§ 2301. Examinations requisite for appointment and promotion
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 71 Pa.C.S.A. State GovernmentEffective: March 28, 2019
Effective: March 28, 2019
71 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301
Formerly cited as PA ST 71 P.S. § 741.501
§ 2301. Examinations requisite for appointment and promotion
(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the appointment of an individual entering the classified service or promoted in the classified service shall be from an eligible list established as the result of examinations given by the Office of Administration to determine the relative merit of candidates. Examinations may be written and shall be competitive and open to each individual who may be lawfully appointed to the position within the class for which the examinations are held. An individual in an unskilled position shall enter the classified service by promotion without examination in accordance with the following:
(A) Graduated from a public, private or nonpublic secondary school in this Commonwealth or satisfied the requirements of sections 1327 and 1327.1 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L. 30, No. 14),1 known as the Public School Code of 1949, within five years of applying for a position in the classified service.
(B) Satisfied the requirements of sections 1327 and 1327.1 of the Public School Code of 1949 or attended a public, private or nonpublic school in the Commonwealth at least 80% of the time while enrolled in grades one through twelve and attended the school within five years of applying for a position in the classified service.
(C) Graduated or attended a public, private or nonpublic secondary school in the Commonwealth or satisfied the requirements of sections 1327 and 1327.1 of the Public School Code of 1949 and graduated from a postsecondary institution in the Commonwealth within five years of applying for a position in the classified service.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if an appointing authority finds a lack of qualified individuals available for appointment to a particular class or classes of positions, the appointing authority may present evidence of the lack of qualified personnel to the Office of Administration, which may waive the residence requirements for the class or classes of positions.
(c) Eligible lists.--The Office of Administration shall prepare the proper State and district eligible lists. If, after an examination has been conducted for a class of positions, there is no individual with legal residence in a district remaining on the register, the Office of Administration shall certify and the appointing authority may make the appointment or promotion from the names of individuals on an appropriate eligible list for the same class of positions of other districts. Qualifications as permitted by law may be specified in the regulations and in the announcements of the examinations. All applications for positions in the classified service shall be subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904 (relating to unsworn falsification to authorities).
(d) Limitation of competition.--The Office of Administration may limit competition in promotion examinations to employees in the classified service who have completed a probationary period in a class or classes designated in the public notice of the examinations and may permit promotions to be accomplished by any one of the following plans:
Credits
2018, June 28, P.L. 460, No. 71, § 1, effective in 9 months [March 28, 2019].
Footnotes
24 P.S. §§ 13-1327 and 13-1327.1.
71 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301, PA ST 71 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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