PRINTER'S NO. 2437
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1795
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KORTZ, EVERETT, PICKETT, THOMAS, CALTAGIRONE,
MILLARD, DIAMOND, STURLA AND CUTLER, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
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," in organization meetings and officers
of boards of school directors, providing for executive
sessions involving employee disciplinary matters.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 425. Executive Sessions Involving Employe
Disciplinary Matters.--
(a) Except as provided under subsection (b), during the
deliberation portion of an executive session involving a
disciplinary matter relating to a school employe, only voting
members of the board of school directors who are physically
present at the executive session may participate.
(b) The board of school directors may request the presence
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of the solicitor for a portion of the executive session for the
sole purpose of answering questions in an advisory capacity,
after which the solicitor must leave the executive session.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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