Bill Text: PA SB416 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for eligibility and incompatible offices.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-04 - Referred to EDUCATION [SB416 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB416-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 402
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 416 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, BOSCOLA, PILEGGI, SOLOBAY, ROBBINS, FONTANA, RAFFERTY, M. WHITE, EARLL, FOLMER, MENSCH, WARD, ALLOWAY, WAUGH AND VANCE, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," further providing for eligibility and
incompatible offices.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 322 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, amended May 11,
1982 (P.L.396, No.115) and repealed in part June 26, 1989
(P.L.47, No.10), is amended to read:
Section 322. Eligibility; Incompatible Offices.--Any citizen
of this Commonwealth, having a good moral character, being
eighteen (18) years of age or upwards, and having been a
resident of the district for at least one (1) year prior to the
date of his election or appointment, and being registered to
vote in the political subdivision he or she is seeking to
represent, shall be eligible to the office of school director
therein: Provided, That any person holding any office or
position of profit under the government of any city of the first
class, or the office of mayor, chief burgess, county
commissioner, district attorney, city, borough, or township
treasurer, member of council in any municipality, township
commissioner, township supervisor, tax collector, assessor,
assistant assessor, any comptroller, auditor, constable,
executive director or assistant executive director of an
intermediate unit, supervisor, principal, teacher, or employe of
any school district, shall not be eligible as a school director
in this Commonwealth. This section shall not prevent any
district superintendent, assistant district superintendent,
supervisor, teacher, or employe of any school district, from
being a school director in a district other than the one in
which he is so employed, and other than in a district with which
the district in which he is employed operates a joint school or
department. Provided, however, That a joint school or department
does not include a vocational school, intermediate unit or
community college: And provided further, That a school director
who is a supervisor, principal, teacher or employe of a
vocational school, intermediate unit or community college shall
not serve as a member of a board of the vocational school,
intermediate unit or community college in which he is a
supervisor, principal, teacher or employe: And provided further,
That a school director who is a supervisor, principal, teacher
or employe of a vocational school, intermediate unit or
community college, shall not be assigned to a position of
employment under the supervision of the district in which he or
she serves as a member of the board of school directors. A
school director shall not be eligible to the office of member of
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council in any municipality.
Section 2. The amendment of section 322 of the act shall
apply to elections for school director occurring on or after the
effective date of this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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