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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1858

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE SCAVELLO

Printer's No. 2533

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Amend Bill, page 49, line 3, by striking out "50%" and

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inserting

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 25%

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Amend Bill, page 49, line 13, by striking out "The remaining

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50%" and inserting

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 Twenty-five percent

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Amend Bill, page 49, by inserting between lines 18 and 19

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(d)  Disbursement to school districts.--The remaining 50% of

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the tax deposited into the fund shall be disbursed to each

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school district in the amounts allocated under section 320(c).

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The money disbursed shall be deposited into the school district

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general fund for disposition as provided in section 501(c).

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Amend Bill, page 50, line 18, by inserting after "(c)"

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Allocations to school districts.--The department shall compute

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allocations of the sums to be disbursed to school districts

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under section 318(d) by a pro rata allocation based on the

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average daily membership for each school district located in the

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county as a percentage of the total average daily membership of

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all school districts located in the county. For school districts

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located in more than one county, the average daily memberships

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for the county shall be prorated based upon the population of

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the school district in each county divided by the total

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population of the school district.

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(d)  Calculation of average daily memberships.--Calculations

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of average daily memberships shall be made by the Department of

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Education or any successor agency and certified to the

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department based upon information reported to the Department of

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Education or any successor agency, subject to review,

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verification and approval by the Department of Education or any

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successor agency.

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(e)

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Amend Bill, page 50, by inserting between lines 20 and 21

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"Average daily membership."  As defined in the act of March

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10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of

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1949.

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Amend Bill, page 51, line 12, by striking out "shall" and

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inserting

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 may

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Amend Bill, page 52, by inserting between lines 21 and 22

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(c)  School districts.--All of the revenues estimated to be

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received by a school district from the tax in a fiscal year

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shall be used to reduce, or maintain the reduction of, the

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school district real property tax, first by means of a homestead

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exclusion and then, if the maximum homestead exclusion has been

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attained, by means of reduction in the property tax millage

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rate.