§ 6-642-A. Powers and duties
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: July 12, 2012
Effective: July 12, 2012
24 P.S. § 6-642-A
§ 6-642-A. Powers and duties
(a) General rule.--A school district in financial recovery status under this subdivision or in receivership under Subdivision (vi)1 may exercise any of the following powers only to the extent that the powers are specifically included in the school district's financial recovery plan and the exercise of the powers will effect needed economies in the operation of the district's schools:
(i) The school district may convert an existing public school building or a portion of an existing public school building to a charter school, provided that conversion will result in financial savings. There shall be no limit on the number of public schools in the school district that can be converted to a charter school.
(iii)(A) The board of school directors shall solicit applications to operate a charter school established under this paragraph through a competitive request for proposal process. The content and dissemination of the request for proposal shall be consistent with the purpose and the requirements of Article XVII-A2 and shall require the applicant to demonstrate that the conversion will result in financial savings. The board of school directors may accept applications by an individual or entity authorized to establish a charter school under section 1717-A(a)3 to operate the converted charter school.
(B) The board of school directors shall evaluate each submitted proposal in a public manner. Once a proposal has been selected, the board of school directors shall explain how and why the proposal was selected and provide evidence, if available, of the provider's success in serving student populations similar to the targeted population, including demonstrated academic achievement, successful management of nonacademic school functions and safe school environment, if applicable.
(D) The provisions of Article XVII-A shall apply to an existing public school building or portion of an existing public school building converted to a charter school, provided that any application to operate a charter school under the provisions of this section and any charter school established under the provisions of this section shall not be subject to sections 1717-A(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) and 1724-A(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h),4 including after the school district's financial recovery status is terminated under section 624-A5 or after the school district's receivership expires under section 675-A.6
(3) Cancel or renegotiate any contract to which the board of school directors or the school district is a party, if the cancellation or renegotiation of contract will effect needed economies in the operation of the district's schools. Collective bargaining agreements are specifically exempt from this clause and shall be governed by the provisions of clause (15).
(4) Increase tax levies in such amounts and at such times as is recommended by the chief recovery officer, subject to the act of June 27, 2006 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L. 1873, No. 1),7 known as the Taxpayer Relief Act.
(5) Appoint a special collector of delinquent taxes for the school district who need not be a resident of the school district. The special tax collector shall exercise all the rights and perform all the duties imposed by law on tax collectors for school districts. The tax collector superseded by the special tax collector shall not be entitled to any commissions on the taxes collected by the special tax collector.
(8) Suspend or revoke a charter under section 1729-A.8
(10) Enter into agreements with persons or for-profit or nonprofit organizations providing noninstructional or other services to or for the school district, provided that the school district shall present a three-year cost comparison of the services as currently provided and as projected under the proposed agreement demonstrating that the proposed agreement will result in financial savings. Services provided under this paragraph shall be funded in accordance with the terms of the agreement. The agreement shall provide that the school district may terminate the agreement if costs under the agreement exceed the costs projected in the cost comparison.
(18) Negotiate a contract with a charter school under section 681-A(f).9
“Professional employee.” The term shall have the meaning as given in section 1101(1).10
“Teacher.” An individual who holds an instructional certificate issued by the department under this act and is employed full time as a temporary professional or professional employee by a school entity and provides learning experiences directly to students during the instructional day.
Credits
1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. VI-A, § 642-A, added 2012, July 12, P.L. 1142, No. 141, § 10, imd. effective.
Footnotes
24 P.S. § 6-671-A et seq.
24 P.S. § 17-1701-A et seq.
24 P.S. § 17-1717-A.
24 P.S. §§ 17-1717-A, 17-1724-A.
24 P.S. § 6-624-A.
24 P.S. § 6-675-A.
53 P.S. § 6926.101 et seq.
24 P.S. § 17-1729-A.
24 P.S. § 6-681-A.
24 P.S. § 11-1101.
24 P.S. § 6-642-A, PA ST 24 P.S. § 6-642-A
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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