Pennsylvania Statutes Title 65 P.S. Public Officers § 217. Hearing before appointing authority

Any person, including teachers and other employes of the public school system, who has been so notified under this act, shall have a right to a hearing before the proper appointing authority within thirty (30) days after receiving said notification. If no hearing is requested within thirty (30) days after said notification is received, the person shall immediately be discharged by the appointing authority. He may appear before such appointing authority personally, accompanied by counsel or representative of his own choosing, and present evidence on his own behalf through witnesses. The person who has been so notified shall at the same time be further informed in writing of such hearing, at least ten days before the day set for the hearing, and shall be informed therein of the nature of the charges against him; and the person who has been so notified shall be informed in the notice (1) of his right to reply to such charges in writing within ten days after the date of service, (2) of his right to a hearing on such charges before the appointing authority, which hearing may be private and confidential or may be public, at the option of the person so notified, and (3) of his right to appear before such appointing authority personally, to be accompanied by counsel or representative of his own choosing, and to present evidence on his own behalf through witnesses. If, after due hearing, it is determined by the appointing authority by a fair preponderance of the evidence that the person who has been so notified is a subversive person, as defined in this act, the person who has been so notified shall be discharged; otherwise, the recommendation shall be ignored. Said determination shall be made within sixty (60) days after the hearing. If the appointing authority shall be comprised of three or more members, a vote of two-thirds of the members shall be necessary in order to discharge a person.