PRINTER'S NO. 1167
No. 1030 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY GEORGE, WOZNIAK, KRUSZEWSKI, STEELMAN, SURRA,
CAPPABIANCA, FEE AND BOWLEY, APRIL 8, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 8, 1991
AN ACT
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," further providing for small district
6 assistance.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 2502.13 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended July 8, 1989 (P.L.253, No.43), is amended to read:
12 Section 2502.13. Small District Assistance.--For the 1984-
13 1985 and 1985-1986 school years, the Commonwealth shall pay to
14 each school district which has an average daily membership of
15 one thousand five hundred (1,500) or less and has a market
16 value/income aid ratio of five thousand ten-thousandths (0.5000)
17 or greater, an amount equal to fifty dollars ($50) multiplied by
18 that district's average daily membership. For the 1985-1986
19 school year, no school district shall receive less on account of
1 this section than it did for the 1984-1985 school year. For the
2 school year 1986-1987, the Commonwealth shall pay to each school
3 district which has an average daily membership of one thousand
4 five hundred (1,500) or less and has a market value/income aid
5 ratio of five thousand ten-thousandths (0.5000) or greater, or
6 received payments under this section for the 1985-1986 school
7 year, an amount equal to seventy-five dollars ($75) multiplied
8 by that district's average daily membership. For the school year
9 1987-1988, the Commonwealth shall pay to each school district
10 which has an average daily membership of one thousand five
11 hundred (1,500) or less and a market value/income aid ratio of
12 five thousand ten-thousandths (0.5000) or greater, or received
13 payments under this section for the 1986-1987 school year, an
14 amount equal to eighty-five dollars ($85) multiplied by that
15 district's average daily membership. For the school year 1988-
16 1989 [and each school year thereafter,] the Commonwealth shall
17 pay to each school district which has an average daily
18 membership of one thousand five hundred (1,500) or less and a
19 market value/income aid ratio of five thousand ten thousandths
20 (0.5000) or greater, or received payments under this section for
21 the 1987-1988 school year, an amount equal to one hundred five
22 dollars ($105) multiplied by that district's average daily
23 membership. [For the 1987-1988 school year and each school year
24 thereafter, no school district shall receive less on account of
25 this section than it did for the prior school year.] For the
26 school year 1990-1991, and each school year thereafter, the
27 Commonwealth shall pay to each school district which has an
28 average daily membership of one thousand five hundred (1,500) or
29 less and a market value/income aid ratio of five thousand ten
30 thousandths (0.5000) or greater, or received payments under this
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1 section for the 1989-1990 school year, an amount equal to one
2 hundred thirty dollars ($130) multiplied by that district's
3 average daily membership. Each school district with a population
4 per square mile of less than ninety (90), which otherwise meets
5 the average daily membership and market value/income aid ratio
6 requirements of this section, shall receive an amount equal to
7 one hundred fifty dollars ($150) multiplied by that district's
8 average daily membership.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1991.
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