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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, ORIE, SCARNATI, SCHWANK, WOZNIAK, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, TARTAGLIONE, D. WHITE, BRUBAKER AND WARD, MARCH 23, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 23, 2012 |
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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. Sections 1201 and 1203 of the act of March 10, |
11 | 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, |
12 | amended June 30, 2011 (P.L.112, No.24), are amended to read: |
13 | Section 1201. Certificates Qualifying Persons to Teach.-- |
14 | Only those persons holding one of the following certificates |
15 | shall be qualified to teach in the public schools of this |
16 | Commonwealth--(1) Permanent college certificate, (2) provisional |
17 | college certificate, (3) normal school diploma, (4) normal |
18 | school certificate, (5) special permanent certificate, (6) |
19 | special temporary certificate, (7) permanent State certificate, |
20 | (8) residency certificate, (8.1) certificate to teach military |
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1 | science, (9) intern certificate, (10) certificates which are |
2 | permanent licenses to teach by virtue of the provisions of |
3 | section one thousand three hundred eight of the act, approved |
4 | the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred eleven |
5 | (Pamphlet Laws 309), as amended, which is repealed hereby, or |
6 | (11) 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 1203. Kinds of State Certificates.--(a) State |
12 | certificates hereafter granted shall include the following: |
13 | Provisional College Certificates, |
14 | Permanent College Certificates, |
15 | Certificates issued by other states and validated by the |
16 | Superintendent of Public Instruction, |
17 | Special Temporary Certificates, |
18 | Special Permanent Certificates, |
19 | Residency Certificates, |
20 | Intern Certificates, |
21 | Military Science Certificates. |
22 | (b) All persons receiving any of such certificates shall |
23 | have qualifications not less than graduation from a State |
24 | Teachers' College of this Commonwealth, or equivalent training. |
25 | Postbaccalaureate certification programs, including residency, |
26 | intern and administrative certification programs completed under |
27 | section 1207.1 are equivalent training for purposes of this act. |
28 | (b.1) All persons receiving military science certificates |
29 | shall have documentation of at least twenty (20) years' military |
30 | service and certification by the appropriate branch of the armed |
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1 | forces of the United States authorizing employment as a military |
2 | science instructor. |
3 | (c) Every college certificate shall set forth the names of |
4 | the college or university from which its holder was graduated. |
5 | State certificates shall entitle their holders to teach in every |
6 | part of this Commonwealth for the terms herein specified. |
7 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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