HB 2455 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Public Instruction and its departmental administrative boards and commissions, further providing for collective bargaining.

PRINTER'S NO.   3264

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2455
                                               Session of
                                                 2026

     INTRODUCED BY MAZZOCCO, MAYES, VENKAT, BRENNAN, HILL-EVANS,
        BENHAM, NEILSON, RIVERA, GOUGHNOUR, INGLIS, PASHINSKI,
        MALAGARI, ABNEY, KINKEAD, STEELE, WAXMAN, DEASY, BOROWSKI,
        FLEMING, POWELL AND HOHENSTEIN, APRIL 24, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 24, 2026


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
 2      "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
 3      executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
 4      Executive Department thereof and the administrative
 5      departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
 6      including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
 7      Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
 8      authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
 9      departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10      duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11      officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12      boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13      Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14      and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15      certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16      other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17      and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
18      prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
19      of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
20      certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
21      determined," in powers and duties of the Department of Public
22      Instruction and its departmental administrative boards and
23      commissions, further providing for collective bargaining.
24      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25   hereby enacts as follows:
26      Section 1.    Section 1321(a) of the act of April 9, 1929
27   (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
 1   amended to read:
 2      Section 1321.   Collective Bargaining.--(a)   School
 3   administrators employed by a city of the first class or employed
 4   by a school district of the first class A shall, through labor
 5   organizations or other representatives designated by fifty per
 6   centum (50%) or more of such school administrators, have the
 7   right to bargain collectively with their public employers
 8   concerning the terms and conditions of their employment,
 9   including compensation, hours, working conditions, retirement,
10   pension and other benefits, and shall have the right to an
11   adjustment or settlement of their grievances or disputes in
12   accordance with the terms of this section. The Pennsylvania
13   Labor Relations Board shall resolve disputes as to the items
14   under this subsection in the same manner as it resolves disputes
15   under the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the
16   "Public Employe Relations Act."
17      * * *
18      Section 2.   This act shall take effect immediately.




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