HB 1654 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in professional employees, further providing for minimum salaries for teachers.

Bill text

Printer's No. 2007 · 1,750 characters · source document

PRINTER'S NO.   2007

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1654
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, HARKINS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, INGLIS,
        PROBST, HILL-EVANS, CERRATO, HANBIDGE, KAZEEM, BOROWSKI,
        PIELLI, KHAN, SANCHEZ, DONAHUE, SCHLOSSBERG, D. WILLIAMS,
        CIRESI, GREEN, DEASY, MAYES, HOHENSTEIN, KENYATTA, GIRAL,
        RIVERA, MADDEN, GUENST, ISAACSON AND BOYD, JUNE 24, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 24, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the public school system, including certain
 3      provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
 4      schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
 5      laws relating thereto," in professional employees, further
 6      providing for minimum salaries for teachers.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    Section 1142.1 of the act of March 10, 1949
10   (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
11   amended by adding a subsection to read:
12      Section 1142.1.    Minimum Salaries for Teachers.--* * *
13      (a.1)   For the school term 2026-2027 and each school term
14   thereafter, a school district shall establish the same starting
15   salary for teachers holding the same grade span State
16   instructional certification in the same class and step.
17      * * *
18      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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1. 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Education Committee · pa-leg
2. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
3. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Malcolm Kenyatta (cosponsor) · sponsorship
4. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by III John C. Inglis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
5. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Maureen E. Madden (cosponsor) · sponsorship
6. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by MaryLouise Isaacson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
7. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Jose Giral (cosponsor) · sponsorship
8. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Carol Kazeem (cosponsor) · sponsorship
9. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Melissa Cerrato (cosponsor) · sponsorship
10. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Carol Hill-Evans (cosponsor) · sponsorship
11. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by G. Roni Green (cosponsor) · sponsorship
12. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Michael H. Schlossberg (cosponsor) · sponsorship
13. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Benjamin V. Sanchez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
14. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Heather Boyd (cosponsor) · sponsorship
15. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Chris Pielli (cosponsor) · sponsorship
16. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Nikki Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
17. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Nancy Guenst (cosponsor) · sponsorship
18. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Tarah Probst (cosponsor) · sponsorship
19. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Daniel J. Deasy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
20. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Kyle Donahue (cosponsor) · sponsorship
21. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Liz Hanbidge (cosponsor) · sponsorship
22. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Joseph C. Hohenstein (cosponsor) · sponsorship
23. 2025-06-24 · sponsored by Melissa L. Shusterman (sponsor) · sponsorship
24. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Lisa A. Borowski (cosponsor) · sponsorship
25. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Tarik Khan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
26. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Joe Ciresi (cosponsor) · sponsorship
27. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Dan K. Williams (cosponsor) · sponsorship
28. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by Patrick J. Harkins (cosponsor) · sponsorship
29. 2025-06-24 · cosponsored by La'Tasha D. Mayes (cosponsor) · sponsorship