PRINTER'S NO. 748
No. 680 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, VAN HORNE, COLAIZZO, F. TAYLOR, CORRIGAN,
CAWLEY, BILLOW, JOHNSON, GIGLIOTTI, VEON AND J. L. WRIGHT,
MARCH 7, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 7, 1989
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," removing the market value/income aid
6 ratio from the formula for small school district assistance.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 2502.13 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended October 20, 1988 (P.L.827, No.110), is amended to read:
12 Section 2502.13. Small District Assistance.--For the 1984-
13 1985 and 1985-1986 school years, the Commonwealth shall pay to
14 each school district which has an average daily membership of
15 one thousand five hundred (1,500) or less and has a market
16 value/income aid ratio of five thousand ten-thousandths (0.5000)
17 or greater, an amount equal to fifty dollars ($50) multiplied by
18 that district's average daily membership. For the 1985-1986
19 school year, no school district shall receive less on account of
1 this section than it did for the 1984-1985 school year. For the
2 school year 1986-1987, the Commonwealth shall pay to each school
3 district which has an average daily membership of one thousand
4 five hundred (1,500) or less and has a market value/income aid
5 ratio of five thousand ten-thousandths (0.5000) or greater, or
6 received payments under this section for the 1985-1986 school
7 year, an amount equal to seventy-five dollars ($75) multiplied
8 by that district's average daily membership. For the school year
9 1987-1988 and each school year thereafter, the Commonwealth
10 shall pay to each school district which has an average daily
11 membership of one thousand five hundred (1,500) or less [and a
12 market value/income aid ratio of five thousand ten-thousandths
13 (0.5000) or greater], or received payments under this section
14 for the 1986-1987 school year, an amount equal to eighty-five
15 dollars ($85) multiplied by that district's average daily
16 membership. For the 1987-1988 school year and each school year
17 thereafter, no school district shall receive less on account of
18 this section than it did for the 1986-1987 school year.
19 Section 2. This act shall apply to the school year 1989-1990
20 and each school year thereafter.
21 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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