Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 12-1221. Career and technical administrative director certification flexibility

(a) A school entity may employ an educator who has been issued a superintendent's letter of eligibility to fill a director of career and technical education administrator vacancy if the educator meets one of the following requirements:

(b) Notwithstanding section 1207.1(d) and 22 Pa. Code § 49.163 (relating to Career and Technical Administrative Director), the Department of Education shall issue a career and technical administrative director certificate to an educator who has fulfilled three (3) full and consecutive academic years of employment at the school entity as a career and technical administrative director in accordance with this section and meets one of the following requirements:

(c) The Department of Education may not impose a requirement based on the amount of time or percentage of the assignment related to supervising career and technical education programs.

(d) The period of employment as a career and technical education administrative director under a valid Pennsylvania career and technical emergency permit shall be counted by the Department of Education toward fulfilling the relevant professional experience requirement under subsection (a)(1).

(e) An educator employed as a career and technical administrative director in accordance with this section may not serve as a superintendent at the same time.

(f) As used in this section, the term “school entity” is defined as an area career and technical school or school district, charter school or intermediate unit offering at least three (3) career and technical education programs approved by the Department of Education.