PRINTER'S NO. 1084
No. 976 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY EVANS, GODSHALL, KENNEY, STABACK, HORSEY, ROBINSON, RAMOS, TIGUE, M. COHEN AND CORRIGAN, MARCH 22, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 22, 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," further providing for transportation. 6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 7 hereby enacts as follows: 8 Section 1. Section 1726-A of the act of March 10, 1949 9 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, added 10 June 19, 1997 (P.L.225, No.22), is amended to read: 11 Section 1726-A. Transportation.--(a) Students who reside in 12 the school district in which the charter school is located or 13 who are residents of a school district which is part of a 14 regional charter school shall be provided transportation to the 15 charter school on the same terms and conditions as 16 transportation is provided to students attending the schools of 17 the district. School districts of the first class shall also 18 provide transportation to such students if they are of the same 19 age or are enrolled in the same grade, grades or their grade
1 equivalents, as any students of the district for whom 2 transportation is provided under any program or policy to the 3 schools of the district. Nonresident students shall be provided 4 transportation under section 1361. Districts providing 5 transportation to a charter school outside the district shall be 6 eligible for payments under section 2509.3 for each public 7 school student transported. 8 (b) In the event that the Secretary of Education determines 9 that a school district of the first class is not providing the 10 required transportation to students to the charter school, the 11 secretary shall pay directly to the charter school funds for 12 costs incurred in the transportation of its students. Payments 13 to a charter school shall be determined in the following manner: 14 for each eligible student transported, the charter school shall 15 receive a payment equal to the total budgeted expenditure for 16 transportation of the school district divided by the total 17 number of school students transported by the school district 18 under any program or policy. 19 (c) The Secretary of Education shall deduct the amount paid 20 to the charter school under subsection (b) from any and all 21 payments made to the district. 22 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. L18L24DMS/19990H0976B1084 - 2 -