[Adopted 2-11-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-2 (Part 10, Ch. 2, Art. C, of the 1976 Code of Ordinances)]
The Manheim Township Board of Commissioners, having received a request from the Board of School Directors of the Manheim Township School District to provide school crossing guards for the purpose of controlling and directing traffic at and near certain schools of the Manheim Township School District located within Manheim Township, hereby finds and declares that it shall be the policy of Manheim Township to provide school crossing guard services as requested by the Board of School Directors of the Manheim Township School District.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY
A local entity established by the Manheim Township Board of Commissioners and operated exclusively to provide services to the Manheim Township School District.
SPECIAL SCHOOL POLICE UNIT
The educational service agency established in Manheim Township to provide school crossing guards for the purpose of controlling and directing traffic at or near schools of the Manheim Township School District located within Manheim Township.
This article shall apply only to the provision of school crossing guards by Manheim Township to the Manheim Township School District.
A. 
A Special School Police Unit is hereby established in and for Manheim Township.
B. 
The Manheim Township Board of Commissioners may appoint school crossing guards, by resolution, who shall have the duty of controlling or directing traffic at or near the schools of the Manheim Township School District located within Manheim Township.
C. 
Such officers shall be in uniform and shall be authorized only in the management of traffic and pedestrians.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
D. 
Such officers shall serve at the pleasure of the Manheim Township Board of Commissioners, shall not come within the civil service provisions of the Township Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and shall not be eligible to join any police pension fund maintained for the Manheim Township Police.
The Manheim Township Special School Police Unit is hereby established as an educational service agency to be operated exclusively for the purpose of providing service to the Manheim Township School District.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. 10-2036, Duties, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
The school crossing guards employed by the Manheim Township Special School Police Unit shall be under the direction and supervision of the Chief of Police of Manheim Township.
The school crossing guards employed by the Manheim Township Special School Police Unit shall be compensated according to the direction of the Board of Commissioners of Manheim Township. Reimbursement for the cost of the individuals filling the posts at locations requested by the Board of School Directors of the Manheim Township School District shall be determined by mutual written agreement of both the Manheim Township Board of Commissioners and the Manheim Township Board of School Directors. In the event the Board of Township Commissioners and Board of School Directors are unable to agree upon the ratio of reimbursement, each Board shall pay the amount mandated in the First Class Township Code[1] for such positions.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 55101 et seq.