PRINTER'S NO. 750
No. 712 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY MASLAND, VANCE, YOUNGBLOOD, ARMSTRONG, THOMAS,
NAILOR, EGOLF, BELARDI, PESCI, CLARK, BAKER, BARRAR, CLYMER,
L. I. COHEN, M. COHEN, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, LAUGHLIN,
MAHER, MARSICO, McCALL, MICHLOVIC, MICOZZIE, RUBLEY, SAINATO,
SAYLOR, SEMMEL, SEYFERT, B. SMITH, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO,
VAN HORNE AND WALKO, MARCH 2, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 2, 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," further providing for cost of tuition
6 and for manner of fixing tuition.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1309 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended June 30, 1995 (P.L.220, No.26), is amended to read:
12 Section 1309. Cost of Tuition; How Fixed.--(a) The cost of
13 tuition in such cases shall be fixed as is now provided by law
14 for tuition costs in other cases, except in the following
15 circumstances:
16 (1) Where, for the accommodation of such children, it shall
17 be necessary to provide a separate school or to erect additional
18 school buildings, the charge for tuition for such children may
1 include a proportionate cost of the operating expenses, rental,
2 and interest on any investment required to be made in erecting
3 such new school buildings.
4 (2) When a child who is an inmate of an institution is a
5 child with exceptionalities, the district in which the
6 institution is located may charge the district of residence, and
7 the district of residence shall pay a special education charge
8 in addition to the applicable tuition charge. Such special
9 education charge when combined with the applicable tuition
10 charge shall not exceed the total net cost of the special
11 education program provided. In the case of a child with
12 exceptionalities who is an inmate of an institution and who is
13 served under section 2509.1(b), the district in which the
14 institution is located may charge the district of residence an
15 amount that does not exceed the total cost of the special
16 education program provided minus the amount received per child
17 from the Commonwealth under section 2509.1(b).
18 (3) When a non-resident child who is placed in the home of a
19 resident of any school district by order of the court or by
20 arrangement with an association, agency or institution having
21 the care of neglected and dependent children is a child with
22 exceptionalities, the district of residence shall pay a special
23 education charge in addition to the applicable tuition charge
24 paid under section 2503. Such special education charge when
25 combined with the applicable tuition charge shall not exceed the
26 total net cost of the special education program.
27 (b) The tuition herein provided for shall be paid annually
28 by the Secretary of Education, the district of residence or the
29 institution as the case may be.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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