PRINTER'S NO. 298
No. 266 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BIANCUCCI, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER,
CREIGHTON, GALLOWAY, GILLESPIE, GRUCELA, HARPER, HENNESSEY,
HERSHEY, KILLION, MACKERETH, R. MILLER, MOYER, MUSTIO,
O'NEILL, REICHLEY, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SOLOBAY,
SWANGER AND WATSON, FEBRUARY 6, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 6, 2007
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 payments on
6 account of instruction.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 2502(d) of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended June 7, 1993 (P.L.49, No.16), is amended to read:
12 Section 2502. Payments on Account of Instruction.--* * *
13 (d) For the school year 1976 and 1977 through the 1980-1981
14 school year, each school district shall be paid by the
15 Commonwealth on account of instruction of the district's pupils
16 an amount to be determined by multiplying the market
17 value/income aid ratio times the actual instruction expense per
18 weighted average daily membership or by the base earned for
1 reimbursement, whichever is less, and by the weighted average
2 daily membership for the district. For the school year 1976-1977
3 any school district which, as a result of the impact on payments
4 under subsections (d), (e) and (f) and under section 2592 by
5 reason of the market value/income aid ratio or the application
6 of equalized millage to the base earned for reimbursement, shall
7 suffer a reduction in subsidy entitlement, shall be held
8 harmless from this impact and shall receive an amount which is
9 no less than that received for 1976-1977 under such subsections
10 and under section 2592. For the 1982-1983 school year through
11 the 1990-1991 school year, each school district shall be paid by
12 the Commonwealth on account of instruction of the district's
13 pupils an amount to be determined by multiplying the district's
14 market value/income aid ratio by the factor for educational
15 expense and by the weighted average daily membership of the
16 district. For the 1983-1984 school year, each school district
17 participating, during the 1984-1985 school year, in a Statewide
18 program for testing and remediation which is designed to
19 identify and provide remediation services to individual students
20 pursuant to section 1511.1, shall be paid by the Commonwealth on
21 account of instruction of the district's pupils an amount to be
22 determined by multiplying the district's market value/income aid
23 ratio by the factor for educational expense, one thousand seven
24 hundred twenty-five dollars ($1,725), and by the weighted
25 average daily membership of the district. This subsidy may be
26 used for strengthening curriculum, increasing standards,
27 improving student achievement and providing remedial programs
28 during the 1984-1985 school year. For the 2006-2007 school year
29 and each school year thereafter, each school district shall be
30 paid by the Commonwealth on account of instruction of the
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1 district's pupils an amount to be determined by multiplying the
2 district's market value/income aid ratio by the factor for
3 educational expense and by the weighted average daily membership
4 of the district.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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