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.

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                     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
 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," in school directors, further
 6      providing for eligibility and incompatible offices.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    Section 322 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
10   No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended to
11   read:
12      Section 322.    Eligibility; Incompatible Offices.--(a)   Any
13   [citizen] resident of this Commonwealth, having a good moral
14   character, being eighteen (18) years of age or upwards, and
15   having been a resident of the district for at least one (1) year
16   prior to the date of his election or appointment, shall be
17   eligible to the office of school director therein: Provided,
18   That any person holding any office or position of profit under
19   the government of any city of the first class, or the office of
20   mayor, chief burgess, county commissioner, district attorney,
 1   city, borough, or township treasurer, member of council in any
 2   municipality, township commissioner, township supervisor, tax
 3   collector, assessor, assistant assessor, any comptroller,
 4   auditor, constable, executive director or assistant executive
 5   director of an intermediate unit, supervisor, principal,
 6   teacher, or employe of any school district, shall not be
 7   eligible as a school director in this Commonwealth[. This] and
 8   shall not be eligible to serve as a school director of a school
 9   district in which an immediate family member is currently
10   employed.
11      (b)   Subject to subsection (c), this section shall not
12   [prevent any] be construed to prevent an individual who is a
13   district superintendent, assistant district superintendent,
14   supervisor, teacher, or employe of any school district, from
15   being a school director in a district other than the one in
16   which [he] the individual is so employed, and other than in a
17   district with which the district in which [he] the individual is
18   employed operates a joint school or department. [Provided,
19   however, That a joint school or department does not include a
20   career and technical school, intermediate unit or community
21   college: And provided further, That a]
22      (c)   A school director who is a supervisor, principal,
23   teacher or employe of a career and technical school,
24   intermediate unit or community college shall not:
25      (1)   serve as a member of a board of the career and technical
26   school, intermediate unit or community college in which [he] the
27   school director is a supervisor, principal, teacher or employe[:
28   And provided further, That a school director who is a
29   supervisor, principal, teacher or employe of a career and
30   technical school, intermediate unit or community college, shall

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 1   not]; or
 2      (2)     be assigned to a position of employment under the
 3   supervision of the district in which [he or she] the school
 4   director serves as a member of the board of school directors.
 5      (d)     A school director shall not be eligible to the office of
 6   member of council in [any] a municipality.
 7      (e)     As used in this section:
 8      "Immediate family member" shall mean an individual's parent,
 9   sibling, spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, nephew, niece,
10   first cousin, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, uncle or aunt.
11      "Joint school or department" does not include an area career
12   and technical school, intermediate unit or community college.
13      Section 2.     This act shall apply only to individuals who are
14   elected or appointed as school directors on or after the
15   effective date of this section.
16      Section 3.     This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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