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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PICCOLA, VANCE, CORMAN, M. WHITE, ALLOWAY, SMUCKER AND FOLMER, MAY 7, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MAY 7, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An |
2 | act relating to the public school system, including certain |
3 | provisions applicable as well to private and parochial |
4 | schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the |
5 | laws relating thereto," in community colleges, further |
6 | providing for financial program and reimbursement of |
7 | payments. |
8 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
9 | hereby enacts as follows: |
10 | Section 1. Section 1913-A(a) of the act of March 10, 1949 |
11 | (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, |
12 | amended June 7, 1993 (P.L.49, No.16), is amended to read: |
13 | Section 1913-A. Financial Program; Reimbursement of |
14 | Payments.--(a) [The] (1) Except as otherwise provided in |
15 | paragraph (2), the plan submitted by the local sponsor shall set |
16 | forth a financial program for the operation of the community |
17 | college. The plan shall provide that the local sponsor shall |
18 | appropriate or provide to the community college an amount at |
19 | least equal to the community college's annual operating costs |
20 | less the student tuition as determined in section 1908-A(a) less |
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1 | the Commonwealth's payment as determined in subsection (b)(1) of |
2 | this section. The plan shall also provide that one-half of the |
3 | annual capital expenses shall be appropriated or provided by the |
4 | local sponsor to the community college. The local sponsor's |
5 | appropriation for annual operating costs and annual capital |
6 | expenses may in part be represented by real or personal property |
7 | or services made available to the community college. The plan |
8 | shall indicate whether the appropriation shall come from general |
9 | revenues, loan funds, special tax levies or from other sources, |
10 | including student tuitions. |
11 | (2) (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), |
12 | for a community college that is sponsored by one or more school |
13 | districts, has an enrollment head count in excess of 20,000 and |
14 | consists of more than four campuses that are approved by both |
15 | the Department of Education and the Middle States Association of |
16 | Colleges and Schools, the plan submitted by the local sponsor |
17 | shall set forth a financial program for the operation of the |
18 | community college and shall provide that the local sponsor shall |
19 | appropriate or provide to the community college for the |
20 | community college's annual operating costs and annual capital |
21 | expenses an amount negotiated by the governing body of the local |
22 | sponsor and the community college, provided that the amount |
23 | negotiated shall not exceed the sum of: |
24 | (A) an amount at least equal to the community college's |
25 | annual operating costs less the student tuition as determined in |
26 | section 1908-A(a) less the Commonwealth's payment as determined |
27 | in subsection (b)(1); and |
28 | (B) one-half of the annual capital expenses of the community |
29 | college. |
30 | (ii) The local sponsor's appropriation for annual operating |
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1 | costs and annual capital expenses may in part be represented by |
2 | real or personal property or services made available to the |
3 | community college. The plan shall indicate whether the |
4 | appropriation shall come from general revenues, loan funds, |
5 | special tax levies or from other sources, including student |
6 | tuitions. |
7 | (iii) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "enrollment |
8 | head count" shall mean the number of students enrolled on a |
9 | full-time or part-time basis at a community college in the |
10 | immediately preceding fall semester. |
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12 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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