Bill Information

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, requiring school districts to reopen their 2003-2004 budgets; imposing limitations on certain unreserved fund balances; further providing for auxiliary service; providing for superintendent compliance with action by board of school directors; deleting provisions relating to professional teacher assessment; providing for attendance at schools for the performing arts and for residence and right to free school privileges; further providing for cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children in approved private schools; providing for firefighter and emergency service training; further providing for Education Support Services Program, for high school certificates, for education empowerment districts, for mandate waiver program and for school improvement grants; further defining "educational improvement organization," "scholarship organization" and "scholarship program"; further providing for tax credits, for limitations and for payments on account of pupils enrolled in vocational curriculums and for small district assistance; providing for basic education funding for 2002-2003 school year; further providing for payments to intermediate units, for special education payments to school districts and for Commonwealth reimbursements for charter schools and cyber charter schools; and making appropriations, repeals and an editorial change.