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.
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