PRINTER'S NO. 2371
No. 1944 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY COLAFELLA, MIHALICH, LINTON, E. Z. TAYLOR,
HALUSKA, COLAIZZO, ULIANA, SALOOM, BUSH, NOYE, MARKOSEK,
TIGUE, STABACK, BELFANTI, VAN HORNE, LESCOVITZ, NAHILL,
STAIRS, KOSINSKI, STEELMAN, DeLUCA, MELIO, KRUSZEWSKI,
ARGALL, McCALL, WILLIAMS, GRUPPO, NAILOR, SEMMEL, BISHOP,
WAMBACH, TRELLO, HECKLER, D. W. SNYDER, LAUGHLIN, FREEMAN AND
CORNELL, AUGUST 1, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, AUGUST 1, 1991
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 reimbursement
6 payments to community colleges.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1913-A(b) 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 1913-A. Financial Program; Reimbursement or
13 Payments.--* * *
14 (b) (1) The Commonwealth shall pay to a community college
15 on behalf of the sponsor on account of its operating costs
16 during the [fiscal year] 1991-1992 fiscal year and each fiscal
17 year thereafter from funds appropriated for that purpose an
1 amount equal to one-third of such college's approved operating
2 costs [not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000)] per
3 student multiplied by the number of equivalent full-time
4 students determined by an audit to be made in a manner
5 prescribed by the State Board of Education. In no case shall
6 such reimbursement be less than nine hundred fifty dollars
7 ($950) per full-time equivalent student or greater than one
8 thousand fifty dollars ($1,050) per full-time equivalent
9 student. In each subsequent fiscal year, the minimum and maximum
10 reimbursement amount of approved operating expenses shall be
11 increased by the same percentage increase from the previous
12 fiscal year in the community college line item in the General
13 Fund budget as approved by the General Assembly and signed by
14 the Governor.
15 * * *
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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