be eligible to the office of school director

therein: Provided, That any person holding any office or

position of profit under the government of any city of the first

class, or the office of mayor, chief burgess, county

commissioner, district attorney, city, borough, or township

treasurer, member of council in any municipality, township

commissioner, township supervisor, tax collector, assessor,

assistant assessor, any comptroller, auditor, constable,

executive director or assistant executive director of an

intermediate unit, supervisor, principal, teacher, or employe of

any school district, shall not be eligible as a school director

in this Commonwealth. This section shall not prevent any

district superintendent, assistant district superintendent,

supervisor, teacher, or employe of any school district, from

being a school director in a district other than the one in

which he is so employed, and other than in a district with which

the district in which he is employed operates a joint school or

department. Provided, however, That a joint school or department

does not include a vocational school, intermediate unit or

community college: And provided further, That a school director

who is a supervisor, principal, teacher or employe of a

vocational school, intermediate unit or community college shall

not serve as a member of a board of the vocational school,

intermediate unit or community college in which he is a

supervisor, principal, teacher or employe: And provided further,

That a school director who is a supervisor, principal, teacher

or employe of a vocational school, intermediate unit or

community college, shall not be assigned to a position of

employment under the supervision of the district in which he or

she serves as a member of the board of school directors. A

school director shall not be eligible to the office of member of

council in any municipality.

Section 2.  The amendment of section 322 of the act shall

apply to elections for school director occurring on or after the

effective date of this section.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.