H1067B1086A00870 DMS:EJH 06/07/23 #90 A00870
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1067
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE KLUNK
Printer's No. 1086
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 13 through 19; page 2, lines 1
through 7; by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
inserting
Section 1109. Qualifications.--(a) Every teacher employed
to teach in the public schools of this Commonwealth must meet
the following qualifications:
(1) be a person of good moral character[, must];
(2) be at least eighteen years of age[, and must];
(3) complete a two-semester-hour course in the provisions
and principles of the Constitution of the United States or pass
an examination given by a regionally accredited college or
university; and
(4) be a citizen of the United States[: Provided, That
citizenship]. Citizenship may be waived:
(i) 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
(ii) 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.
Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 25 and 26
Section 2. The addition of section 1109(a)(3) of the act
shall apply to teachers certified after the effective date of
this section.
Amend Bill, page 2, line 26, by striking out "2" and
inserting
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