PRINTER'S NO. 3138
No. 2250 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY TIGUE, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE,
CAWLEY, CORRIGAN, COSTA, CREIGHTON, DeLUCA, EACHUS, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARPER, HENNESSEY,
HERSHEY, W. KELLER, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, LEDERER, McGEEHAN,
O'NEILL, PETRONE, PISTELLA, RAPP, RUBLEY, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER,
SOLOBAY, STABACK, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, WATERS,
YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, NOVEMBER 21, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, NOVEMBER 21, 2005
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 notice
6 publication by recognizing the Internet and for emergency
7 certification to overcome teacher shortages.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 106 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
11 No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by
12 adding a subsection to read:
13 Section 106. Publication of Notices, etc.; Proofs of
14 Publication.--* * *
15 (d) When so permitted by statute, publication of a notice
16 may be made on the Department of Education's Internet website or
17 on the Internet website of a publishing school district. Proof
18 of such publication shall be provided as prescribed by
1 regulation. This section shall not apply to a notice that is
2 required to be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
3 Section 2. Section 1109.1 of the act, added June 7, 1993
4 (P.L.49, No.16), is amended to read:
5 Section 1109.1. Emergency Certification in Certain
6 Instances.--(a) When the superintendent and board of education
7 of a school district of the first class find that the supply of
8 certified teachers is inadequate to the educational needs of the
9 district's language minority student population or that the loss
10 of teachers due to early retirement would cause the interruption
11 of suitable and essential programs of instruction for such
12 students, the district may, with the permission of the
13 department, hire otherwise qualified persons without current
14 teaching certificates, provided that individuals so employed
15 shall enroll in a teacher certification program and meet
16 Pennsylvania certification requirements within a period not to
17 exceed three (3) years.
18 (b) If a school district applies to the department for an
19 emergency permit in order to employ an individual to teach, the
20 Department of Education shall post this information on its
21 Internet website for a minimum of thirty (30) days using an
22 easy-to-find and easy-to-read format in order to provide this
23 information to the public generally, and to prospective
24 candidates for the available teaching position specifically.
25 (c) An emergency certificate issued under this section may
26 be renewed for the employed individual should no certified
27 teacher be employable.
28 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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