PRINTER'S NO. 1437
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1311
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, SCHLOSSBERG, MADDEN, McNEILL, HILL-EVANS,
KHAN, HANBIDGE, MALAGARI, SANCHEZ, DELLOSO, PROBST, ROZZI,
T. DAVIS, CERRATO, O'MARA, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, OTTEN, ISAACSON,
KINSEY, SIEGEL, KAZEEM, GERGELY, KRAJEWSKI, GIRAL, WEBSTER,
PASHINSKI, HARKINS, FRIEL, HOWARD, GUENST, SHUSTERMAN AND
GREEN, JUNE 5, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 5, 2023
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 Level-Up Supplement
for 2022-2023 school year.
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 2502.56. Level-Up Supplement for 2022-2023 School
Year.--The Commonwealth shall pay to qualifying school districts
a Level-Up Supplement allocation for the 2022-2023 school year
as follows:
(1) A school district shall be determined to be a qualifying
school district if it meets any of the following:
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(i) The school district was determined to be a qualifying
school district under section 2502.55.
(ii) The school district has an amount less than or equal to
the amount that represents the twentieth percentile for all
school districts in the following calculation:
(A) For each of the five preceding school years, calculate
the following:
(I) For each school district, the sum of the amount of
student weights calculated under section 2502.53(c)(1)(ii),
(iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) and the amount of weighted special
education headcounts calculated under section 2509.5(bbb)(2)(i).
(II) For each school district, divide the current
expenditures by the sum calculated for the school district in
subclause (I).
(III) For each school district, calculate the average of the
quotients calculated under subclause (II).
(B) (Reserved).
(2) Qualifying school districts determined under paragraph
(1) shall receive an amount calculated as follows:
(i) For each qualifying school district, multiply the
product in section 2502.53(b)(2)(i) for the 2022-2023 school
year by $400,000,000.
(ii) Divide the product in subparagraph (i) by the sum of
the products in section 2502.53(b)(2)(i) for the 2022-2023
school year for all qualifying school districts.
(3) Payments made under this section shall be deemed to be
part of the school district's allocation amount under section
2502.53(b)(1) for the 2023-2024 school year and each school year
thereafter.
(4) The provisions contained in sections 2502.53 and 2509.5
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shall apply to the calculation of the respective factors in this
section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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