PRINTER'S NO. 4041
No. 2913 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY DENT, BENNINGHOFF, DALLY, DEMPSEY, EGOLF, FLICK,
GEIST, GIGLIOTTI, KIRKLAND, RAMOS, READSHAW, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SEYFERT, THOMAS AND WAUGH, OCTOBER 27, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, OCTOBER 27, 1998
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 administrative
6 certification; and making an editorial change.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
10 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
11 section to read:
12 Section 1003.1. Special District Superintendent and
13 Assistant District Superintendent Eligibility.--The Secretary of
14 Education may, at the request of a school district's board of
15 directors, award a letter of eligibility for the district
16 superintendent or assistant district superintendent to a person
17 who provides satisfactory evidence of good moral character,
18 possesses at a minimum a baccalaureate degree from an accredited
19 college or university and submits verification of administrative
1 experience, management skills, leadership ability and
2 educational background analogous to the standards for
3 professional educators established in the regulations of the
4 State Board of Education.
5 Section 2. Section 1204 of the act, amended October 21, 1965
6 (P.L.601, No.312), is amended to read:
7 Section 1204. Granting Provisional College Certificates.--
8 The [Superintendent of Public Instruction] Secretary of
9 Education may grant a provisional college certificate to every
10 person who presents to him satisfactory evidence of good moral
11 character, and of being a graduate of an approved college or
12 university, who has completed such work in education as may be
13 required by the standards of the State Board of Education, and
14 to every person who presents to him satisfactory evidence of
15 good moral character, and of being a graduate of music, with the
16 degree of bachelor of music of an approved college or
17 university, who has during such musical course completed the
18 prescribed number of hours of professional studies, which
19 certificate shall entitle him to teach for three annual school
20 terms, and may be renewed for one additional three-year period
21 in accordance with standards to be established by the State
22 Board of Education.
23 The Secretary of Education may, at the request of a school
24 district's board of directors, grant the issuance of an
25 Administrative I Certificate to a person who provides
26 satisfactory evidence of good moral character, possesses at
27 minimum a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or
28 university, and submits verification of administrative
29 experience, management skills, leadership ability and education
30 background analogous to the standards for professional educators
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1 established in the regulations of the State Board of Education.
2 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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