Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 11 D cosponsors

SB 679 — 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 hourly wage or living wage for education support professionals; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for majority vote required and recording; and imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry.

Last action — Referred to Education

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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 is in committee in the Senate. Introduced April 28, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (11 D).

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill establishes a minimum hourly wage or living wage for education support professionals and modifies existing laws regarding the hiring and salaries of such professionals in Pennsylvania's public school system.

  • Section 135

    Minimum Hourly Wage or Living Wage for Education Support Professionals.--(a) Beginning in the 2025-2026 school year: (1) An education support professional shall be paid a minimum hourly wage of not less than twenty dollars ($20) per hour or the living wage determined under subsection (f), whichever is greater. (2) For overtime hours, an education support professional shall be paid not less than one and one-half (1 1/2) times the amount that the education support professional is paid under paragraph (1). (3) For an education support professional paid on a salaried basis, salary shall be compared to hours worked in two-week periods to ensure that the education support professional is paid not less than required under this section.

    This adds a new requirement for a minimum wage for education support professionals starting in the 2025-2026 school year.

  • Section 135

    (b) This section shall not be construed to require the modification, renegotiation or reopening of an agreement or employment contract in effect on the effective date of this subsection. Subject to subsection (c), the salary schedule or any other terms of the agreement or employment contract are not superseded or modified by this section.

    This clarifies that existing agreements or contracts do not need to be changed due to the new wage requirements.

  • Section 135

    (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), beginning in the 2025-2026 school year and during the term of any agreement or employment contract in effect on the effective date of this subsection, through and including the 2029-2030 school year, a public school entity shall make a supplemental wage payment to each education support professional who is entitled to a wage that is lower than the minimum hourly wage or living wage required under subsection (a).

    This mandates supplemental wage payments for any education support professional earning less than the new wage standard.

  • Section 135

    (e) An employment contract or an agreement negotiated by a public school entity and an employe organization under the Public Employe Relations Act, on or after the effective date of this subsection, shall not provide for a wage lower than provided for under subsection (a).

    This prohibits new contracts from offering wages below the minimum stipulated under the bill.

  • Section 508

    (b) A board of school directors may not enter into a contract for services to be provided by an education support professional, as the term is defined in section 135(h), that provides for payment of a wage of less than required under section 135(a).

    This prevents school boards from contracting for education support services without complying with the new wage requirements.

  • Section 508

    (c) Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall render the acts of the board of school directors void and unenforceable.

    This enforces compliance by making non-compliant contracts void.

Action History

  1. Referred to Education

Sponsors

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Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (242)

242 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 679?
SB 679 is sponsored by Lindsey M. Williams (Democratic), Carolyn T. Comitta (Democratic), Art Haywood (Democratic), Jay Costa (Democratic), Nick Pisciottano (Democratic), Wayne D. Fontana (Democratic), Vincent J. Hughes (Democratic), Christine M. Tartaglione (Democratic), Amanda M. Cappelletti (Democratic), Nikil Saval (Democratic), and James Andrew Malone (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 679?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced April 28, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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