PRINTER'S NO. 1319
No. 1166 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY McILHATTAN, FLEAGLE, THOMAS, HARHART, SANTONI,
LYNCH, RAYMOND, STAIRS, ZUG, DALLY, BAKER, BELFANTI, BOYES,
BUNT, CLARK, CLYMER, L. I. COHEN, COLAFELLA, CURRY, DEMPSEY,
FAIRCHILD, FARGO, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HERMAN,
HUTCHINSON, KREBS, LEH, MAYERNIK, McCALL, MELIO, NAILOR,
ORIE, PLATTS, READSHAW, ROONEY, RUBLEY, SATHER, SAYLOR,
SEMMEL, SEYFERT, B. SMITH, SNYDER, STEVENSON, STURLA, SURRA,
E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TRELLO, WOJNAROSKI, WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD,
HANNA, BENNINGHOFF, McILHINNEY, STERN, ROSS, GEIST, HESS,
FORCIER, PIPPY, MYERS AND WILT, APRIL 7, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 7, 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," increasing the Commonwealth payments
6 for approved vocational extension classes and preemployment
7 training classes.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 2507 of the act of March 10, 1949
11 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
12 amended August 5, 1991 (P.L.219, No.25), is amended to read:
13 Section 2507. Payments on Account of Approved Vocational
14 Extension Classes and Pre-employment Training.--Every school
15 district and every vocational school district and area
16 vocational-technical school, regardless of classification, shall
1 be paid by the Commonwealth for every school year, on account of
2 approved vocational extension classes and pre-employment
3 training, eighty per cent (80%) of the sum which was expended by
4 the district or area vocational-technical school for the
5 compensation of vocational extension and pre-employment training
6 teachers and supervisors. For the purpose of computing
7 reimbursement, the maximum compensation shall be four dollars
8 ($4.00) per hour for the 1985-1986 through the 1989-1990 school
9 years and eight dollars and sixty cents ($8.60) per hour for the
10 1990-1991 [school year] through 1997-1998 school years and
11 seventeen dollars and ninety-four cents ($17.94) per hour for
12 the 1998-1999 school year and each school year thereafter and
13 the amount expended for supervisory salaries shall not exceed
14 twenty per cent (20%) of the sum expended for teachers'
15 salaries: Provided, That in special cases when travel time or
16 unusual preparation of instructional materials or other factors
17 result in an inadequate compensation, the Department of
18 Education may approve additional reimbursable employment time
19 for such additional services upon the submission of adequate
20 substantiative evidence from the responsible superintendent of
21 schools. For the 1985-1986 school year and each school year
22 thereafter, the Commonwealth shall pay the amount required by
23 this section to the school district or area vocational-technical
24 school which provided the approved vocational extension classes
25 and pre-employment training for which reimbursement is made.
26 Section 2. The sum of $2,600,000, or as much thereof as may
27 be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of
28 Education for the fiscal year July 1, 1998, to June 30, 1999,
29 for the purpose of increased payments for approved vocational
30 extension classes and preemployment training classes.
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1 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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