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PRINTER'S NO. 1295
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1137
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ORTITAY, APRIL 8, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 8, 2019
AN ACT
Making appropriations from the General Fund to the Department of
Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and for
the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the
close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Section 101. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Appropriation
Act of 2019 - Department of Education.
PART III
GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 2019-2020
Section 301. Appropriations from General Fund.
The following amounts, or as much thereof as may be
necessary, are hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
Department of Education for the purposes specified in this part
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and for the payment
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of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2020:
Federal State
For general government
operations of the Department of
Education.
State appropriation....... 25,971,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for general
government operations:
(1) "Adult Basic Education -
Administration."
Federal appropriation..... 1,114,000
(2) "Education of Exceptional
Children - Administration."
Federal appropriation..... 12,000,000
(3) "Special Education -
State Personnel Development."
Federal appropriation..... 2,394,000
(4) "ESEA - Title I -
Administration."
Federal appropriation..... 12,333,000
(5) "State Approving Agency
(VA)."
Federal appropriation..... 1,800,000
(6) "Food and Nutrition
Service."
Federal appropriation..... 21,000,000
(7) "Migrant Education -
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Administration."
Federal appropriation..... 700,000
(8) "Vocational Education -
Administration."
Federal appropriation..... 3,910,000
(9) "Title II - Improving
Teacher Quality -
Administration/State."
Federal appropriation..... 7,400,000
(10) (Reserved).
(11) "Homeless Assistance."
Federal appropriation..... 4,870,000
(12) "Preschool Grants."
Federal appropriation..... 940,000
(13) "School Health Education
Programs."
Federal appropriation..... 650,000
(14) "Preschool Development
Grants."
Federal appropriation..... 30,000,000
(15) (Reserved).
(16) (Reserved).
(17) (Reserved).
(18) "Advanced Placement
Testing."
Federal appropriation..... 820,000
(19) "Medical Assistance -
Nurses Aide Training."
Federal appropriation..... 670,000
(20) "State and Community
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Highway Safety."
Federal appropriation..... 1,000,000
(21) (Reserved).
(22) "Title IV - 21st Century
Community Learning Centers -
Administration."
Federal appropriation..... 4,000,000
(23) "National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP)."
Federal appropriation..... 148,000
(24) "Migrant Education
Coordination Program."
Federal appropriation..... 130,000
(25) (Reserved).
(26) (Reserved).
(27) "School Improvement
Grants."
Federal appropriation..... 30,000,000
(28) "Student Support and
Academic Enrichment -
Administration."
Federal appropriation..... 1,900,000
(29) "Troops to Teachers."
Federal appropriation..... 600,000
(30) "Pennsylvania Project
AWARE."
Federal appropriation..... 1,800,000
(31) "Education Innovation
and Research Program."
Federal appropriation..... 4,000,000
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(32) "Emergency Impact Aid
Program."
Federal appropriation..... 30,000,000
(33) "Assistance for Homeless
Children and Youth."
Federal appropriation..... 13,000,000
For the Drug and Alcohol
Recovery High School Pilot
Program State share of tuition
payments.
State appropriation....... 250,000
For safe schools advocate.
State appropriation....... 372,000
For information and technology
improvement.
State appropriation....... 3,740,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for
information and technology
improvement:
(1) "Statewide Longitudinal
Data Systems."
Federal appropriation..... 6,455,000
For PA assessment.
State appropriation....... 49,446,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for PA
assessment:
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(1) "Title VI - Part A State
Assessment."
Federal appropriation..... 15,000,000
For the State Library,
providing reference services and
administering aid to public
libraries.
State appropriation....... 1,949,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for the
State Library:
(1) "LSTA - Library
Development."
Federal appropriation..... 8,500,000
For programs of education and
training at youth development
centers and the monitoring of
programs of education and
training provided to incarcerated
juveniles.
State appropriation....... 8,285,000
For payment of basic education
funding to school districts.
State appropriation....... 6,095,079,000
For the Ready to Learn Block
Grant.
State appropriation....... 268,000,000
For the Pre-K Counts Program.
State appropriation....... 192,284,000
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For Head Start Supplemental
Assistance.
State appropriation....... 59,178,000
For mobile science and math
education programs.
