Denison, 110132 PAAGO, AGO 71

• Case Date: November 01, 1932
• Court: Pennsylvania

Honorable W. M. Denison AGO 71 Opinion No. 71 Pennsylvania Attorney General Opinions Opinions of the Attorney General November 1, 1932          School directors—Employment by school district—School Code of 1911, P. L. 309, Sections 226 and 2804.          Section 226 of the School Code of May 18, 1911, P. L. 309, forbids a school district to employ one of its school directors In any capacity during the term for which he was elected. Section 2804 of the Code makes no exceptions to this prohibition.          Honorable W. M. Denison,          Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction,          Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.          Sir: You have asked us to advise you whether a board of school directors may employ one of their number to render certain "technical services'' to the school district and compensate him for those services. You state that the case you have in mind involves a situation in which the director is capable of rendering the necessary services and in which it would be difficult to obtain another person to do the same work.          It has been suggested that the authority for such employment may be found in Section 2804 of the School Code of May 18, 1911, P. L. 309. That section is as follows:

"Where by the provisions of this act, any services or additional services are imposed upon any public official for which no compensation is provided, the board of school directors of the proper district may, unless such service is required to be performed without compensation, pay out of the funds of the district such reasonable compensation for such services or additional services as it may determine, subject to the provisions of this act."

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