1. (a) A letter of eligibility to serve as an intermediate unit executive director or assistant executive director will be issued in lieu of a certificate by the Department to a candidate who has:

   1. (1) An earned doctorate or a master’s degree plus 40 hours of graduate study successfully completed at a State approved college or university.
   2. (2) Six years of experience in education work at the elementary, secondary, county office, intermediate unit, the Department, or State approved college or university level. In 3 of these 6 years, the applicant shall have served successfully in a management or supervisory capacity.
2. (b) The appropriateness of this experience and the candidate’s academic preparation will be determined by the Department.
3. (c) A commission will be issued to a person holding an appropriate letter of eligibility upon the candidate’s election as the executive director or assistant executive director of an intermediate unit by its respective board of directors.
4. (d) When an Intermediate Unit Board of Directors finds it impossible or impractical to fill immediately a vacancy occurring in the position of intermediate unit executive director or assistant intermediate unit executive director, the board may appoint an acting intermediate unit executive director or an acting intermediate unit executive director who does not meet the requirements of subsection (a) to serve no more than 1 year from the time of the appointment as acting intermediate unit executive director or acting assistant intermediate unit executive director.

Authority

The provisions of this § 49.182 issued under sections 1317 and 1319 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § § 367 and 369) (Repealed).

Source

The provisions of this § 49.182 amended September 12, 1980, effective September 13, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 3665; amended September 24, 1999, effective September 25, 1999, 29 Pa.B. 4954; amended July 14, 2006, effective July 15, 2006, 36 Pa.B. 3655; amended April 22, 2022, effective April 23, 2022, 52 Pa.B. 2451. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (320396).