State appropriation....... 3,964,000
For teacher professional
development.
State appropriation....... 5,309,000
For adult and family literacy
programs, summer reading programs
and the adult high school
diplomas program.
State appropriation....... 12,075,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for adult
and family literacy programs:
(1) "Adult Basic Education -
Local."
Federal appropriation..... 21,000,000
For career and technical
education.
State appropriation..... 92,000,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for career
and technical education:
(1) "Vocational Education Act
- Local."
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Federal appropriation..... 49,000,000
For career and technical
education equipment grants.
State appropriation..... 2,550,000
For authority rentals and
Sinking Fund requirements.
State appropriation....... 10,500,000
For payments on account of
pupil transportation.
State appropriation....... 549,097,000
For payments on account of
nonpublic and charter school
transportation.
State appropriation....... 80,009,000
For payments on account of
special education of exceptional
children.
State appropriation....... 1,136,815,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for special
education:
(1) "Individuals with
Disabilities Education - Local."
Federal appropriation..... 470,000,000
For payments for early
intervention services.
State appropriation....... 285,500,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
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the sum appropriated for payments
for early intervention services:
(1) "Individuals with
Disabilities Education."
Federal appropriation..... 16,000,000
For payment for tuition to
school districts providing
education to nonresident orphaned
children placed in private homes
by the court and nonresident
inmates of children's
institutions.
State appropriation....... 48,000,000
For payments of annual fixed
charges to school districts in
lieu of taxes for land acquired
by the Commonwealth for water
conservation or flood prevention.
State appropriation....... 167,000
For payment for maintenance of
summer schools for school-age
children of migrant laborers,
including child-care services.
State appropriation....... 853,000
For payments to Pennsylvania
Chartered Schools for the Deaf
and Blind.
State appropriation....... 52,336,000
For special education -
approved private schools.
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State appropriation....... 111,089,000
For grants to school districts
to assist in meeting Federal
matching requirements for grants
received under the Federal Child
Nutrition Act and to aid in
providing a food program for
needy children.
State appropriation....... 30,000,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for school
food services:
(1) "Food and Nutrition -
Local."
Federal appropriation..... 750,000,000
For payment of the
Commonwealth's share of Federal
Social Security taxes for public
school employees.
State appropriation....... 541,205,000
For payment of required
contribution for public school
employees' retirement.
State appropriation....... 2,487,500,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated for basic
education:
(1) "ESEA - Title I - Local."
Federal appropriation..... 675,000,000
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(2) "Title II - Improving
Teacher Quality - Local."
Federal appropriation..... 110,000,000
(3) "Title IV - 21st Century
Community Learning Centers -
Local."
Federal appropriation..... 90,000,000
(4) "Title III - Language
Instruction for LEP and Immigrant
Students."
Federal appropriation..... 24,000,000
(5) "Title VI - Rural and Low
Income Schools - Local."
Federal appropriation..... 1,700,000
(6) "Student Support and
Academic Enrichment - Local."
Federal appropriation..... 40,000,000
For services to nonpublic
schools.
State appropriation....... 87,939,000
For textbooks, instructional
material and instructional
equipment for nonpublic schools.
State appropriation....... 26,751,000
For a subsidy to public
libraries.
State appropriation....... 54,470,000
For aid to the Free Library of
Philadelphia and the Carnegie
Library of Pittsburgh to meet the
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costs incurred in serving as
regional libraries in the
distribution of braille reading
materials, talking book machines
and other reading materials to
persons who are blind or
otherwise disabled.
State appropriation....... 2,567,000
For library access.
State appropriation....... 3,071,000
For job training and education
programs.
State appropriation....... 31,670,000
For safe schools initiatives.
State appropriation....... 10,000,000
For trauma-informed education.
State appropriation....... 500,000
For payment of approved
operating expenses of community
colleges.
State appropriation....... 239,074,000
For transfer from the General
Fund to the Community College
Capital Fund.
State appropriation....... 48,869,000
For regional community college
services.
State appropriation....... 7,003,000
For community education
councils.
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State appropriation....... 2,346,000
For sexual assault prevention.
State appropriation....... 1,000,000
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 501. (Reserved).
Section 502. Effective date.
This act shall take effect July 1, 2019, or immediately,
whichever is later.
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