PRINTER'S NO. 420
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
123
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, COLLETT, MUTH, SCHWANK, MENSCH, COMITTA,
HAYWOOD, KANE, KEARNEY, TARTAGLIONE AND MARTIN,
MARCH 15, 2021
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 15, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in reimbursements by Commonwealth and
between school districts, further providing for student-
weighted basic education funding.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2502.53(b)(1) of the act of March 10,
1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
amended June 5, 2020 (P.L.223, No.30), is amended and the
subsection is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 2502.53. Student-Weighted Basic Education Funding.--
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(b) For the 2015-2016 school year and each school year
thereafter, except the 2019-2020 school year which shall be
governed by subsection (b.1), the Commonwealth shall pay to each
school district a basic education funding allocation which shall
consist of the following:
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(1) An amount equal to the school district's basic education
funding allocation for the 2013-2014 school year, subject to
paragraph (3).
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(3) The following apply:
(i) For the 2021-2022 school year, the amount in paragraph
(1) shall be equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the school
district's basic education funding allocation for the 2013-2014
school year.
(ii) For the 2022-2023 school year, the amount in paragraph
(1) shall be equal to fifty percent (50%) of the school
district's basic education funding allocation for the 2013-2014
school year.
(iii) For the 2023-2024 school year, the amount in paragraph
(1) shall be equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the school
district's basic education funding allocation for the 2013-2014
school year.
(iv) For the 2024-2025 school year and each school year
thereafter, the amount in paragraph (1) shall be zero.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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