THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY MOUL, BAKER, BOBACK, BOYD, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, GINGRICH, HUTCHINSON, KAVULICH, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MILLER, MIRABITO, MURT, PEIFER, RAPP, SCAVELLO AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 21, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 21, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, providing for an education registration plate;

establishing the Technology in Education Fund; and providing

for payments to special funds.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 1366.  Education registration plate.

(a)  Plate.--The department, in consultation with the

Department of Education, shall design and issue an education

registration plate.

(b)  Issuance.--The department shall issue the registration

plate for a passenger car, motor home, trailer or truck with a

registered gross weight of not more than 9,000 pounds.

(c)  Fees.--

(1)  An initial one-time fee of $30, which shall be in

addition to the annual registration fee, shall be collected

by the department for each plate issued under this section.

(2)  An annual fee of $10, which shall be in addition to

the annual registration fee, shall be collected by the

department for each plate issued under this section in each

subsequent year.

(d)  Use of fee.--The fee paid under subsection (c) shall be

distributed as follows:

(1)  Twenty dollars of the initial one-time fee shall be

deposited into the Technology in Education Fund.

(2)  Ten dollars of the recurring fee shall be deposited

into the Technology in Education Fund.

Section 2.  Section 1905 of Title 75 is amended by adding a

subsection to read:

§ 1905.  Payments to special funds.

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(d)  Technology in Education Fund.--

(1)  There is established a special account in the State

Treasury which shall be known as the Technology in Education

Fund. The purpose of the Technology in Education Fund is to

pay for computer technology in the public schools.

(2)  All moneys received under section 1366(d)(1)

(relating to education registration plate) and all interest

received on the moneys in the Technology in Education Fund

shall be credited to the Technology in Education Fund.

(3)  Subject to approval under paragraphs (5) and (6),

all funds in the Technology in Education Fund are hereby

annually appropriated to the Department of Education and

shall be used for the purposes authorized under this

subsection and in accordance with paragraph (4).

(4)  Funds shall be allocated to public school districts

through a competitive grant review process established by the

Department of Education as follows:

(i)  A district receiving funds from the Technology

in Education Fund in any given fiscal year shall be

ineligible to receive further grants from the Technology

in Education Fund for two subsequent fiscal years.

(ii)  The Department of Education may establish

matching requirements for districts receiving moneys from

the Technology in Education Fund.

(iii)  The application for a grant shall be made at

such time and in such form as the Secretary of Education

may require.

(5)  Estimates of amounts to be expended under this

subsection shall be submitted to the Governor by the

Department of Education for his approval.

(6)  The State Treasurer shall not honor any requisition

for expenditures by the Department of Education in excess of

estimates approved by the Governor under paragraph (5) or in

excess of the amount available for the purposes for which the

requisition was made, whichever is the lesser amount.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.