PRINTER'S NO. 1956
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1521
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CHRISTIANA, SAYLOR, BERNSTINE, MARSHALL AND
DeLUCA, JUNE 9, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 9, 2017
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 pupils and attendance, further
providing for cost of tuition and maintenance of certain
exceptional children in approved institutions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1376(c.9) of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, added
July 13, 2016 (P.L.716, No.86), is amended and the section is
amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 1376. Cost of Tuition and Maintenance of Certain
Exceptional Children in Approved Institutions.--* * *
(c.9) [Beginning] Except as provided under subsection
(c.10), beginning with audited data for the 2016-2017 school
year, the total of the amounts remitted to the Commonwealth
under subsection (c.2)(5)(ii) shall be distributed to each
approved private school with reportable costs that exceed the
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amount of revenue received as follows:
(1) Subtract the amount of revenue received under subsection
(a.2) from the reportable costs in the audit submitted to the
Department of Education under subsection (c.2)(4).
(2) Multiply the amount in paragraph (1) by the lesser of
the total of the amounts remitted to the Commonwealth under
subsection (c.2)(5)(ii) or the total of the amounts in paragraph
(1).
(3) Divide the amount in paragraph (2) by the total of the
amounts in paragraph (1).
(4) Funds distributed under this subsection shall be paid in
May of the following school year.
(5) Funds distributed under this subsection shall not be
included in determining the payment amount under subsection
(a.2).
(c.10) For the 2017-2018 fiscal year, $2,115,000 of the
total of the amounts remitted to the Commonwealth under
subsection (c.2)(5)(ii) shall be distributed to an approved
private school which received funding during the 2015-2016
fiscal year under section 1722-L(6) of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code. For the purposes of
funds appropriated for approved private schools, a payment made
under this subsection shall be considered part of the base
allocation in subsection (a.2).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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