Bill Text: PA SB1168 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for distress in school districts of the first class.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-23 - Referred to EDUCATION [SB1168 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB1168-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1414
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1168 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, HUGHES, KITCHEN, COSTA, FARNESE AND STACK, JUNE 23, 2011
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JUNE 23, 2011
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," further providing for distress in
school districts of the first class.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 696(i) introductory paragraph and (7) and
(k) introductory paragraph, (2) and (5) of the act of March 10,
1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
amended October 30, 2001, (P.L.828, No.83), are amended to read:
Section 696. Distress in School Districts of the First
Class.--* * *
(i) [In addition to all powers granted to the superintendent
by law and a special board of control under section 693 and
notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the] The School
Reform Commission shall have the following powers:
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[(7) To suspend professional employes without regard to the
provisions of section 1125.1.]
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(k) Collective bargaining between employes and the school
district of the first class shall be conducted in accordance
with this subsection. For purposes of collective bargaining, [as
used in section 693 and this section:] "professional employe"
shall have the meaning given in section 1101(1), and "teacher"
shall have the meaning given in former section 1202-A.
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(2) No distressed school district of the first class shall
be required to engage in collective bargaining negotiations or
enter into memoranda of understanding or other agreements
regarding any of the following issues:
(i) Contracts with third parties for the provision of goods
or services, including educational services or the potential
impact of such contracts on employes.
[(ii) Decisions related to reductions in force.]
(iii) Staffing patterns and assignments, class schedules,
academic calendar, places of instruction, pupil assessment and
teacher preparation time.
(iv) The use, continuation or expansion of programs
designated by the School Reform Commission as pilot or
experimental programs.
(v) The approval or designation of a school as a charter or
magnet school.
(vi) The use of technology to provide instructional or other
services.
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(5) [Except as specifically provided in section 693,
nothing] Nothing in this subsection shall eliminate, supersede
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or preempt any provision of an existing collective bargaining
agreement [until the expiration of the agreement unless
otherwise authorized by law].
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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