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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY KITCHEN, COSTA, FARNESE, RAFFERTY, M. WHITE, SOLOBAY, WASHINGTON, FONTANA, FOLMER, ORIE AND TARTAGLIONE, MAY 10, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MAY 10, 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 teacher certification, further |
6 | providing for qualifying certificates and kinds of |
7 | certificates. |
8 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
9 | hereby enacts as follows: |
10 | Section 1. Section 1201 of the act of March 10, 1949 |
11 | (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, |
12 | amended January 14, 1970 (1969 P.L.468, No.192), is amended to |
13 | read: |
14 | Section 1201. Certificates Qualifying Persons to Teach.-- |
15 | Only those persons holding one of the following certificates |
16 | shall be qualified to teach in the public schools of this |
17 | Commonwealth--(1) Permanent college certificate, (2) provisional |
18 | college certificate, (3) normal school diploma, (4) normal |
19 | school certificate, (5) special permanent certificate, (6) |
20 | special temporary certificate, (7) permanent State certificate, |
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1 | (8) certificates which are permanent licenses to teach by virtue |
2 | of the provisions of section one thousand three hundred eight of |
3 | the act, approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine |
4 | hundred eleven (Pamphlet Laws 309), as amended, which is |
5 | repealed hereby, (8.1) certificate to teach military science, or |
6 | (9) such other kinds of certificates as are issued under the |
7 | standards prescribed by the State Board of Education. The State |
8 | Board of Education shall also provide for issuance of |
9 | certificates by district superintendents to meet such |
10 | emergencies or shortage of teachers as may occur. |
11 | Section 2. Section 1203 of the act is amended to read: |
12 | Section 1203. Kinds of State Certificates.--State |
13 | certificates hereafter granted shall include the following: |
14 | Provisional College Certificates, |
15 | Permanent College Certificates, |
16 | Certificates issued by other states and validated by the |
17 | Superintendent of Public Instruction, |
18 | Special Temporary Certificates, |
19 | Special Permanent Certificates. |
20 | Military Science Certificates. |
21 | All persons receiving any of such certificates shall have |
22 | qualifications not less than graduation from a State Teachers' |
23 | College of this Commonwealth, or equivalent training. |
24 | All persons receiving military science certificates shall |
25 | have documentation of at least twenty (20) years' military |
26 | service and certification by the appropriate branch of the armed |
27 | forces of the United States authorizing employment as a military |
28 | science instructor. |
29 | Every college certificate shall set forth the names of the |
30 | college or university from which its holder was graduated. State |
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1 | certificates shall entitle their holders to teach in every part |
2 | of this Commonwealth for the terms herein specified. |
3 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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