Pennsylvania HB 1395: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school directors, further providing for eligibility and incompatible offices.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1590
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1395
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GAYDOS, GREINER, KAUFFMAN, M. MACKENZIE, KRUPA,
JAMES, CIRESI, BARGER AND GILLEN, MAY 5, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 5, 2025
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," in school directors, 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, is amended to
read:
Section 322. Eligibility; Incompatible Offices.--(a) Any
[citizen] resident 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, 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,
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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] and
shall not be eligible to serve as a school director of a school
district in which an immediate family member is currently
employed.
(b) Subject to subsection (c), this section shall not
[prevent any] be construed to prevent an individual who is a
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] the individual is so employed, and other than in a
district with which the district in which [he] the individual is
employed operates a joint school or department. [Provided,
however, That a joint school or department does not include a
career and technical school, intermediate unit or community
college: And provided further, That a]
(c) A school director who is a supervisor, principal,
teacher or employe of a career and technical school,
intermediate unit or community college shall not:
(1) serve as a member of a board of the career and technical
school, intermediate unit or community college in which [he] the
school director is a supervisor, principal, teacher or employe[:
And provided further, That a school director who is a
supervisor, principal, teacher or employe of a career and
technical school, intermediate unit or community college, shall
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not]; or
(2) be assigned to a position of employment under the
supervision of the district in which [he or she] the school
director serves as a member of the board of school directors.
(d) A school director shall not be eligible to the office of
member of council in [any] a municipality.
(e) As used in this section:
"Immediate family member" shall mean an individual's parent,
sibling, spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, nephew, niece,
first cousin, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, uncle or aunt.
"Joint school or department" does not include an area career
and technical school, intermediate unit or community college.
Section 2. This act shall apply only to individuals who are
elected or appointed as school directors on or after the
effective date of this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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