HOUSE AMENDED

 

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 883, 977

PRINTER'S NO.  1360

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

858

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, D. WHITE, FONTANA, BRUBAKER, FOLMER, RAFFERTY, GREENLEAF, FERLO, PICCOLA AND BROWNE, MARCH 22, 2011

  

  

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 15, 2011   

  

  

  

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," in district and assistant

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superintendents, further providing for eligibility; and

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making editorial changes.

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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. Article X heading and section 1001 of the act of

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March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code

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of 1949, amended January 14, 1970 (1969 P.L.468, No.192), are

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amended to read:

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ARTICLE X.

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DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS AND

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ASSISTANT DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS.

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Section 1001.  Purpose.--For the superintendence and

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supervision of the public schools of this Commonwealth, there

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shall be elected or appointed, in the manner herein provided,

 


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district superintendents, and assistant district 

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superintendents.

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Section 2.  Section 1003 of the act, amended July 20, 2007

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(P.L.278, No.45), is amended to read:

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Section 1003.  Eligibility.--[No] (a)  Except as otherwise

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provided in subsection (b), no person shall be eligible for

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election or appointment as a district[,] superintendent or

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assistant district superintendent, unless--

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(1)  He holds a diploma from a college or other institution

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approved by the Department of Education;

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(2)  He has had six (6) years' successful teaching

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experience, not less than three of which shall have been in a

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supervisory or administrative capacity;

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(3)  He has completed in a college or university a graduate

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program in education approved by the Department of Education

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that includes the Pennsylvania school leadership standards under

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section 1217. Completion of the program shall not be subject to

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waiver under section 1714-B unless the candidate provides to the

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Secretary of Education evidence that the candidate has

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successfully completed an equivalent leadership development

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program that addresses the school leadership standards under

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section 1217.

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(4)  Provided that in school districts of the first class,

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five (5) years of administrative experience at the level of

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assistant, associate or deputy superintendent, may be

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substituted for prescribed graduate administrative courses, and

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which shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of Education

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to review these equivalences to conform with State board

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regulations.

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[Serving either as county, district, or assistant county or

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district superintendent, or associate superintendent, in this

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Commonwealth, at the time this act becomes effective, shall,

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irrespective of the foregoing requirements, be considered

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sufficient qualification for any of the aforesaid offices.]

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(b)  Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (a), a

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person shall be eligible for election or appointment as a

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district superintendent or assistant district superintendent if

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he holds a graduate degree from an accredited institution of

<--

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higher education in business or finance.

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(c)  A person elected or appointed as a district

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superintendent or assistant district superintendent under

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subsection (b) shall successfully complete a leadership

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development program that meets the Pennsylvania school

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leadership standards under section 1217.

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

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