PRINTER'S NO. 1924
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1304
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WILEY, JUNE 14, 2016
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JUNE 14, 2016
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," in reimbursements by Commonwealth and
between school districts, providing for emergency
supplemental payment for basic education funding for 2015-
2016 school year; and making an appropriation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 2502.55. E mergency Supplemental Payment for Basic
Education Funding for 2015-2016 School Year.--(a) For the 2015-
2016 school year, an eligible school district as provided in
subsection (b) shall receive an emergency supplemental payment
for basic education funding as calculated in subsection (c).
(b) A school district that meets the following criteria
shall be an eligible school district:
(1) An average daily membership for the 2014-2015 school
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year that is equal to or greater than seven thousand (7,000) and
less than twenty thousand (20,000).
(2) A total expenditure per average daily membership for the
2013-2014 school year that is less than fifteen thousand ninety-
one dollars ($15,091).
(3) The difference between the following amounts is greater
than ten percent (10%):
(i) the allocation received by the school district for basic
education funding for the 2014-2015 school year under section
1722-L(17.1) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176),
known as "The Fiscal Code" ; and
(ii) the amount that the school district would qualify to
receive for the 2015-2016 school year by the application of
section 2502.53 to the entire basic education funding
appropriation for fiscal year 2016-2017.
(c) An eligible school district shall receive an emergency
supplemental payment for basic education funding for the 2015-
2016 school year that shall be calculated as follows:
(1) Divide the amount of the difference calculated under
subsection (b)(3) for the eligible school district by the total
amount of the differences calculated for all eligible school
districts.
(2) Multiply the quotient in paragraph (1) by one hundred
fifty million dollars ($150,000,000).
Section 2. The sum of $150,000,000 is hereby appropriated to
the Department of Education for the purpose of emergency
supplemental payments for basic education funding for the 2015-
2016 school year in accordance with section 2502.55 of the act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016, or
immediately, whichever is later.
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