PRINTER'S NO. 448
No. 401 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MUSTO, BOSCOLA, ERICKSON, RAFFERTY, FONTANA,
STACK, WASHINGTON, STOUT, COSTA, KITCHEN, FERLO, O'PAKE,
BROWNE, EARLL, KASUNIC, LAVALLE, DINNIMAN, HUGHES, WOZNIAK
AND RHOADES, MARCH 13, 2007
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 13, 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," further providing for administration
6 of educational excellence opportunities.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1603-B(d) of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended July 11, 2006 (P.L.1092, No.114), is amended to read:
12 Section 1603-B. Responsibilities of department and State Board
13 of Education.
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15 (d) Supplemental grants.--
16 (1) The department shall provide a supplemental grant
17 amount to any school entity that has applied for grant funds
18 under section 1611-B(c) and has at least one low-income
19 concurrent student enrolled in a concurrent course. The
1 supplemental grant amount shall equal the cost of tuition,
2 books and fees for which a low-income concurrent student is
3 responsible in order to enroll in a concurrent course.
4 (1.1) The department shall provide a supplemental grant
5 amount to any school entity that has student enrollment in a
6 concurrent course of foreign language study. The supplemental
7 grant amount shall equal the cost of tuition, books and fees
8 for which a student is responsible in order to enroll in
9 foreign language study.
10 (2) Funding is subject to the following:
11 (i) The total amount of grant funds available under
12 [this subsection] paragraph (1) shall equal 15% of the
13 total amount of funds appropriated for concurrent
14 enrollment programs under this article. Where funds
15 available for supplemental grants are insufficient to
16 fund the full amount of all supplemental grants under
17 [this subsection] paragraph (1), supplemental grant
18 amounts shall be reduced on a pro rata basis.
19 (ii) Where the total amount of supplemental grants
20 provided on behalf of low-income concurrent students is
21 less than the total amount of grant funds available under
22 [this paragraph] subparagraph (i), any unexpended grant
23 funds shall be made available for other concurrent
24 students.
25 (iii) The total amount of grant funds available
26 under paragraph (1.1) shall equal 8% of the total amount
27 of funds appropriated for concurrent enrollment programs
28 under this article. Where funds available for
29 supplemental grants are insufficient to fund the full
30 amount of all supplemental grants under paragraph (1.1),
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1 supplemental grant amounts shall be reduced on a pro rata
2 basis.
3 * * *
4 Section 2. This act shall apply to school years beginning
5 after June 30, 2007.
6 Section 3. This act shall take effect as follows:
7 (1) The following provisions shall take effect
8 immediately:
9 (i) Section 2 of this act.
10 (ii) This section.
11 (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect in 60
12 days.
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