employe takes leave from employment with an employer for the
purpose of service with a Statewide employe organization or an
employe organization.
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 1173-A. Union Leave.--(a) Subject to subsection (b)
and notwithstanding 24 Pa.C.S. § 8302 (relating to credited
school service) or any other provision of law, no collective
bargaining agreement or contract between an employe organization
and school district entered into, renewed or extended on or
after the effective date of this section may allow an employe to
take union leave from an employer.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the following shall
apply:
(1) Each Statewide employe organization may designate not
more than three (3) individuals throughout the Commonwealth at
any time who may take union leave, provided that each designated
individual may take union leave for a cumulative period of no
more than six (6) school years, subject to subsection (c).
(2) An employe who is not designated under paragraph (1) may
take union leave for no more than three (3) consecutive days
within any week and for a cumulative period of no more than
fifteen (15) days each school year, subject to subsection (c).
(c) When an employe is permitted to take union leave from an
employer pursuant to subsection (b) or pursuant to a collective
bargaining agreement or contract entered into prior to the
effective date of this section and remaining in effect on the
effective date of this section, the following shall apply,
except as prohibited by a collective bargaining agreement or
contract entered into prior to the effective date of this
section and remaining in effect on the effective date of this
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