SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1085, 1898 PRINTER'S NO. 2144
No. 947 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY ITKIN, FISCHER, GALLAGHER, PRESTON, IRVIS, COWELL,
PISTELLA, PETRONE, SEVENTY, DAWIDA AND O'DONNELL, MAY 3, 1983
SENATOR HESS, EDUCATION, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 15
1983
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 the duties of
6 the school director district reapportionment commission and
7 clarification of the number of school director districts
8 within a first class A school district; AND PROVIDING FOR THE <--
9 TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS; AND CONFORMING PROVISIONS ON
10 SCHOOL SUBSIDIES TO EXISTING LAW.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 302.1(c)(4), (5), (6) and (8) of the act
14 of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School
15 Code of 1949, added December 19, 1975 (P.L.511, No.150), are
16 amended to read:
17 Section 302.1. School Board in First Class A School
18 Districts; Apportionment of Seats, and Numbers, Terms, and
19 Methods for Election of School Directors in First Class A School
20 Districts.--* * *
1 (c) Apportionment.--
2 * * *
3 (4) [Each] No later than September in the second year
4 following the year in which [such] Federal census data is
5 officially [reported] gathered, a school director district
6 reapportionment commission shall be [constituted in like manner
7 and with like composition as the initial school director
8 district apportionment commission herein set forth.] appointed.
9 Said reapportionment commission shall consist of seven members,
10 three to be appointed by the mayor of the most populous
11 municipality in the school district, three by the city council
12 of such municipality and one by the mayor of any other
13 municipality of the school district with the approval of the
14 legislative body thereof. The duties of the reapportionment
15 commission shall be from the official data of the United States
16 Bureau of the Census, to define the lines that divide the
17 existing school director districts to make any new school
18 director districts as nearly equal in population as practicable,
19 and as compact and contiguous as possible, and to best provide
20 for racial balance on the board of school directors of said
21 school district. The number of school directors or school
22 director districts shall not be increased or decreased. In
23 addition, the reapportionment commission shall make every effort
24 to maintain neighborhood boundary lines of communities of like
25 interest whenever practicable. Such reapportionment commission
26 shall file its plan no later than [forty-five] ninety days after
27 either the commission has been [duly certified] appointed or the
28 specified population data for the first class A school district
29 as determined by the Federal decennial census are available,
30 whichever is later in time.
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1 (5) The school district shall appropriate sufficient funds
2 for the compensation and expenses of members and staff appointed
3 by such apportionment and reapportionment commissions, and other
4 necessary expenses. The members of such commissions shall be
5 entitled to such compensation for their services as the school
6 district from time to time shall determine[, but no part thereof
7 shall be paid until a plan is filed].
8 (6) If an apportionment or reapportionment plan is not filed
9 by the commission within the time prescribed by this section,
10 the court of common pleas of the county in which the district is
11 located shall immediately proceed on its own motion to apportion
12 or reapportion the school director districts, in accordance with
13 the standards set forth in subsection (c)(4).
14 * * *
15 (8) The county board of elections shall place upon the
16 ballot to be submitted to the voters of each first class A
17 school district under the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
18 No.320), known as the "Pennsylvania Election Code," the
19 following question:
20 Shall the apportionment plan submitted by
21 the school director district apportionment Yes
22 commission for the election of members of
23 the Board of Public Education of the school No
24 district of....................be approved?
25 Since the voters have accepted the apportionment plan, the
26 number of school director districts contained in the
27 apportionment plan shall be the permanent number of school
28 director districts in said school district, and said permanent
29 number of school director districts shall neither be increased
30 nor decreased by any future reapportionment commission nor by
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1 the court of common pleas of the county in which the school
2 district is located. The ballot question shall not be considered
3 in the case of a reapportionment plan submitted by a
4 reapportionment commission or the court of common pleas.
5 [In the event the voters shall reject the apportionment plan,
6 the nomination of school directors under this section shall be
7 void and the present board shall continue, but a second
8 referendum, upon the petition of fifteen per cent of the
9 registered voters of the school district, may be held after two
10 years from the date of the first election.]
