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§ 5-527. Drug law convictions

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: December 30, 2019

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 24 P.S. Education
Chapter 1. Public School Code of 1949 (Refs & Annos)
Article V. Duties and Powers of Boards of School Directors (Refs & Annos)
Effective: December 30, 2019
24 P.S. § 5-527
§ 5-527. Drug law convictions
(a) Any employe, professional or otherwise, of a school district, intermediate unit or area career and technical school who is convicted of delivery of a controlled substance or convicted of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver, as prohibited by the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L. 233, No. 64), known as “The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act,”1 shall be terminated from his or her employment with the school entity. The governing body of the school entity shall enforce this section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, any person subject to this section who, while employed in a public or private school, intermediate unit or area career and technical school, is convicted of any of the offenses enumerated in subsection (e) of section 111 of this act2 shall be immediately terminated from such employment.

Credits

1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. V, § 527, added 1988, Dec. 21, P.L. 1907, No. 191, § 1, effective in 60 days. Amended 1990, Dec. 19, P.L. 1362, No. 211, § 2, effective in 60 days; 2019, Oct. 30, P.L. 460, No. 76, § 7, effective in 60 days [Dec. 30, 2019].

Footnotes

35 P.S. § 780-101 et seq.
24 P.S. § 1-111.
24 P.S. § 5-527, PA ST 24 P.S. § 5-527
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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