PRINTER'S NO. 1126
No. 990 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY COWELL, BUSH, GALLAGHER, COLAFELLA, IRVIS,
E. Z. TAYLOR, NOYE, ARTY, ITKIN, WAMBACH, MICOZZIE, CIMINI,
PETRONE, KUKOVICH, RAYMOND, DeLUCA, CESSAR, AFFLERBACH,
PETRARCA, CLYMER, FATTAH, NAHILL, BURD, CHADWICK, SHOWERS,
FOX, TRELLO, GRUPPO, POTT, HERMAN, HUTCHINSON, RYBAK, WILSON,
GALLEN, HASAY, KENNEY, JAROLIN, HARPER, BURNS, WESTON,
SEMMEL, SALOOM, BUNT, TIGUE, PICCOLA, PRATT, J. L. WRIGHT,
LASHINGER, RICHARDSON, McVERRY, FLICK, DAWIDA, FREEMAN,
STEIGHNER, GREENWOOD, BOOK, FREIND, J. J. TAYLOR, SAURMAN,
GAMBLE, MAYERNIK, McHALE, PISTELLA, CIVERA, FARGO, DALEY,
ARGALL, D. W. SNYDER, REINARD, D. R. WRIGHT, MILLER, LINTON,
KOSINSKI, McCALL, BELFANTI, VAN HORNE, LEVDANSKY, PRESSMANN,
HAGARTY, BELARDI, MARKOSEK, MICHLOVIC, PRESTON, LANGTRY,
SEVENTY, DUFFY, OLASZ, YANDRISEVITS, CARLSON, BATTISTO,
LIVENGOOD, WIGGINS, LESCOVITZ, MRKONIC, DEAL AND EVANS,
APRIL 17, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 17, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 24, 1963 (P.L.1132, No.484), entitled
2 "An act providing for the creation, establishment and
3 operation of community colleges, granting certain powers to
4 the State Board of Education, the Council of Higher Education
5 and the Department of Public Instruction; authorizing school
6 districts, county boards of school directors and
7 municipalities to sponsor community colleges; authorizing
8 school districts and municipalities to levy certain taxes;
9 providing for reimbursements by the Commonwealth of certain
10 costs and expenses, and making an appropriation," further
11 providing for payments by the Commonwealth.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Section 14(b) of the act of August 24, 1963
15 (P.L.1132, No.484), known as the Community College Act of 1963,
1 amended October 26, 1983 (P.L.174, No.44), is amended to read:
2 Section 14. Financial Program; Reimbursement or Payments.--*
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4 (b) (1) The Commonwealth shall pay to a community college
5 on behalf of the sponsor on account of its operating costs
6 during the fiscal year from funds appropriated for that purpose
7 an amount equal to one-third of such college's approved
8 operating costs not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars
9 ($1,500) for fiscal years up to and including 1979-1980, one
10 thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) for fiscal years 1980-
11 1981, 1981-1982 and 1982-1983 and two thousand four hundred
12 dollars ($2,400) for fiscal year 1983-1984 and thereafter per
13 student multiplied by the number of equivalent full-time
14 students determined by an audit to be made in a manner
15 prescribed by the State Board of Education. [In addition the
16 Commonwealth shall pay to a community college on account of its
17 operating costs for all equivalent full-time students enrolled
18 in two-year or less than two-year terminal non-liberal arts
19 programs, a sum of three hundred dollars ($300) for each such
20 equivalent full-time student. The Secretary of Education shall
21 have the power and his duty shall be to designate the programs
22 of study which conform to the intent of this act.]
23 (1.1) In addition the Commonwealth shall pay to a community
24 college, on account of its operating costs for all equivalent
25 full-time students enrolled in the following categories of two-
26 year or less than two-year occupational or technical programs, a
27 stipend as follows:
28 (i) One thousand one hundred dollars ($1,100) per full-time
29 equivalent student enrolled in programs designated as Statewide
30 Programs and offered at limited locations due to their limited
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1 but continuing demand.
2 (ii) One thousand dollars ($1,000) per full-time equivalent
3 student enrolled in programs designated as Allied Health
4 Programs.
5 (iii) Nine hundred dollars ($900) per full-time equivalent
6 student enrolled in programs designated as Advanced Technology
7 Programs.
8 (iv) Seven hundred dollars ($700) per full-time equivalent
9 student enrolled in programs designated as Critical Shortage
10 Programs.
11 (v) Three hundred dollars ($300) per full-time equivalent
12 student enrolled in other occupational or technical programs.
13 (1.2) The Secretary of Education shall establish criteria to
14 be used to determine eligibility of programs for each of the
15 above stipend categories and shall annually approve programs for
16 funding in the following fiscal year according to these
17 criteria.
18 (1.3) Each community college shall maintain such accounting
19 and student attendance records on generally accepted principles
20 and standards as will lend themselves to satisfactory audit. The
21 Commonwealth shall pay to a community college on behalf of the
22 sponsor on account of its capital expenses an amount equal to
23 one-half of such college's annual capital expenses from funds
24 appropriated for that purpose to the extent that said capital
25 expenses have been approved as herein provided.
26 (2) For purposes of determining Commonwealth reimbursement
27 of operating costs, Federally funded expenditures for those
28 programs in which the Commonwealth participates in the cost
29 shall be deducted from total operating expenditures to determine
30 net reimbursable operating costs.
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2 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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