HB 1654

                                                 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.