PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1451 PRINTER's NO. 1603
No. 1156 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY HESS, HOLL, ZEMPRELLI, WENGER, REIBMAN, RHOADES,
SHAFFER, MOORE, ARMSTRONG, WILT, JUBELIRER, BELL, PETERSON,
HELFRICK, HOPPER, CORMAN, STAUFFER, LOEPER, GREENLEAF,
FISHER, PECORA, STOUT, SINGEL AND O'PAKE, OCTOBER 16, 1985
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, NOVEMBER 19, 1985
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 reimbursements
6 by the Commonwealth.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 2502.5(e) of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended July 1, 1985 (P.L.103, No.31), is amended to read:
12 Section 2502.5. Limitation of Certain Payments.--* * *
13 (e) [For the school year 1983-1984 and each school year
14 thereafter, no] (1) No school district shall be paid under
15 subsections (d) and (e) of section 2502 and under section
16 2502.11 less than [eighty percent (80%)] the specified
17 percentage of the total amount to which it is entitled under
18 said sections, notwithstanding any limitations on increases in
19 such payments enacted by the General Assembly to the contrary.
1 The specified percentages are as follows: (i) eighty percent
2 (80%) for the school year YEARS 1983-1984 AND 1984-1985; and <--
3 (ii) eighty-two and five-tenths percent (82.5%) EIGHTY-THREE AND <--
4 FIVE-TENTHS PERCENT (83.5%) for the school year 1984-1985 1985- <--
5 1986 and each school year thereafter.
6 (2) For the school year 1983-1984, payments under this
7 subsection shall be computed using a Factor for Educational
8 Expense of one thousand six hundred fifty-six dollars ($1,656)
9 and a maximum payment increase of seven and forty-five one
10 hundredths percent (7.45%) and a minimum payment increase of two
11 percent (2%).
12 (3) For the school year 1984-1985 and each school year
13 thereafter, payments under this subsection shall be computed
14 using the Factor for Educational Expense as defined in section
15 2501(19) and minimum and maximum increase limits provided for in
16 subsection (b) of this section.
17 (4) No school district shall, as a result of this
18 subsection, be paid an amount in excess of one hundred percent
19 (100%) of the total reimbursable instructional expenditures of
20 the school district.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately JULY 1, <--
22 1986.
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