PRINTER'S NO.  1860

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1321

Session of

2010

  

  

INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK AND WASHINGTON, APRIL 14, 2010

  

  

REFERRED TO EDUCATION, APRIL 14, 2010  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An

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act relating to the public school system, including certain

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provisions applicable as well to private and parochial

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schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the

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laws relating thereto," providing for county administration.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known

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as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a

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section to read:

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Section 211.1.  County Administration.--(a) Notwithstanding

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any other provision of this act, all administrative functions of

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school districts of the second, third or fourth class within a

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county shall be consolidated at the county level. Administrative

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functions shall include, but are not limited to, payment of

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payroll obligations, financial accounting and reporting,

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purchasing and contracting with insurers, vendors and others.

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The governing body of each county shall appoint a single county

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superintendent for all schools within the county and may appoint

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a solicitor and such other appointees and employes as it may

 


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deem proper in carrying out the provisions of this section. Each

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school district within a county shall pay a pro rata share of

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the costs incurred by a county under this section, calculated

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using the number of employes of the school district divided by

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the total number of all school district employes within the

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county.

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(b)  The provisions of this section shall not abrogate any

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provision of a collective bargaining agreement or employment

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contract that exists prior to the effective date of this

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section.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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