Bill Information

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No. 14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, further providing, in school finances, for annual budget, and in teacher certification, for program of continuing professional development; providing for, in teacher certification, evaluation of applicants; further providing, in pupils and attendance, for fixing the cost of certain tuition, for cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children in approved institutions and in chartered schools for the education of the deaf and the blind; further providing for educational assistance program and educational support services, for definitions, for notification and for the program; further providing, in Head Start supplemental assistance, for definitions, for the program and for priority in funding; providing for opportunities for educational excellence through concurrent enrollment; further providing, in education empowerment, for education empowerment districts and for mandate waiver program, and, in community colleges, for definitions, for financial program and for payment reimbursement; providing, in community colleges, for establishment of the Community College Capital Fund and for annual reports; further providing, in the State System of Higher Education, for annual audits and, in educational improvement tax credit, for qualification and application and for limitations on amount of tax credits; further providing, in school district reimbursement, for definitions, for small district assistance and for temporary special aid; providing for basic education funding for 2004-2005 school year; further providing for payments on account of limited English proficiency programs, for payments to intermediate units and for special education payments; providing, in school district reimbursement, for effect of failure to file certain reports; further providing, in school district reimbursement, for approved reimbursable rental for leases and sinking fund and for Pennsylvania Accountability Grants; and making an inconsistent repeal relating to the Workforce Development Act.