PRINTER'S NO. 355
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
369
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DINNIMAN, MARCH 4, 2019
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 4, 2019
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 school directors, further
providing for board of directors and election or appointment
and for school board in first class A school districts and
appointment of seats, and numbers, terms, and methods for
election of school directors in first class A school
districts.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 301 and 302.1(d) of the act of March 10,
1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
are amended to read:
Section 301. Board of Directors; Election or Appointment.--
(a) The public school system of the Commonwealth shall be
administered by a board of school directors, to be elected or
appointed, as hereinafter provided. At each election of school
directors, each qualified voter shall be entitled to cast one
vote for each school director to be elected. Any system
providing for cumulative voting for the office of school
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director is hereby abolished.
(b) Excluding school districts where the board of school
directors is appointed, except as provided in subsections (c)
and (d), school directors shall be elected in accordance with
the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the
"Pennsylvania Election Code."
(c) A primary election for school director nominations shall
not be held for the 2021 municipal elections and thereafter.
School directors shall be elected at the November municipal
election beginning in 2021.
(d) Notwithstanding section 951 of the "Pennsylvania
Election Code," nomination papers for the office of school
director shall be filed in the same manner as nominations of
candidates by political bodies or independent candidates, as
provided by the "Pennsylvania Election Code," without regard to
political party membership. Nomination papers for the office of
school director must include the signatures of a minimum number
of qualified electors, without regard to political party
affiliation as follows:
(1) Two hundred for a school district of the first class A.
(2) One hundred for a school district of the second class.
(3) Fifty for a school district of the third class.
(4) Twenty-five for a school district of the fourth class.
Section 302.1. School Board in First Class A School
Districts; Apportionment of Seats, and Numbers, Terms, and
Methods for Election of School Directors in First Class A School
Districts.--* * *
[(d) Nomination and Elections of School Directors. School
directors shall be nominated and elected in accordance with the
act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the
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"Pennsylvania Election Code."]
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Section 2. All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar
as they are inconsistent with this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) The amendment of section 301 of the act shall take
effect December 31, 2020.
(2) This section shall take effect immediately.
(3) The remainder of this act shall take effect in 60
days.
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