Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 10-1071. Election

(a) The board of school directors in every school district shall, by a majority vote of all the members thereof, elect a properly qualified person as district superintendent, together with such properly qualified assistant superintendents as it deems wise. If a district superintendent has jurisdiction over a joint school system including grades 1 to 12, he shall be elected by a majority vote of all the school directors in the districts operating the joint school system.

(b) Any person in the employ of a school district as a supervising principal during the school year 1969-1970 shall be issued a commission by the Superintendent of Public Instruction  1 if elected as district superintendent for a term beginning July 1, 1970, and shall serve as district superintendent in the employing school district for a term ending June 30, 1974, and thereafter shall be eligible for election as district superintendent in any school district in the Commonwealth.