Pennsylvania 2023_0 Regular Session Status: In Committee 4 D cosponsors

SB 856 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, providing for minimum wage for education support professionals and for supplemental reimbursements and special payments on account of minimum wage increases for education support professionals; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for majority vote required and recording; in professional employees, further providing for definitions and for duty to employ, repealing provisions relating to minimum salaries for teachers and providing for minimum salaries for professional staff members; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, repealing provisions relating to special payments on account of minimum salary increases and providing for supplemental reimbursements and special payments on account of minimum salary increases for professional staff members.

Last action — (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 316), May 7, 2024 [Senate]

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023_0 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 316), May 7, 2024 [Senate]

  2. Referred to EDUCATION, July 6, 2023 [Senate]

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 247 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • BREWSTER

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (247)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 856?
SB 856 is sponsored by BREWSTER, DILLON, Jay Costa (Democratic), John I. Kane (Democratic), Vincent J. Hughes (Democratic), and Art Haywood (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 856?
This bill died with 2023_0 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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