PRINTER'S NO. 1631
No. 1151 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY MUSTO, MELLOW, BOSCOLA, FONTANA, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, FERLO, C. WILLIAMS, FUMO, KITCHEN, WASHINGTON, STACK, LOGAN, KASUNIC, HUGHES, O'PAKE, A. WILLIAMS, LAVALLE AND WOZNIAK, MARCH 22, 2006
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 22, 2006
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An 2 act relating to the public school system, including certain 3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial 4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the 5 laws relating thereto," further providing for payments to 6 intermediate units, for special education payments to school 7 districts and for extraordinary special education program 8 expenses. 9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 10 hereby enacts as follows: 11 Section 1. Sections 2509.1 and 2509.5 of the act of March 12 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 13 1949, are amended by adding subsections to read: 14 Section 2509.1. Payments to Intermediate Units.--* * * 15 (b.14) Up to ten million seven hundred and fifty thousand 16 dollars ($10,750,000) may be utilized for programs administered 17 and operated by intermediate units during the 2006-2007 school 18 year for institutionalized children as established in subsection 19 (b.1). 20 * * *
1 Section 2509.5. Special Education Payments to School 2 Districts.--* * * 3 (rr) During the 2006-2007 school year, each school district 4 shall be paid the amount it received during the 2005-2006 school 5 year under subsections (pp) and (qq). 6 (ss) During the 2006-2007 school year, twenty-two million 7 four hundred sixty-seven thousand and nine hundred seventy 8 dollars ($22,467,970) of the funds appropriated to the 9 Department of Education for special education shall be used to 10 provide supplemental funding for special education to all school 11 districts. Each school district shall receive a funding 12 supplement calculated as follows: 13 (1) multiply each school district's 2006-2007 market 14 value/income aid ratio by sixteen percent (16%) of its 2005-2006 15 average daily membership; 16 (2) multiply the product from paragraph (1) by twenty 17 million nine hundred forty-three thousand and five hundred 18 dollars ($20,943,500); and 19 (3) divide the resultant product from paragraph (2) by the 20 sum of the products of the 2006-2007 market value/income aid 21 ratio multiplied by sixteen percent (16%) of the 2005-2006 22 average daily membership for all school districts. 23 (tt) Each school district shall receive an inflation index 24 supplement as necessary so that the amounts under subsection 25 (ss) and this subsection equal three and nine-tenths percent 26 (3.9%) multiplied by each school district's 2006-2007 market 27 value/income aid ratio of the amount in subsection (rr). 28 (uu) Each school district for which the sum of the 29 supplements under subsections (ss) and (tt) provides an amount 30 less than two percent (2%) of the amount provided under 20060S1151B1631 - 2 -
1 subsection (rr) shall receive additional funding as necessary so 2 that the sum of the amounts provided under subsections (ss), 3 (tt) and this subsection equals two percent (2%) of the amount 4 provided under subsection (rr). 5 Section 2. Section 2509.8(e) of the act, added December 23, 6 2003 (P.L.304, No.48), is amended and the section is amended by 7 adding a subsection to read: 8 Section 2509.8. Extraordinary Special Education Program 9 Expenses.--* * * 10 (e) For the 2003-2004 [school year and each school year 11 thereafter], 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years, the 12 Department of Education shall set aside one percent (1%) of the 13 special education appropriation for extraordinary expenses 14 incurred in providing a special education program or service to 15 one or more students with disabilities as approved by the 16 Secretary of Education. Such special education program or 17 service shall include, but not be limited to, the transportation 18 of students with disabilities; services related to occupational 19 therapy, physical therapy, speech and language, hearing 20 impairments or visual impairments; or training in orientation 21 and mobility for children who are visually impaired or blind. 22 (f) For the 2006-2007 school year and each school year 23 thereafter, the Department of Education shall set aside two 24 percent (2%) of the special education appropriation for 25 extraordinary expenses incurred in providing a special education 26 program or service to one or more students with disabilities as 27 approved by the Secretary of Education. 28 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately. B2L24RLE/20060S1151B1631 - 3 -