PRINTER'S NO. 1437
No. 1260 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, FLICK, BENNINGHOFF, ROSS, SCRIMENTI,
LAUGHLIN, TIGUE, McILHATTAN, SEYFERT, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY,
JAMES, M. COHEN, CORRIGAN, EGOLF, E. Z. TAYLOR AND MAJOR,
APRIL 13, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 13, 1999
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," further providing for the eligibility
6 of a district superintendent or assistant superintendent.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1003 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended December 19, 1975 (P.L.511, No.150), is amended to read:
12 Section 1003. Eligibility.--No person shall be eligible for
13 election or appointment as a district, or assistant district
14 superintendent, unless--
15 (1) He holds a diploma from a college or other institution
16 approved by the Department of Education;
17 [(2) He has had six (6) years' successful teaching
18 experience, not less than three of which shall have been in a
19 supervisory or administrative capacity;]
1 (3) He has completed in a college or university a graduate
2 course in education approved by the Department of Education;
3 (4) Provided that in school districts of the first class,
4 five (5) years of administrative experience at the level of
5 assistant, associate or deputy superintendent, may be
6 substituted for prescribed graduate administrative courses, and
7 which shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of Education
8 to review these equivalences to conform with State board
9 regulations.
10 Serving either as county, district, or assistant county or
11 district superintendent, or associate superintendent, in this
12 Commonwealth, at the time this act becomes effective, shall,
13 irrespective of the foregoing requirements, be considered
14 sufficient qualification for any of the aforesaid offices.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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