PRINTER'S NO. 1695
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1396
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MURT, CALTAGIRONE, SCHLOSSBERG AND HILL-EVANS,
MAY 2, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 2, 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 charter schools, further providing
for school staff.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1724-A(a) of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, 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] eighty 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
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