Bill Text: PA SB858 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: In district and assistant superintendents, further providing for eligibility; and making editorial changes.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-09 - Laid on the table [SB858 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB858-Amended.html

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HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 883, 977 PRINTER'S NO. 1360
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 858 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, D. WHITE, FONTANA, BRUBAKER, FOLMER, RAFFERTY, GREENLEAF, FERLO, PICCOLA AND BROWNE, MARCH 22, 2011
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 15, 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," in district and assistant
superintendents, further providing for eligibility; and
making editorial changes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Article X heading and section 1001 of the act of
March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code
of 1949, amended January 14, 1970 (1969 P.L.468, No.192), are
amended to read:
ARTICLE X.
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS AND
ASSISTANT DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS.
Section 1001. Purpose.--For the superintendence and
supervision of the public schools of this Commonwealth, there
shall be elected or appointed, in the manner herein provided,
district superintendents, and assistant district
superintendents.
Section 2. Section 1003 of the act, amended July 20, 2007
(P.L.278, No.45), is amended to read:
Section 1003. Eligibility.--[No] (a) Except as otherwise
provided in subsection (b), no person shall be eligible for
election or appointment as a district[,] superintendent or
assistant district superintendent, unless--
(1) He holds a diploma from a college or other institution
approved by the Department of Education;
(2) He has had six (6) years' successful teaching
experience, not less than three of which shall have been in a
supervisory or administrative capacity;
(3) He has completed in a college or university a graduate
program in education approved by the Department of Education
that includes the Pennsylvania school leadership standards under
section 1217. Completion of the program shall not be subject to
waiver under section 1714-B unless the candidate provides to the
Secretary of Education evidence that the candidate has
successfully completed an equivalent leadership development
program that addresses the school leadership standards under
section 1217.
(4) Provided that in school districts of the first class,
five (5) years of administrative experience at the level of
assistant, associate or deputy superintendent, may be
substituted for prescribed graduate administrative courses, and
which shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of Education
to review these equivalences to conform with State board
regulations.
[Serving either as county, district, or assistant county or
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district superintendent, or associate superintendent, in this
Commonwealth, at the time this act becomes effective, shall,
irrespective of the foregoing requirements, be considered
sufficient qualification for any of the aforesaid offices.]
(b) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (a), a
person shall be eligible for election or appointment as a
district superintendent or assistant district superintendent if
he holds a graduate degree from an accredited institution of <--
higher education in business or finance.
(c) A person elected or appointed as a district
superintendent or assistant district superintendent under
subsection (b) shall successfully complete a leadership
development program that meets the Pennsylvania school
leadership standards under section 1217.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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