PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 905 PRINTER'S NO 1895
No. 847 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY STAIRS, COLAFELLA, BAKER, BOYES, STERN, ARMSTRONG,
BARD, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BROWNE, CAPPABIANCA,
L. I. COHEN, CORRIGAN, COY, CURRY, DALEY, DALLY, DeLUCA,
DEMPSEY, DiGIROLAMO, EGOLF, FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE, FREEMAN,
GEORGE, GIGLIOTTI, GODSHALL, GORDNER, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HASAY,
HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, JOSEPHS, KAISER, LAUGHLIN, McCALL,
MELIO, MYERS, NAILOR, PETRARCA, PIPPY, PLATTS, PRESTON,
READSHAW, ROONEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCHULER, SEMMEL,
SERAFINI, SEYFERT, SHANER, STEVENSON, STRITTMATTER, SURRA,
E. Z. TAYLOR, TRICH, VAN HORNE, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI, WRIGHT,
ZUG, McILHATTAN, WILLIAMS, DAILEY, BENNINGHOFF, RAYMOND,
HARHART, YOUNGBLOOD, RAMOS, STEELMAN, LEH, SNYDER, MAYERNIK,
HANNA, MCILHINNEY, KREBS, MANN, FARGO AND GRUCELA,
MARCH 10, 1999
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 7, 1999
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 an incentive program to
6 increase enrollment at area vocational-technical schools; and
7 making an appropriation.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
11 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
12 section to read:
13 Section 2595.1. Area Vocational-Technical School Enrollment
14 Incentive Program.--(a) Any school district that sponsors an
1 area vocational-technical school is eligible to participate in
2 the enrollment incentive program.
3 (b) Incentives based on the criteria in section 2595 shall <--
4 be provided annually to school districts which sponsor area
5 vocational-technical schools and which meet or exceed their
6 enrollment goal, as GOALS AS THOSE ENROLLMENT GOALS ARE <--
7 established in the area vocational-technical schools articles of
8 agreement.
9 (c) Enrollment goals shall be based on enrollments during <--
10 the year prior to the year in which enrollment incentives are
11 paid compared to enrollment during either the immediately
12 preceding year or the average of the two immediately preceding
13 years, whichever is less. PAYMENT OF ENROLLMENT INCENTIVE FUNDS <--
14 TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT MEET OR EXCEED THEIR ENROLLMENT GOALS
15 SHALL BE BASED ON A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S INCREASE IN STUDENT
16 ENROLLMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, ENROLLMENT GOALS
17 SHALL BE ENROLLMENT GOALS IN EFFECT IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE
18 YEAR IN WHICH THE ENROLLMENT INCENTIVE IS PAID.
19 (C) ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
20 EDUCATION FOR ENROLLMENT INCENTIVE FUNDS UNDER THIS SECTION BY
21 SUBMITTING DATA SHOWING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS MET OR
22 EXCEEDED ITS ENROLLMENT GOAL. DATA SHOWING THAT THE SCHOOL
23 DISTRICT HAS MET OR EXCEEDED ITS ENROLLMENT GOAL MUST COMPARE
24 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ENROLLMENT IN AN AREA VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL
25 SCHOOL IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE YEAR FOR WHICH ENROLLMENT
26 INCENTIVES ARE PAID TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ENROLLMENT IN AN
27 AREA VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN THE YEAR FOR WHICH
28 ENROLLMENT INCENTIVES ARE PAID.
29 (D) FOR PURPOSE OF THE SECTION, A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE
30 ELIGIBLE FOR ENROLLMENT INCENTIVE FUNDS UNDER THE FOLLOWING
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1 CIRCUMSTANCES:
2 (1) WHERE A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ENROLLMENT DATA SHOWS THAT THE
3 SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS MET ITS ENROLLMENT GOAL, THE INCREASE IN
4 STUDENT ENROLLMENT SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
5 SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ENROLLMENT GOAL AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S
6 ACTUAL ENROLLMENT IN AN AREA VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN THE
7 YEAR PRIOR TO THE YEAR FOR WHICH THE ENROLLMENT INCENTIVE IS
8 PAID.
9 (2) WHERE A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ENROLLMENT DATA SHOWS THAT THE
10 SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS EXCEEDED ITS ENROLLMENT GOAL, THE INCREASE
11 IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
12 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ACTUAL ENROLLMENT IN THE AREA VOCATIONAL-
13 TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ENROLLMENT IN THE
14 AREA VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE YEAR
15 FOR WHICH THE ENROLLMENT INCENTIVE IS PAID.
16 (E) THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION SHALL AWARD A SCHOOL DISTRICT
17 THAT APPLIES FOR ENROLLMENT INCENTIVE FUNDS UNDER SUBSECTION (C)
18 AND MEETS OR EXCEEDS ITS ENROLLMENT GOAL AN AMOUNT DETERMINED BY
19 MULTIPLYING THE INCREASE IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT AS DETERMINED BY
20 SUBSECTION (D) BY A FIXED AMOUNT PER STUDENT ESTABLISHED
21 ANNUALLY WHEN THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE AREA VOCATIONAL-
22 TECHNICAL SCHOOL ENROLLMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED.
23 THE FIXED AMOUNT PER STUDENT SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO THOUSAND
24 DOLLARS ($2,000).
25 (F) ENROLLMENT INCENTIVE FUNDS SHALL BE PAID ONLY TO SCHOOL
26 DISTRICTS THAT QUALIFY PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (B).
27 Section 2. The sum of $10,000,000, or as much thereof as may
28 be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of
29 Education for the fiscal year July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2000,
30 for purposes of enrollment incentive payments for area
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1 vocational-technical schools.
2 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.
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