PRINTER'S NO. 3005
No. 2251 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY BIRMELIN, BATTISTO, BARLEY, MOWERY, CLYMER, VROON,
DORR, JOHNSON, DISTLER, E. Z. TAYLOR, MORRIS, GRUPPO,
JADLOWIEC, PESCI, GODSHALL, FARGO, D. F. CLARK, JACKSON,
BUNT, NOYE, BURD AND SEMMEL, JANUARY 29, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 29, 1990
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 payments for increasing
6 enrollments.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
10 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
11 section to read:
12 Section 2502.17. Payments for Increasing Enrollments.--(a)
13 School districts experiencing an increase in enrollment of five
14 percent (5%) or more from the preceding school year shall notify
15 the department, on a form prepared by the department, by
16 September 30 of that school year. The district shall provide to
17 the department student membership information necessary for the
18 recalculation of the district's equalized subsidy for basic
19 education payment based on the higher enrollment level. The
1 department shall not alter other factors in the calculation of
2 payments to school districts.
3 (b) During the 1990-1991 school year, and each school year
4 thereafter, a school district experiencing a qualifying increase
5 in student enrollment as provided in subsection (a) shall
6 qualify for special aid. Payment based upon the estimated
7 enrollment for the year of operation shall be made in equal
8 installments in the October and December payments as specified
9 in section 2517(c).
10 (c) A reconciliation shall occur within ninety (90) days of
11 the close of the school year, reconciling the equalized subsidy
12 for basic education payment based on estimated enrollment of the
13 school district and the actual entitlement. Any reconciliation
14 shall be accomplished through adjustments to the payments for
15 the equalized supplement for basic education in the succeeding
16 year.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1990.
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