PRINTER'S NO. 2500
No. 1913 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY VANCE, MANDERINO, DAILEY, FLEAGLE, ARMSTRONG,
BARD, BEBKO-JONES, BUNT, CAPPELLI, COY, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON,
DALLY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, FORCIER, FREEMAN, GRUCELA,
HENNESSEY, LAUGHLIN, McGEEHAN, MUNDY, NAILOR, PAYNE, PICKETT,
REICHLEY, ROSS, SANTONI, SEMMEL, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRAVAGLIO,
TRUE, WALKO, WANSACZ, WATSON, WEBER, YOUNGBLOOD AND THOMAS,
AUGUST 5, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, AUGUST 5, 2003
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
6 disqualifications.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1209 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended April 15, 1959 (P.L.41, No.16) and June 24, 1959
12 (P.L.485, No.110), is amended to read:
13 Section 1209. Disqualifications.--No teacher's certificate
14 shall be granted to any person who has not submitted, upon a
15 blank furnished by the [Superintendent of Public Instruction]
16 Secretary of Education, a certificate from a physician [legally
17 qualified to practice medicine], certified registered nurse
1 practitioner or physical assistant licensed in this
2 Commonwealth, or in any other state or the District of Columbia,
3 setting forth that said applicant is neither mentally nor
4 physically disqualified, by reason of tuberculosis or any other
5 communicable disease or by reason of mental disorder from
6 successful performance of the duties of a teacher; nor to any
7 person who has not a good moral character, or who is in the
8 habit of using opium or other narcotic drugs in any form, or any
9 intoxicating drink as a beverage, or to any applicant who has a
10 major physical disability or defect unless such a person submits
11 a certificate signed by an official of the college or university
12 from which he was graduated or of an appropriate rehabilitation
13 agency, certifying that in the opinion of such official the
14 applicant, by his work and activities, demonstrated that he is
15 sufficiently adjusted, trained and motivated to perform the
16 duties of a teacher, notwithstanding his impediment.
17 Section 2. Any regulations of the Department of Education
18 that are inconsistent with this act are hereby abrogated to the
19 extent of the inconsistency.
20 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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