PRINTER'S NO. 559
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
542
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, MENSCH, FONTANA AND STEFANO,
APRIL 9, 2021
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, APRIL 9, 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 charter schools, further providing
for funding for charter schools.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1725-A(a)(3) of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended and the subsection is amended by adding a clause to
read:
Section 1725-A. Funding for Charter Schools.--(a) Funding
for a charter school shall be provided in the following manner:
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(3) For special education students, the charter school shall
receive for each student enrolled the same funding as for each
non-special education student as provided in clause (2), plus an
additional amount determined by dividing the district of
residence's total special education expenditure by [the product
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