[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Taylor 12-13-2017 by Ord. No. 12-2017. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.Â
The Borough of Taylor hereby authorizes the Board of Directors of
the Riverside School District to assume hiring and oversight of school
crossing guards in the Borough, as is more particularly set forth
in this chapter.
The District shall be responsible for and shall pay the cost
of compensation, including fixing such compensation, if any, of the
school crossing guards. The school district shall oversee the hiring,
scheduling, training, performance, discipline, and termination of
the school crossing guards and shall pay all costs associated therewith,
except that the Borough shall pay the wages and benefits of its personnel
for the training of the school crossing guards and shall reimburse
the District for 1/2 of the compensation of the school crossing guard.
At the written request of the District, the Taylor Police Department
shall provide such training as the Chief of Police shall deem necessary
so that the school crossing guards are made aware of the rules of
the road and traffic regulations promulgated by the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
for controlling and directing both pedestrian and vehicular traffic
in and around the schools within the Borough, as designated by law.
The Police Department shall establish training materials and criteria
for the school crossing guards and shall offer training sessions for
them at such times as the Chief of Police shall schedule. At least
30 days prior to the opening of the schools each fall, the District
shall notify the Borough and the Police Department in writing of the
names and addresses of the school crossing guards and request the
necessary training and assistance that will be necessary over the
coming school year. At least 30 days prior to the start of the school
year in the fall of each year, the District shall request in writing
the specific assistance it shall need from the Borough for its school
crossing guards for the coming year and the Borough Council shall
respond to such request within a reasonable time thereafter. Throughout
the school year, the District shall provide the Police Department
and Borough Council with any and all changes in the school crossing
guards and of the necessity for additional training and assistance.
Nothing herein extends Borough training to any matter other than management
of traffic and pedestrians interaction with traffic, the District
assumes all other training, if any, for the crossing guards.
The school crossing guards shall not be, nor shall they be deemed
to be, employees, servants, officers, agents or representatives of
the Borough, Borough Council or the Police Department. The Mayor shall
have no jurisdiction over the school crossing guards. The school crossing
guards shall not come within the civil service provisions of the Pennsylvania
Borough Code, nor shall they fall under the collective bargaining
unit of the school district nor be considered to be an employee as
defined under the Public School Code of 1949[1] or a school employee as defined under 24 Pa.C.S.A. § 8102
(relating to definitions) or any plans hereafter effective.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 24 P.S. § 1-101 et seq.
