PRINTER'S NO. 1104
No. 969 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LLOYD, SEMMEL, ALLEN, BELFANTI, BELARDI, CAWLEY,
WOZNIAK, LUCYK, JOHNSON, BURD, STABACK, TANGRETTI, LEVDANSKY,
HALUSKA, ARGALL, LESCOVITZ, VEON, COY, DALEY, TRELLO, FARGO,
JAROLIN, ROBINSON, BOWLEY, CARLSON, JACKSON, CORRIGAN,
PETRARCA, DISTLER, GIGLIOTTI, NOYE, COLE AND D. F. CLARK,
APRIL 4, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 4, 1989
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 small district
6 assistance.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 2502.13 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended October 20, 1988 (P.L.827, No.110), is amended to read:
12 Section 2502.13. Small District Assistance.--For the 1984-
13 1985 and 1985-1986 school years, the Commonwealth shall pay to
14 each school district which has an average daily membership of
15 one thousand five hundred (1,500) or less and has a market
16 value/income aid ratio of five thousand ten-thousandths (0.5000)
17 or greater, an amount equal to fifty dollars ($50) multiplied by
18 that district's average daily membership. For the 1985-1986
1 school year, no school district shall receive less on account of
2 this section than it did for the 1984-1985 school year. For the
3 school year 1986-1987, the Commonwealth shall pay to each school
4 district which has an average daily membership of one thousand
5 five hundred (1,500) or less and has a market value/income aid
6 ratio of five thousand ten-thousandths (0.5000) or greater, or
7 received payments under this section for the 1985-1986 school
8 year, an amount equal to seventy-five dollars ($75) multiplied
9 by that district's average daily membership. For the school year
10 1987-1988 [and each school year thereafter,] the Commonwealth
11 shall pay to each school district which has an average daily
12 membership of one thousand five hundred (1,500) or less and a
13 market value/income aid ratio of five thousand ten-thousandths
14 (0.5000) or greater, or received payments under this section for
15 the 1986-1987 school year, an amount equal to eighty-five
16 dollars ($85) multiplied by that district's average daily
17 membership. For the 1987-1988 school year [and each school year
18 thereafter], no school district shall receive less on account of
19 this section than it did for the 1986-1987 school year. For the
20 1988-1989 school year and each school year thereafter, the
21 Commonwealth shall pay to each school district which has an
22 average daily membership of one thousand five hundred (1,500) or
23 less and a market value/income aid ratio of five thousand ten-
24 thousandths (0.5000) or greater, or received payments under this
25 section for the 1987-1988 school year, an amount equal to one
26 hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) multiplied by that district's
27 average daily membership. For the 1988-1989 school year and each
28 school year thereafter, no school district shall receive less on
29 account of this section than it did for the 1987-1988 school
30 year.
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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