PRINTER'S NO. 720
No. 611 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY STAIRS, COLAFELLA, FLEAGLE, FLICK, HERMAN, KREBS, McILHATTAN, NAILOR, SCHULER, GRUCELA, STEELMAN, C. WILLIAMS, ALLEN, ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES, BENNINGHOFF, BOYES, BROWNE, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CLARK, L. I. COHEN, COSTA, DALEY, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, EACHUS, FAIRCHILD, FORCIER, FREEMAN, GEIST, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, KENNEY, LAUGHLIN, LEH, LUCYK, MANN, MARKOSEK, McCALL, MELIO, S. MILLER, ORIE, PHILLIPS, PRESTON, RAYMOND, READSHAW, ROBERTS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SATHER, SAYLOR, SEMMEL, SHANER, S. H. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRELLO, TRICH, TULLI, WALKO, WILT, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK, ZUG AND BELARDI, FEBRUARY 13, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 13, 2001
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," providing an incentive program to 6 increase enrollment at area vocational-technical schools; and 7 making an appropriation. 8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 9 hereby enacts as follows: 10 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known 11 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a 12 section to read: 13 Section 2595.1. Area Vocational-Technical School Enrollment 14 Incentive Program.--(a) Any school district that sponsors an 15 area vocational-technical school is eligible to participate in
1 the enrollment incentive program. 2 (b) Incentives shall be provided annually to school 3 districts which sponsor area vocational-technical schools and 4 which meet or exceed their enrollment goals as those enrollment 5 goals are established in the area vocational-technical schools' 6 articles of agreement. Payment of enrollment incentive funds to 7 school districts that meet or exceed their enrollment goals 8 shall be based on a school district's increase in student 9 enrollment. For the purposes of this section, enrollment goals 10 shall be enrollment goals in effect in the year prior to the 11 year in which the enrollment incentive is paid. 12 (c) Any school district may apply to the Department of 13 Education for enrollment incentive funds under this section by 14 submitting data showing that the school district has met or 15 exceeded its enrollment goal. Data showing that the school 16 district has met or exceeded its enrollment goal must compare 17 the school district's enrollment in an area vocational-technical 18 school in the year prior to the year for which enrollment 19 incentives are paid to the school district's enrollment in an 20 area vocational-technical school in the year for which 21 enrollment incentives are paid. 22 (d) For purposes of this section, a school district shall be 23 eligible for enrollment incentive funds under the following 24 circumstances: 25 (1) Where a school district's enrollment data shows that the 26 school district has met its enrollment goal, the increase in 27 student enrollment shall be equal to the difference between the 28 school district's enrollment goal and the school district's 29 actual enrollment in an area vocational-technical school in the 30 year prior to the year for which the enrollment incentive is 20010H0611B0720 - 2 -
1 paid. 2 (2) Where a school district's enrollment data shows that the 3 school district has exceeded its enrollment goal, the increase 4 in student enrollment shall be equal to the difference between 5 the school district's actual enrollment in the area vocational- 6 technical school and the school district's enrollment in the 7 area vocational-technical school in the year prior to the year 8 for which the enrollment incentive is paid. 9 (e) The Secretary of Education shall award a school district 10 that applies for enrollment incentive funds under subsection (c) 11 and meets or exceeds its enrollment goal an amount determined by 12 multiplying the increase in student enrollment as determined by 13 subsection (d) by a fixed amount per student established 14 annually when the appropriation for the area vocational- 15 technical school enrollment incentive program is established. 16 The fixed amount per student shall not exceed two thousand 17 dollars ($2,000). 18 (f) Enrollment incentive funds shall be paid only to school 19 districts that qualify pursuant to subsection (b). 20 Section 2. The sum of $10,000,000, or as much thereof as may 21 be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of 22 Education for the fiscal year July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002, 23 for purposes of enrollment incentive payments for area 24 vocational-technical schools. 25 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001. A10L24RLE/20010H0611B0720 - 3 -