11 * * *
12 SECTION 2. THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ: <--
13 SECTION 1377.1. TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFERAL PROGRAMS.--
14 WHEN, DURING THE COURSE OF A SCHOOL YEAR OR AFTER THE END OF A
15 SCHOOL YEAR, PROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN ARE CAUSED TO BE
16 TRANSFERRED FROM SCHOOLS OR INSTITUTIONS FOR THE BLIND OR DEAF,
17 OR CEREBRAL PALSIED OR BRAIN DAMAGED OR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIED OR
18 MENTALLY RETARDED, OR SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED, AS
19 PROVIDED FOR IN SECTIONS 1376 AND 1376.1, TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR
20 INTERMEDIATE UNITS, AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTIONS 2509 AND 2509.1,
21 AND WHEN SUCH TRANSFERS NECESSITATE THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM
22 THE APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR SPECIAL
23 EDUCATION FOR APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO THE APPROPRIATION TO
24 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF SPECIAL
25 EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE
26 SECRETARY OF EDUCATION SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO TRANSFER SUCH
27 FUNDS, UPON APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF THE BUDGET AND WRITTEN
28 NOTIFICATION TO THE STATE TREASURER, AND THE CHAIRMEN OF THE
29 HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS AND EDUCATION COMMITTEES.
30 SECTION 3. SECTION 2501(9.2), (14), (15) AND (17.1) OF THE
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1 ACT, (9.2) ADDED AUGUST 24, 1977 (P.L.199, NO.59), (14) ADDED
2 FEBRUARY 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1642, NO.580), (15) AMENDED JUNE 30,
3 1980 (P.L.279, NO.80) AND (17.1) AMENDED JULY 13, 1979 (P.L.94,
4 NO.41), ARE AMENDED AND CLAUSES ARE ADDED TO READ:
5 SECTION 2501. DEFINITIONS.--FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE
6 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
7 * * *
8 (9.2) "EQUALIZED MILLAGE." A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TAX EFFORT TO
9 BE USED FOR [PURPOSES OF DETERMINING THE BASE EARNED FOR
10 REIMBURSEMENT AND USED FOR] REIMBURSEMENT UNDER SUBSECTIONS (D)
11 AND (E) OF SECTION 2502 AND SECTION 2502.11, SHALL BE THE AMOUNT
12 OF LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR FOR WHICH
13 REIMBURSEMENT IS BEING COMPUTED, DIVIDED BY THE MOST RECENT REAL
14 PROPERTY VALUATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
15 * * *
16 (14) "AID RATIO." [SHALL REPRESENT THE COMMONWEALTH'S SHARE
17 OF REIMBURSABLE COST AS DEFINED IN CLAUSE (12).] THE AID RATIO
18 SHALL BE DETERMINED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: (A) DIVIDE THE
19 MARKET VALUE PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP OF THE
20 DISTRICT BY THE MARKET VALUE PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY
21 MEMBERSHIP OF THE STATE; (B) DETERMINE THE PRODUCT OF (A)
22 MULTIPLIED BY [DISTRICT'S SHARE OF TOTAL COST] 0.50; (C)
23 SUBTRACT THE RESULTANT PRODUCT IN (B) FROM ONE (1.0000) TO
24 DETERMINE THE AID RATIO.
25 DISTRICT MV/WADM
26 AID RATIO = 1.0000 - --------------- X 0.50
27 STATE MV/WADM
28 * * *
29 (15) "MINIMUM SUBSIDY." FOR THE SCHOOL YEARS 1976-1977 AND
30 1977-1978, IN NO CASE SHALL A DISTRICT RECEIVE FOR EACH PUPIL IN
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1 WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP, AN AMOUNT LESS THAN TEN
2 PERCENT (10%) OF THE ACTUAL COST OF INSTRUCTION OR TEN PERCENT
3 (10%) OF THE BASE EARNED FOR REIMBURSEMENT WHICHEVER IS THE
4 LESSER AMOUNT. FOR THE 1978-1979 SCHOOL YEAR [AND EACH SCHOOL
5 YEAR THEREAFTER] THROUGH THE 1980-1981 SCHOOL YEAR, NO SCHOOL
6 DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE FOR EACH PUPIL IN WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY
7 MEMBERSHIP AN AMOUNT LESS THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT (15%) OF THE BASE
8 EARNED FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR ACTUAL INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENSE PER
