H0805B1424A01212 PWK:BTW 05/05/15 #90 A01212
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 805
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE CARROLL
Printer's No. 1424
Amend Bill, page 1, line 10, by inserting after "suspension;"
in certification of teachers, further providing for State
certificates; in charter schools, further providing for
school staff;
Amend Bill, page 10, by inserting after line 30
Section 5. Section 1202 of the act, amended December 21,
1967, P.L.874, No.387), is amended to read:
Section 1202. State Certificates.--State certificates shall
be issued as herein provided. Each such certificate shall set
forth the branches which its holder is entitled to teach. No
teacher shall teach, in any public school including any charter
school, any branch which he has not been properly certificated
to teach. Charter schools shall have one hundred percent(100%)
teachers certified in appropriate State certification.
A certificate to teach shall not be granted or issued to any
person not a citizen of the United States, except in the case of
exchange teachers not permanently employed and teachers employed
for the purpose of teaching foreign languages.
In the case of a resident foreign national holding an
immigrant visa who has declared, in writing, to the Department
of Public Instruction the intention of becoming a citizen of the
United States, such person shall be eligible for a provisional
college certificate.
Section 6. Section 1724-A(a) of the act, amended June 19,
1997, (P.L.225, No.22), is amended to read:
Section 1724-A. School Staff.--(a) The board of trustees
shall determine the level of compensation and all terms and
conditions of employment of the staff except as may otherwise be
provided in this article. [At least seventy-five per centum of
the professional staff members of a charter school shall hold
appropriate State certification.] Employes of a charter school
may organize under the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195),
known as the "Public Employe Relations Act." The board of
trustees of a charter school shall be considered an employer for
the purposes of Article XI-A. Upon formation of one or more
collective bargaining units at the school, the board of trustees
shall bargain with the employes based on the provisions of this
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article, Article XI-A and the "Public Employe Relations Act."
Collective bargaining units at a charter school shall be
separate from any collective bargaining unit of the school
district in which the charter school is located and shall be
separate from any other collective bargaining unit. A charter
school shall be considered a school entity as provided for in
section 1161-A for the purpose of the secretary seeking an
injunction requiring the charter school to meet the minimum
requirements for instruction as provided for in this article.
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Amend Bill, page 11, line 1, by striking out "5" and
inserting
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