Section 1106. Duty to Employ.--The board of school directors in every school district shall employ the necessary qualified professional employes, substitutes and temporary professional employes to keep the public schools open in their respective districts in compliance with the provisions of this act. Except for school districts of the first class and first class A which may require residency requirements for other than professional employes, substitutes and temporary professional employes, no other school district shall require an employe to reside within the school district as a condition for appointment or continued employment.
(1106 amended June 22, 2001, P.L.530, No.35)
Compiler's Note: Section 3 of Act 36 of 1981, which amended section 1106, provided that a residency requirement authorized for school districts of the first class or first class A, pursuant to section 1106, shall not apply to any person who is an employe of such school district on the date of enactment of Act 36.