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PRINTER'S NO. 1234
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
982
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HARKINS, D. COSTA, FREEMAN, V. BROWN, SONNEY,
MILLARD, O'BRIEN, PASHINSKI, McNEILL, KINSEY, SCHLOSSBERG,
BROWNLEE, READSHAW, COHEN, McCARTER, MAHONEY, GILLEN, MURT,
HANNA AND ROZZI, APRIL 15, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 15, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," further providing for payment of
salaries in cases of sickness, injury or death.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1154(c) of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
amended December 22, 1965 (P.L.1180, No.467), is amended to
read:
Section 1154. Payment of Salaries in Cases of Sickness,
Injury or Death.--* * *
(c) Whenever a professional or temporary professional
employe is absent because of the death of a near relative, there
shall be no deduction in the salary of said employe for absence
on the day of the funeral. The board of school directors may
extend the period of absence with pay in its discretion as the
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exigencies of the case may warrant. A near relative shall be
defined as a first cousin, grandfather, grandmother, grandchild,
aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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