PRINTER'S NO. 367
No. 332 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, BOSCOLA, ERICKSON, RAFFERTY, TOMLINSON,
O'PAKE, REGOLA, GREENLEAF, PIPPY, ORIE AND BAKER,
MARCH 12, 2007
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 12, 2007
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 for supplemental funding
6 for new students; establishing a special account; and making
7 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 2554. Supplemental Assistance for New Students.--(a)
14 The New Student Supplemental Assistance Account is established
15 as a special account in the State Treasury.
16 (b) The purpose of the account is to provide supplemental
17 funding to school districts for the addition of new students.
18 (c) The sources of the account are as follows:
19 (1) Appropriations.
20 (2) Return on the money in the account.
1 (d) The Department of Education shall use the account to
2 provide each school district with supplemental funding as
3 follows:
4 (1) By November 15, each school district shall do all of the
5 following:
6 (i) Determine average daily membership for the current
7 school year as of November 1.
8 (ii) Determine average daily membership for the previous
9 school year as of November 1.
10 (iii) Subtract the determination under subparagraph (ii)
11 from the determination under subparagraph (i).
12 (iv) If the difference under subparagraph (iii) is a
13 positive number, certify the number to the department.
14 (2) By February 1, the department shall provide each school
15 district that has made a certification under paragraph (1)(iv)
16 with supplemental funding by doing the following:
17 (i) Divide:
18 (A) the school district's basic education funding; by
19 (B) the school district's average daily membership.
20 (ii) Multiply:
21 (A) the quotient under subparagraph (i); by
22 (B) the number certified under paragraph (1)(iv).
23 (iii) Make a payment to the school district in the amount of
24 the product under subparagraph (ii).
25 (e) Each year, the Secretary of Education shall make a
26 budget request to fund the account.
27 (f) The money in the account is continuously appropriated
28 into the account. This appropriation shall not lapse at the end
29 of any fiscal year.
30 Section 2. The sum of $30,000,000 is hereby appropriated to
20070S0332B0367 - 2 -
1 the New Student Supplemental Assistance Account for the fiscal
2 year July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008, to carry out the provisions
3 of the addition of section 2554 of the act. This appropriation
4 is subject to section 2554(f) of the act.
5 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
A23L24AJM/20070S0332B0367 - 3 -