Bill Information

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," requiring a report of certain racial and ethnic groupings; authorizing the board of school directors of certain school districts to levy different rates of taxation for school purposes on land and on buildings; providing for emergency certificates in certain circumstances; further providing for certain inmates of children's institutions, for transportation and lodging of certain children and for approved private schools and chartered schools; providing for instructional support, for reimbursements for community colleges, for payments to intermediate units and for special education payments to school districts, including special education payment adjustments; creating a fund for audit resolutions for approved private schools; further providing for school district reimbursement definitions, for instruction payments, for payment limitations, for the economic supplement, for assistance to small school districts, for temporary special aid, for the low-expenditure, low-wealth supplement and for the low-expenditure poverty supplement; providing for education subsidy base, for an equity supplement, for foundation guarantee payments, for a minimum effort base, for a growth supplement, for a limited revenue sources supplement, for discretionary funds to assist school districts experiencing extreme financial difficulty and for resource data in the foundation-based equity formula; further providing for payments generally and for forfeitures for certain employment practices; and providing for a graduate opportunity fund.