S1216B1784A06716 MAB:EJH 07/15/20 #90 A06716
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1216
Sponsor: SENATOR SCHWANK
Printer's No. 1784
Amend Bill, page 1, line 5, by inserting after "thereto,""
in professional employees, further providing for
qualifications; and,
Amend Bill, page 1, line 5, by inserting after "teachers,"
further providing for State certificates and
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 10 through 12, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
Section 1. Sections 1109(a) and 1202 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 1109. Qualifications.--(a) Every teacher employed
to teach in the public schools of this Commonwealth must be a
person of good moral character, must be at least eighteen years
of age, and must be a citizen of the United States: Provided,
That citizenship may be waived:
(1) in the case of exchange teachers not permanently
employed, and teachers employed for the purpose of teaching
foreign languages, including special teachers who speak the
idiomatic or colloquial language of immigrants residing in the
school district, and employed for the purpose of easing the
transition period of such immigrants[.]; or
(2) if the individual holds a valid immigrant visa, work
visa or a valid employment authorization document which allows
the individual to work in the United States.
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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, any branch which he
has not been properly certificated to teach.
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
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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.] or an individual who holds a valid
immigrant visa, work visa or a valid employment authorization
document which allows the individual to work in the United
States.
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Amend Bill, page 3, line 18, by striking out "2" and
inserting
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