PRINTER'S NO. 457
No. 410 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, BOSCOLA, WONDERLING, FONTANA, ERICKSON,
WASHINGTON, EARLL, MUSTO, ARMSTRONG, FERLO, RAFFERTY, COSTA,
RHOADES, EICHELBERGER, PIPPY AND PILEGGI, MARCH 13, 2007
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 13, 2007
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 the definition of
6 "institution of higher education"; and further providing for
7 the definitions of "school" and "school age" and for
8 qualification and application.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. The definitions of "school" and "school age" in
12 section 2002-B of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14),
13 known as the Public School Code of 1949, amended July 11, 2006
14 (P.L.1092, No.114), are amended and the section is amended by
15 adding a definition to read:
16 Section 2002-B. Definitions.
17 The following words and phrases when used in this article
18 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
19 context clearly indicates otherwise:
20 * * *
1 "Institution of higher education." A postsecondary
2 institution in this Commonwealth which is authorized to award
3 degrees.
4 * * *
5 "School." A public or nonpublic pre-kindergarten,
6 kindergarten, elementary school or secondary school at which the
7 compulsory attendance requirements of the Commonwealth may be
8 met and which meets the applicable requirements of Title VI of
9 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352, 78 Stat. 241).
10 The term includes a postsecondary institution of higher
11 education.
12 "School age." Children from the earliest admission age to a
13 school's pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program or, when no
14 pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program is provided, the
15 school's earliest admission age for beginners, until the end of
16 the school year the student attains 21 years of age or
17 graduation from high school, whichever occurs first. The term
18 includes students who attend a postsecondary institution of
19 higher education until the end of the school year in which the
20 student attains 23 years of age or graduates from the
21 postsecondary institution of higher education, whichever occurs
22 first.
23 Section 2. Section 2003-B(c) of the act, amended July 13,
24 2005 (P.L.226, No.46), is amended to read:
25 Section 2003-B. Qualification and application.
26 * * *
27 (c) Scholarship organizations and pre-kindergarten
28 scholarship organizations.--A scholarship organization or pre-
29 kindergarten scholarship organization must certify to the
30 department that the organization is eligible to participate in
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1 the program established under this article and must agree to
2 annually report the following information to the department by
3 December 1, 2005, and September 1 of each year thereafter:
4 (1) (i) The number of scholarships awarded during the
5 immediately preceding school year to eligible pre-
6 kindergarten students.
7 (ii) The total and average amounts of the
8 scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
9 school year to eligible pre-kindergarten students.
10 (iii) The number of scholarships awarded during the
11 immediately preceding school year to eligible students in
12 grades K through 8.
13 (iv) The total and average amounts of the
14 scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
15 school year to eligible students in grades K through 8.
16 (v) The number of scholarships awarded during the
17 immediately preceding school year to eligible students in
18 grades 9 through 12.
19 (vi) The total and average amounts of the
20 scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
21 school year to eligible students in grades 9 through 12.
22 (vii) Where the scholarship organization or pre-
23 kindergarten scholarship organization collects
24 information on a county-by-county basis, the total number
25 and the total amount of scholarships awarded during the
26 immediately preceding school year to residents of each
27 county in which the scholarship organization or pre-
28 kindergarten scholarship organization awarded
29 scholarships.
30 (viii) The number of scholarships awarded during the
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1 immediately preceding school year to eligible students in
2 postsecondary institutions of higher education.
3 (ix) The total and average amounts of the
4 scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
5 school year to eligible students in postsecondary
6 institutions of higher education.
7 (2) The information required under paragraph (1) shall
8 be submitted on a form provided by the department. No later
9 than September 1, [2005] 2007, and May 1 of each year
10 thereafter, the department shall annually distribute such
11 sample forms, together with the forms on which the reports
12 are required to be made, to each listed scholarship
13 organization and pre-kindergarten scholarship organization.
14 (3) The department may not require any other information
15 to be provided by scholarship organizations or pre-
16 kindergarten scholarship organizations, except as expressly
17 authorized in this article.
18 * * *
19 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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