9 WADM, WHICHEVER IS THE LESSER AMOUNT. FOR [1976-1977 EACH SCHOOL
10 YEAR THEREAFTER] THE 1976-1977 SCHOOL YEAR THROUGH THE 1980-1981
11 SCHOOL YEAR, A DISTRICT WHOSE ACTUAL INSTRUCTION EXPENSE PER
12 WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP IS MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED
13 DOLLARS ($200) LESS THAN THE MEDIAN ACTUAL INSTRUCTION EXPENSE
14 PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP, AND WHOSE EQUALIZED
15 MILLAGE IS WITHIN FIFTEEN PERCENT (15%) OF THE MEDIAN EQUALIZED
16 MILLAGE, THE REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200)
17 BELOW THE MEDIAN ACTUAL INSTRUCTION EXPENSE PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE
18 DAILY MEMBERSHIP TIMES THE DISTRICT'S AID RATIO FOR EACH
19 WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP. FOR THE 1982-1983 SCHOOL YEAR
20 AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER, NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
21 RECEIVE FOR EACH PUPIL IN WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP AN
22 AMOUNT LESS THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT (15%) OF THE FACTOR FOR
23 EDUCATIONAL EXPENSE.
24 * * *
25 (17.1) "BASE EARNED FOR REIMBURSEMENT." [SHALL] FOR THE
26 SCHOOL YEAR 1982-1983 AND EVERY SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER, FOR
27 PURPOSES OF CALCULATIONS UNDER SECTION 2502.8 OF THE ACT, BASE
28 EARNED FOR REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE THE LESSER OF [(A)] THE ACTUAL
29 INSTRUCTION EXPENSE PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP OF THE
30 DISTRICT, OR [(B)] THE AMOUNT EARNED AS FOLLOWS:
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1 (I) SUBTRACT THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT'S EQUALIZED
2 MILLAGE FROM THE HIGHEST EQUALIZED MILLAGE IN THE STATE.
3 (II) DIVIDE THE AMOUNT DETERMINED IN SUBCLAUSE (I) BY THE
4 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST EQUALIZED MILLAGE IN
5 THE STATE.
6 (III) MULTIPLY THE QUOTIENT DETERMINED IN SUBCLAUSE (II) BY
7 TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200) AND ROUND TO THE NEAREST WHOLE DOLLAR
8 AMOUNT.
9 (IV) SUBTRACT THE AMOUNT DETERMINED IN SUBCLAUSE (III) FROM
10 THE MEDIAN ACTUAL INSTRUCTION EXPENSE PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY
11 MEMBERSHIP IN THE YEAR FOR WHICH REIMBURSEMENT IS BEING
12 COMPUTED.
13 (18) "EQUALIZED SUBSIDY FOR BASIC EDUCATION." FOR THE SCHOOL
14 YEAR 1982-1983 AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER, EACH SCHOOL
15 DISTRICT SHALL BE PAID BY THE COMMONWEALTH AN EQUALIZED SUBSIDY
16 FOR BASIC EDUCATION, WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT
17 OF INSTRUCTION, AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBSECTIONS (D) AND (E) OF
18 SECTION 2502, AND AN ECONOMIC SUPPLEMENT, AS PROVIDED FOR IN
19 SECTION 2502.11.
20 (19) "FACTOR FOR EDUCATIONAL EXPENSE." FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR
21 1982-1983 AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER, THE FACTOR FOR
22 EDUCATIONAL EXPENSE USED TO COMPUTE SCHOOL DISTRICT ENTITLEMENTS
23 TO PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF INSTRUCTION, AS PROVIDED FOR IN
24 SUBSECTION (D) OF SECTION 2502, SHALL BE ONE THOUSAND SIX
25 HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX DOLLARS ($1,656) UNLESS LATER CHANGED BY
26 STATUTE.
27 SECTION 4. SECTION 2502(D) OF THE ACT, AMENDED AUGUST 24,
28 1977 (P.L.199, NO.59), IS AMENDED TO READ:
29 SECTION 2502. PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF INSTRUCTION.--* * *
30 (D) FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1976 AND 1977 [AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR
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1 THEREAFTER] THROUGH THE 1980-1981 SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL
2 DISTRICT SHALL BE PAID BY THE COMMONWEALTH ON ACCOUNT OF
3 INSTRUCTION OF THE DISTRICT'S PUPILS AN AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED
4 BY MULTIPLYING THE MARKET VALUE/INCOME AID RATIO TIMES THE
5 ACTUAL INSTRUCTION EXPENSE PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP
6 OR BY THE BASE EARNED FOR REIMBURSEMENT, WHICHEVER IS LESS, AND
7 BY THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP FOR THE DISTRICT. FOR
8 THE SCHOOL YEAR 1976-1977 ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH, AS A RESULT
9 OF THE IMPACT ON PAYMENTS UNDER SUBSECTIONS (D), (E) AND (F) AND
10 UNDER SECTION 2592 BY REASON OF THE MARKET VALUE/INCOME AID
11 RATIO OR THE APPLICATION OF EQUALIZED MILLAGE TO THE BASE EARNED
12 FOR REIMBURSEMENT, SHALL SUFFER A REDUCTION IN SUBSIDY
13 ENTITLEMENT, SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS FROM THIS IMPACT AND SHALL
14 RECEIVE AN AMOUNT WHICH IS NO LESS THAN THAT RECEIVED FOR 1976-
15 1977 UNDER SUCH SUBSECTIONS AND UNDER SECTION 2592. FOR THE
16 1982-1983 SCHOOL YEAR AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER, EACH
