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§ 1-133. Minimum number of days or hours

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: December 14, 2023

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 24 P.S. Education
Chapter 1. Public School Code of 1949 (Refs & Annos)
Article I. Preliminary Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: December 14, 2023
24 P.S. § 1-133
§ 1-133. Minimum number of days or hours
Currentness
(a) Notwithstanding section 520.1 or 15011 or other provision of law to the contrary, beginning in the 2023-2024 school year and continuing each school year thereafter, a school entity shall provide within the school year:
(1) a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days of instruction; or
(2) nine hundred (900) hours of instruction at the elementary level or nine hundred ninety (990) hours of instruction at the secondary level.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede or preempt a provision of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between a school employer and an exclusive representative of the employes under the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L. 563, No. 195),2 known as the “Public Employe Relations Act,” prior to the effective date of this section.
(c) As used in this section, the term “school entity” shall mean a school district, intermediate unit or area career and technical school.

Credits

1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. I, § 133, added 2023, Dec. 14, P.L. 432, No. 56, § 1, imd. effective.

Footnotes

1
24 P.S. §§ 5-520.1, 15-1501.
2
43 P.S. § 1101.101 et seq.
24 P.S. § 1-133, PA ST 24 P.S. § 1-133
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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