PRINTER'S NO. 1873
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1416
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY STURLA, McNEILL, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS,
D. WILLIAMS, ROZZI, SANCHEZ, WEBSTER, MERSKI, CIRESI, O'MARA,
N. NELSON, MALAGARI AND GUZMAN, JUNE 22, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 22, 2021
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 accelerated fair
funding.
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. Accelerated Fair Funding.--(a) The General
Assembly finds and declares that, to fulfill its duties to
maintain and support a thorough and efficient system of public
education to serve the needs of this Commonwealth under section
14 of Article III of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, the
inequities resulting from not applying the student-weighted
basic education funding formula to all basic education funding
must be corrected by prioritizing new funding for school
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