17 SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE PAID BY THE COMMONWEALTH ON ACCOUNT OF
18 INSTRUCTION OF THE DISTRICT'S PUPILS AN AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED
19 BY MULTIPLYING THE DISTRICT'S MARKET VALUE/INCOME AID RATIO BY
20 THE FACTOR FOR EDUCATIONAL EXPENSE, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
21 FIFTY-SIX DOLLARS ($1,656), AND BY THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY
22 MEMBERSHIP OF THE DISTRICT.
23 * * *
24 SECTION 5. SECTION 2502.5 OF THE ACT, AMENDED JUNE 26, 1974
25 (P.L.370, NO.125), IS AMENDED TO READ:
26 SECTION 2502.5. LIMITATION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS.--(A)
27 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR
28 1970-1971 [AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER] THROUGH THE SCHOOL
29 YEAR 1980-1981, NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE PAID UNDER
30 SUBSECTIONS (D) AND (E) OF SECTION 2502 OR SECTION 2592,
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1 WHICHEVER IS APPLICABLE, AND SUBSECTION (F) OF SECTION 2502, AND
2 SECTION 2502.3 AND SECTION 2502.4 OF THIS ACT AN AMOUNT IN
3 EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) OF THE TOTAL APPROVED
4 REIMBURSABLE INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
5 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS [SECTION] SUBSECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO
6 ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVING ANY PAYMENT UNDER SUBSECTION (G)
7 OF SECTION 2502 OF THIS ACT.
8 (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW, FOR THE
9 SCHOOL YEAR 1982-1983 AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER, NO SCHOOL
10 DISTRICT SHALL BE PAID UNDER SUBSECTIONS (D) AND (E) OF SECTION
11 2502 AND SECTION 2502.11 AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED
12 PERCENT (100%) OF THE TOTAL REIMBURSABLE INSTRUCTIONAL
13 EXPENDITURES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. FOR THE 1982-1983 SCHOOL
14 YEAR, ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS QUALIFYING FOR PAYMENTS UNDER
15 SUBSECTIONS (D) AND (E) OF SECTION 2502 AND SECTION 2502.11
16 SHALL BE LIMITED TO AN INCREASE PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF THOSE
17 SECTIONS WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED NINE PERCENT (9%) OVER THE SUMS
18 RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT OF SECTION 2502.9 FOR THE 1981-1982 SCHOOL
19 YEAR, NOR SHALL ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVE AN INCREASE OF LESS
20 THAN TWO PERCENT (2%) OF THE 1982-1983 SCHOOL YEAR PAYMENTS ON
21 ACCOUNT OF THE 1981-1982 SCHOOL YEAR.
22 SECTION 6. SECTION 2502.6 OF THE ACT, AMENDED MAY 11, 1982
23 (P.L.396, NO.115), IS AMENDED TO READ:
