THADDEUS STEVENS STATE SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY ACT - REPEALED — 1980 Pa. Act 28 (historical enacted text)

Historical Act text

PRINTER'S NO. 312
INTRODUCED BY REIBMAN, SNYDER, MESSINGER, COPPERSMITH AND
O'PAKE, FEBRUARY 27, 1979
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 27, 1979
AN ACT
1 Providing for the continuation, operation and administration of
2 the school for indigent orphans known as the Thaddeus Stevens
3 State School of Technology in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in
4 which school instruction shall be given in all basic
5 educational subjects and additional training given in
6 elementary manual skills, elements of farming and other
7 programs of similar nature.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Short title.
11 This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Thaddeus
12 Stevens State School of Technology Act."
13 Section 2. Legislative intent.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 through enactment of the act of October 4, 1978 (No.173),
16 inadvertently repealed the provisions of the act of May 11, 1905
17 (P.L.518, No.429), which provided for the establishment and
18 operation of the Thaddeus Stevens State School of Technology. It
19 is the intent of the General Assembly to provide for the
20 continued existence, operation and administration of the
1 Thaddeus Stevens State School of Technology and to reverse
2 whatever effects may arise from the inadvertent repeal of its
3 enabling legislation.
4 Section 3. Authorization to continue school operations.
5 The institution known as the Thaddeus Stevens State School of
6 Technology established and operated pursuant to the repealed
7 provisions of the act of May 11, 1905 (P.L.518, No.429) is
8 hereby authorized to continue operations and to receive any
9 State funds or aid to which it may be entitled. All lawful
10 actions and expenditures made by said institution between
11 October 4, 1978 and the effective date of this act are hereby
12 ratified and approved by the General Assembly of the
13 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
14 Section 4. School purposes.
15 (a) The Thaddeus Stevens State School of Technology located
16 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania shall continue to provide for the
17 education and training of indigent orphans.
18 (b) If a sufficient number of indigent orphans qualified for
19 admission pursuant to school standards fail to apply, then the
20 board of trustees of this cooperation may admit, first other
21 deserving persons, and, thereafter orphans who may not be
22 indigent, as the trustees in their best judgment may think
23 proper.
24 (c) Those shall be deemed orphans who have lost either
25 parent.
26 Section 5. School buildings.
27 The buildings shall be separated, and shall embrace one or
28 more school-houses, and one or more workshops, and an isolating
29 hospital, all on such scale as will create an institution
30 accommodating not less then 200 persons, planned and located for
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1 easy and natural additions, as the needs of the institution may
2 demand.
3 Section 6. Board of trustees.
4 The board of trustees shall consist of nine members, who
5 shall serve without compensation, and be appointed by the
6 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Said
7 trustees shall be a body politic or corporate, of the name of
8 the Thaddeus Stevens State School of Technology. They shall
9 manage and direct the affairs of the institution, and make all
10 necessary bylaws and regulations, not inconsistent with either
11 the provisions of the Constitution, laws of the Commonwealth, or
12 rules and regulations of the State Board of Education. Of the
13 trustees first appointed, three shall serve for one year, three
14 for two years, and three for three years, and at the expiration
15 of the respective periods the vacancies shall be filled by the
16 Governor, by appointment, for three years, as hereinbefore
17 provided; and should any vacancy occur by death or resignation,
18 or otherwise, of any trustee, such vacancy shall be filled, by
19 appointment as aforesaid, for the unexpired term of said
20 trustee. The Secretary of Education shall be ex-officio member
21 of the board of trustees.
22 Section 7. President of the school.
23 The chief administrator and academic officer of the Thaddeus
24 Stevens State School of Technology shall be the president whose
25 duties shall be defined by the board of trustees and approved by
26 the Secretary of Education. Other administrative personnel shall
27 be designated at the discretion of the board of trustees.
28 Section 8. Individuals eligible for admission.
29 (a) There shall be received into the institution indigent
30 orphan persons or other deserving persons, from the State of
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1 Pennsylvania, above the age of 15 years, whose admission may be
2 applied for under such regulations as the board of trustees may
3 adopt. In considering such admission no preference shall be
4 shown on account of race, color, sex, marital status, ethnic
5 group or religion.
6 (b) The course of instruction shall be the equivalent level
7 of the junior and senior year of a four year public vocational-
8 technical high school and/or a two year postsecondary
9 institution which shall include:
10 (1) vocational education of no more than two years
11 leading to the awarding of diplomas, certificates or
12 associate degrees, when approved by the Secretary of
13 Education in accordance with rules and regulations
14 established by the State Board for this level of education,
15 for the purpose of fitting pupils to pursue effectively a
16 recognized profitable employment; and
17 (2) evening or other classes providing such instruction
18 for persons who have left full-time school providing the
19 board of trustees shall establish and charge tuition for such
20 instruction that will cover the total cost of instruction
21 including all direct costs and the allocable portion of all
22 applicable indirect costs.
23 Section 9. Tuition students.
24 In addition to State-supported resident students as defined
25 in section 4, the board of trustees may admit for study at the
26 school part-time or full-time tuition students, and shall fix
27 and charge tuition rates as approved by the Secretary of
28 Education for such students. All money collected as tuition by
29 the institution shall be paid into the General Fund and credited
30 to the appropriations made to the institution.
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1 Section 10. Rights of teachers and staff.
2 Except as otherwise provided by law, teachers in the Thaddeus
3 Stevens State School of Technology shall enjoy the same
4 privileges, including tenure rights, and be subject to the same
5 laws as teachers in the public schools of this Commonwealth.
6 Section 11. Visitation privileges.
7 The Governor, Secretary of Education, judges of the several
8 courts of the State, and Senators and Representatives in the
9 Legislature shall be ex-officio visitors of said institution;
10 and it shall be subject to inspection by the Department of
11 Education; and an annual report of the conduct and management of
12 the school shall be made by the President to the General
13 Assembly and the Secretary of Education.
14 Section 12. Prior references.
15 Whenever in any law reference is made to the Thaddeus Stevens
16 Industrial and Reform School of Pennsylvania or the Thaddeus
17 Stevens Trade School it shall be deemed to refer to and include
18 the Thaddeus Stevens State School of Technology.
19 Section 13. Effective date.
20 This act shall take effect immediately and shall be
21 retroactive to October 4, 1978.
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