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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 883 | PRINTER'S NO. 977 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, D. WHITE, FONTANA, BRUBAKER, FOLMER, RAFFERTY, GREENLEAF AND FERLO, MARCH 22, 2011 |
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| SENATOR PICCOLA, EDUCATION, AS AMENED, APRIL 5, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An |
2 | act relating to the public school system, including certain |
3 | provisions applicable as well to private and parochial |
4 | schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the |
5 | laws relating thereto," in district and assistant |
6 | superintendents, further providing for eligibility; and |
7 | making editorial changes. |
8 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
9 | hereby enacts as follows: |
10 | Section 1. Article X heading and section 1001 of the act of |
11 | March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code |
12 | of 1949, amended January 14, 1970 (1969 P.L.468, No.192), are |
13 | amended to read: |
14 | ARTICLE X. |
15 | DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS. |
16 | Section 1001. Purpose.--For the superintendence and |
17 | supervision of the public schools of this Commonwealth, there |
18 | shall be elected or appointed, in the manner herein provided, |
19 | district superintendents, and assistant district |
20 | superintendents. |
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1 | Section 2. Section 1003 of the act, amended July 20, 2007 |
2 | (P.L.278, No.45), is amended to read: |
3 | Section 1003. Eligibility.--[No] (a) Except as otherwise |
4 | provided in subsection (b), no person shall be eligible for |
5 | election or appointment as a district[,] superintendent or |
6 | assistant district superintendent, unless-- |
7 | (1) He holds a diploma from a college or other institution |
8 | approved by the Department of Education; |
9 | (2) He has had six (6) years' successful teaching |
10 | experience, not less than three of which shall have been in a |
11 | supervisory or administrative capacity; |
12 | (3) He has completed in a college or university a graduate |
13 | program in education approved by the Department of Education |
14 | that includes the Pennsylvania school leadership standards under |
15 | section 1217. Completion of the program shall not be subject to |
16 | waiver under section 1714-B unless the candidate provides to the |
17 | Secretary of Education evidence that the candidate has |
18 | successfully completed an equivalent leadership development |
19 | program that addresses the school leadership standards under |
20 | section 1217. |
21 | (4) Provided that in school districts of the first class, |
22 | five (5) years of administrative experience at the level of |
23 | assistant, associate or deputy superintendent, may be |
24 | substituted for prescribed graduate administrative courses, and |
25 | which shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of Education |
26 | to review these equivalences to conform with State board |
27 | regulations. |
28 | [Serving either as county, district, or assistant county or |
29 | district superintendent, or associate superintendent, in this |
30 | Commonwealth, at the time this act becomes effective, shall, |
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1 | irrespective of the foregoing requirements, be considered |
2 | sufficient qualification for any of the aforesaid offices.] |
3 | (b) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (a), a |
4 | person shall be eligible for election or appointment as a |
5 | district superintendent or assistant district superintendent if |
6 | he holds a graduate degree in business or finance. |
7 | (c) A person elected or appointed as a district | <-- |
8 | superintendent or assistant district superintendent under |
9 | subsection (b) shall successfully complete a leadership |
10 | development program that meets the Pennsylvania school |
11 | leadership standards under section 1217. |
12 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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