PRINTER'S NO. 8
No. 16 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY STAIRS, SCHULER, HERMAN, STEVENSON, NAILOR,
BATTISTO, STURLA, MARKOSEK, STABACK, BELARDI, GODSHALL,
BROWNE, CAWLEY, MASLAND, CHADWICK, NICKOL, COY, GEIST, STERN,
LAUGHLIN, BARRAR, GORDNER, READSHAW, TIGUE, RUBLEY, BAKER,
SATHER, TULLI, WILT, McNAUGHTON, HALUSKA, HENNESSEY, SHANER,
HESS, HASAY, ORIE, DEMPSEY, MANDERINO, FAIRCHILD, SCHRODER,
WOJNAROSKI, MAITLAND, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, CLYMER, BARD,
HERSHEY, ROSS, PRESTON, DALLY, MICOZZIE, GIGLIOTTI, B. SMITH,
MELIO, CURRY, S. MILLER, RAMOS, CAPPABIANCA, SEYFERT,
BENNINGHOFF AND FLICK, JANUARY 20, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 20, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," providing for an aid ratio guarantee.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
9 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
10 section to read:
11 Section 2509.12. Aid Ratio Guarantee.--During the 1999-2000
12 school year and each school year thereafter, the Commonwealth
13 shall pay to each school district the greater of:
14 (a) the Commonwealth payments to the school district
15 pursuant to section 2509.5 during the prior school year;
1 (b) the amount due the school district under section 2509.5;
2 or
3 (c) the product of:
4 (1) the district's market value/personal income aid ratio
5 reported by the Department of Education for the current school
6 year or five thousand ten thousandths (.5000), whichever is
7 greater; and
8 (2) the district's expenditures on special education
9 programs in the school year three (3) years before the year for
10 which these payments are to be made. For the calculation under
11 this subsection, a district's expenditures on special education
12 programs shall be:
13 (i) For each school district belonging to an intermediate
14 unit, the boundary of which is not coterminous with that of the
15 district, the amount reported for function code 1200-000 on its
16 Annual Financial Report (PDE-2057) as certified by the
17 Department of Education on the date the Commonwealth's budget is
18 enacted for that school year.
19 (ii) For each school district belonging to an intermediate
20 unit, the boundary of which is coterminous with that of the
21 district, the amount reported by the intermediate unit as "Total
22 Available for Instruction" on its Final Expenditure Report--
23 Special Education Programs (PDE-2115) as certified by the
24 Department of Education on the date the Commonwealth's budget is
25 enacted for that school year.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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