PRINTER'S NO. 461
No. 437 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, RHOADES, PICCOLA, M. WHITE, EARLL,
CONTI, LAVALLE, KUKOVICH, SCHWARTZ, MOWERY, MADIGAN, DENT,
HELFRICK, STOUT, PUNT, WAGNER, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, O'PAKE,
GREENLEAF, BODACK, STACK, WAUGH, BOSCOLA, WENGER, ROBBINS,
LOGAN, HOLL, GERLACH, KASUNIC, MELLOW, THOMPSON, CORMAN,
JUBELIRER AND LEMMOND, FEBRUARY 15, 2001
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 15, 2001
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
15 area vocational-technical school is eligible to participate in
16 the enrollment incentive program.
17 (b) Incentives shall be provided annually to school
18 districts which sponsor area vocational-technical schools and
1 which meet or exceed their enrollment goals as those enrollment
2 goals are established in the area vocational-technical schools
3 articles of agreement. Payment of enrollment incentive funds to
4 school districts that meet or exceed their enrollment goals
5 shall be based on a school district's increase in student
6 enrollment. For the purposes of this section, enrollment goals
7 shall be enrollment goals in effect in the year prior to the
8 year in which the enrollment incentive is paid.
9 (c) Any school district may apply to the Department of
10 Education for enrollment incentive funds under this section by
11 submitting data showing that the school district has met or
12 exceeded its enrollment goal. Data showing that the school
13 district has met or exceeded its enrollment goal must compare
14 the school district's enrollment in an area vocational-technical
15 school in the year prior to the year in which enrollment
16 incentives are paid to the school district's enrollment in an
17 area vocational-technical school in the year in which enrollment
18 incentives are paid.
19 (d) For purposes of this section, a school district shall be
20 eligible for enrollment incentive funds under the following
21 circumstances:
22 (i) Where a school district's enrollment data shows that the
23 school district has met its enrollment goal, the increase in
24 student enrollment shall be equal to the difference between the
25 school district's enrollment goal and the school district's
26 actual enrollment in an area vocational-technical school in the
27 year prior to the year in which the enrollment incentive is
28 paid.
29 (ii) Where a school district's enrollment data shows that
30 the school district has exceeded its enrollment goal, the
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1 increase in student enrollment shall be equal to the difference
2 between the school district's actual enrollment in the area
3 vocational-technical school and the school district's enrollment
4 in the area vocational-technical school in the year prior to the
5 year in which the enrollment incentive is paid.
6 (e) The Secretary of Education shall award a school district
7 that applies for enrollment incentive funds under subsection (c)
8 and that meets or exceeds its enrollment goal an amount
9 determined by multiplying the increase in student enrollment as
10 determined by subsection (d) by a fixed amount per student
11 established annually when the appropriation for the area
12 vocational-technical school enrollment incentive program is
13 established. The fixed amount per student shall not exceed two
14 thousand dollars ($2,000).
15 (f) Enrollment incentive funds shall be paid only to school
16 districts that qualify pursuant to subsection (b).
17 Section 2. The sum of $10,000,000, or as much thereof as may
18 be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of
19 Education for the fiscal year July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002,
20 for purposes of enrollment incentive payments for area
21 vocational-technical schools.
22 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
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