[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring 7-9-2007 by Ord. No. 340 (Ch. I, Part 7, of the 2013 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring does hereby approve and allow the Board of School Directors of the Wilson School District to assume the hiring and oversight of school crossing guards in accordance with Section 1915(c) of the Second Class Township Code, as amended,[1] and the resolution adopted by the Board of School Directors of the Wilson School District on October 16, 2006.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 66915(c).
The Township of Spring Police Department shall provide any and all necessary training and assistance of the school crossing guards while on duty in accordance with their operating and procedure standards.
The school crossing guards will be authorized only in the management of traffic and pedestrians in and around areas identified by the Township of Spring Police Department and the Wilson School District Superintendent or his or her designees.
The school crossing guards shall not come within the civil service provision of the Second Class Township Code, as amended, nor shall they fall under the bargaining unit of the Wilson School District, nor be considered an employee as defined under Section 1101-A of the Act of March 10, 1949 (P.L. 30, No. 14), known as the "Public School Code of 1949,"[1] or a "school employee" as defined under 24 Pa.C.S.A. § 8102 (relating to definitions), or under any plans hereafter effective.
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Editor's Note: See 24 P.S. § 11-1101-A.
The Wilson School District shall fix the compensation for all school crossing guards. The Township of Spring and the Wilson School District shall each assume 1/2 of the cost associated with compensation of the school crossing guards.
The Board of School Directors of the Wilson School District shall notify the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring of those hired to serve as school crossing guards and request the necessary training or assistance to be provided.
The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any section, sentence, clause, part or provision hereof shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision of the court shall not affect the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, parts or provisions of this chapter. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Township of Spring that such chapter would have been enacted if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional section, sentence, clause, part or provision had not been included herein.