PRINTER'S NO.  243

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

238

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, EARLL, WONDERLING, EICHELBERGER AND KITCHEN, FEBRUARY 19, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 19, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An

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act relating to the public school system, including certain

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provisions applicable as well to private and parochial

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schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the

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laws relating thereto," further providing for funding for

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charter schools.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 1725-A of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.

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30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended

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by adding subsections to read:

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Section 1725-A.  Funding for Charter Schools.--* * *

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(a.1)  Every student attending a charter school shall be

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counted in the average daily membership of his or her school

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district of residence.

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(a.2)  In addition to all other payments due a school

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district, the Commonwealth shall pay each school district making

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payments to a charter school under subsection (a)(2) an amount

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equal to one-third of the difference between the amount paid by

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the district to the charter school under subsection (a)(2) and

 


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the State per-pupil funding to the district.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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