24 SECTION 2502.6. PROPORTIONATE REDUCTION OF PAYMENTS.--(A)
25 IF THE SUMS APPROPRIATED FOR THE 1978-1979 SCHOOL YEAR [AND EACH
26 SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER] THROUGH THE 1981-1982 SCHOOL YEAR ARE
27 NOT SUFFICIENT TO PAY IN FULL THE TOTAL AMOUNTS TO WHICH ALL
28 QUALIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INTERMEDIATE UNITS AND NONPUBLIC
29 SCHOOLS ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS
30 917.1-A, 919.1-A, 922.1-A, 923-A(D), 2501, 2502, 2502.3, 2502.4,
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1 AND 2502.8 FOR SUCH YEAR, THE ALLOCATIONS TO THE SCHOOL
2 DISTRICTS, INTERMEDIATE UNITS AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL BE
3 PROPORTIONATELY REDUCED TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO BRING THE
4 AGGREGATE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, INTERMEDIATE UNIT AND
5 NONPUBLIC SCHOOL ALLOCATIONS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE AMOUNTS
6 APPROPRIATED. HOWEVER, NO SCHOOL DISTRICT'S GROSS ALLOCATION
7 UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTIONS REFERRED TO HEREIN SHALL BE
8 LESS FOR THE 1978-1979, 1979-1980, 1980-1981 OR THE 1981-1982
9 SCHOOL YEAR THAN ITS GROSS ALLOCATION UNDER SUCH SECTIONS FOR
10 THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR.
11 (B) IF THE SUMS APPROPRIATED FOR THE 1982-1983 SCHOOL YEAR
12 AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO PAY IN
13 FULL THE TOTAL AMOUNTS TO WHICH ALL QUALIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
14 INTERMEDIATE UNITS AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
15 UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 917.1-A, 919.1-A, 922.1-A, 923-
16 A(D) AND 2502.8 FOR SUCH YEAR, THE ALLOCATIONS TO THE SCHOOL
17 DISTRICTS, INTERMEDIATE UNITS AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL BE
18 PROPORTIONATELY REDUCED TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO BRING THE
19 AGGREGATE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, INTERMEDIATE UNIT AND
20 NONPUBLIC SCHOOL ALLOCATIONS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE AMOUNTS
21 APPROPRIATED.
22 SECTION 7. THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ:
23 SECTION 2502.11. ECONOMIC SUPPLEMENT.--(A) FOR THE SCHOOL
24 YEAR 1982-1983 AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER, EACH QUALIFYING
25 SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE PAID, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PAYMENTS
26 TO WHICH IT IS ENTITLED, AN ECONOMIC SUPPLEMENT, BASED UPON
27 CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, LOCAL TAX EFFORT AND POPULATION
28 PER SQUARE MILE.
29 (B) FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1982-1983 AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR
30 THEREAFTER, EACH QUALIFYING SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE PAID ON
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1 ACCOUNT OF CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AN AMOUNT IN
2 ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING TABLE:
3 PERCENTAGE OF LOW-INCOME PUPILS GRANT PER
4 IN AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP LOW-INCOME PUPIL
5 10 - 19.9 $100
6 20 - 39.9 $300
7 40 OR OVER $500
8 FOR THE 1982-1983 SCHOOL YEAR AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER,
9 LOW-INCOME PUPILS ARE DEFINED FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION AS
10 CHILDREN AGED FIVE (5) TO SEVENTEEN (17) YEARS, INCLUSIVE, IN
11 FAMILIES RECEIVING A GRANT IN EXCESS OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
12 ($2,000) FROM THE COMMONWEALTH ON ACCOUNT OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN
13 UNDER TITLE IV OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.
14 (C) FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1982-1983 AND EACH SCHOOL YEAR
15 THEREAFTER, ANY DISTRICT WHICH LEVIES AND COLLECTS LOCAL TAXES
16 FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES EQUAL TO OR ABOVE THE MEDIAN EQUALIZED
17 MILLAGE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2501(9.3), IN THE YEAR FOR WHICH
18 REIMBURSEMENT IS DETERMINED SHALL QUALIFY FOR AND RECEIVE A
19 PAYMENT BASED UPON LOCAL TAX EFFORT AND POPULATION PER SQUARE
20 MILE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING TABLE, EXCEPT FOR
21 QUALIFYING DISTRICTS WHICH INCLUDE A CENTRAL CITY OF A STANDARD
22 METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA AND HAVE A DISTRICT POPULATION OF
23 LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND (4,000) PERSONS PER SQUARE MILE, WHICH
24 DISTRICTS SHALL RECEIVE THREE PERCENT (3%) OF THEIR
25 INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES:
26 POPULATION PER SQUARE MILE PAYMENT AS PERCENT OF
27 OF THE QUALIFYING DISTRICT INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURE
28 5,950 AND OVER 5
29 4,000 - 5,949 3
30 LESS THAN 4,000 1
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1 NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TABLE, QUALIFYING
2 DISTRICTS HAVING A GENERAL POPULATION OF FIVE THOUSAND NINE
3 HUNDRED FIFTY (5,950) OR MORE PERSONS PER SQUARE MILE AND AT
4 LEAST THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND (35,000) WADMS SHALL BE PAID NINETEEN
5 PERCENT (19%) OF THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES.
6 SECTION 8. SECTION 2517(D) OF THE ACT, AMENDED MAY 11, 1982
7 (P.L.396, NO.115), IS AMENDED TO READ:
8 SECTION 2517. PAYMENTS.--* * *
9 (D) SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL
10 PAYMENTS TO WHICH A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ENTITLED UNDER ANY
11 PROVISION OF SECTIONS 2502, 2502.3, 2502.4, 2502.8, 2502.9 AND
12 2592 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1981-1982 AND TO PAYMENTS TO WHICH A
13 SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ENTITLED UNDER ANY PROVISION OF SECTIONS
14 2502, 2502.8 AND 2502.11 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1982-1983 AND EACH
15 SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER.
16 SECTION 9. PART II OF TITLE 24 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
17 CONSOLIDATED STATUTES (RELATING TO BASIC EDUCATION) IS REPEALED.
18 SECTION 10. SECTIONS 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 AND 8 OF THIS ACT
19 SHALL BE RETROACTIVE TO JULY 1, 1983.
20 Section 2 11. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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