PRINTER'S NO. 3605
No. 2440 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY McILVAINE SMITH, BENNINGTON, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN,
DALEY, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARKINS,
JOSEPHS, KOTIK, KULA, LEACH, MANDERINO, McCALL, MICOZZIE,
MUNDY, PARKER, READSHAW, ROEBUCK, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, STAIRS,
STURLA, THOMAS, WALKO, WANSACZ, J. WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD, SHIMKUS
AND YUDICHAK, APRIL 15, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 15, 2008
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 special
6 education payments to school districts.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Sections 2509.1 and 2509.5 of the act of March
10 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of
11 1949, are amended by adding subsections to read:
12 Section 2509.1. Payments to Intermediate Units.--* * *
13 (b.16) Up to eleven million five hundred thousand dollars
14 ($11,500,000) may be utilized for programs administered and
15 operated by intermediate units during the 2008-2009 school year
16 for institutionalized children as established in subsection
17 (b.1).
18 * * *
1 Section 2509.5. Special Education Payments to School
2 Districts.--* * *
3 (zz) During the 2008-2009 school year, each school district
4 shall be paid the amount it received during the 2007-2008 school
5 year under subsections (vv), (ww), (xx) and (yy).
6 (aaa) During the 2008-2009 school year, twenty-seven million
7 eight hundred one thousand seven hundred seventy-two dollars
8 ($27,801,772) of the funds appropriated to the Department of
9 Education for special education shall be used to provide
10 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 2008-2009 market
14 value/income aid ratio by sixteen percent (16%) of its 2007-2008
15 average daily membership;
16 (2) multiply the product from paragraph (1) by twenty-six
17 million seven hundred thousand and two dollars ($26,700,002);
18 and
19 (3) divide the resultant product from paragraph (2) by the
20 sum of the products of the 2008-2009 market value/income aid
21 ratio multiplied by sixteen percent (16%) of the 2007-2008
22 average daily membership for all school districts.
23 (bbb) Each school district shall receive an inflation index
24 supplement as necessary so that the amounts under subsection
25 (aaa) and this subsection equal four and four tenths percent
26 (4.4%) multiplied by each school district's 2008-2009 market
27 value/income aid ratio of the amount in subsection (zz).
28 (ccc) Each school district for which the sum of the
29 supplements under subsections (aaa) and (bbb) provides an amount
30 less than two percent (2%) of the amount provided under
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1 subsection (zz) shall receive additional funding as necessary so
2 that the sum of the amounts provided under subsections (aaa) and
3 (bbb) and this subsection equals two percent (2%) of the amount
4 provided under subsection (zz).
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008, or
6 immediately, whichever is later.
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