PRINTER'S NO. 944
No. 849 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY SCRIMENTI, GRUCELA, TIGUE, KIRKLAND, SHANER,
LAUGHLIN, YOUNGBLOOD, THOMAS, WOJNAROSKI, CRUZ, CALTAGIRONE,
HARHAI, JAMES, ROBERTS, BELFANTI, STABACK, BISHOP, CREIGHTON,
PETRARCA, WASHINGTON, CAPPABIANCA, BEBKO-JONES, HORSEY,
M. COHEN AND DALEY, MARCH 7, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 7, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," providing payment for substitute
6 teachers.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1148 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended October 20, 1988 (P.L.827, No.110), is amended to read:
12 Section 1148. Substitute Teachers.--Substitutes who are
13 placed in a position and give instruction in the same subjects
14 or to the same students for more than three (3) months shall be
15 paid not less than the minimum salary provided for by section
16 [1142, or in the event they] 1142.1(a) or ninety per centum
17 (90%) of the amount provided for by section 1142.1(b), whichever
18 is greater. All other substitutes shall be paid not less than
1 sixty per centum (60%) of the minimum salary provided for by
2 section 1142.1(a). In the event the substitutes are employed for
3 less than a full school year, they shall be paid the
4 proportionate part of such minimum salary equal to the
5 proportionate part of the school year during which they were
6 employed, arrived at by dividing the number of days during which
7 a substitute was employed by the total number of days the
8 schools of the district were in session during the school year.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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