PRINTER'S NO. 1210
No. 1013 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY SCHWARTZ, HUGHES, BELAN, TARTAGLIONE, O'PAKE,
KUKOVICH, KITCHEN, KASUNIC, STOUT, COSTA, BODACK, MELLOW,
MUSTO AND FUMO, JUNE 14, 1999
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JUNE 14, 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 a full-day
6 kindergarten incentive; and making an appropriation.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
10 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
11 section to read:
12 Section 2502.36. Full-Day Kindergarten Incentive.--(a) In
13 the school year 1999-2000 and every school year thereafter, the
14 Commonwealth shall pay a full-day kindergarten incentive under
15 subsection (c) to every school district that qualifies under
16 subsection (b). The full-day kindergarten incentive shall be
17 paid in addition to any other payments to which a school
18 district may be entitled under any other provision of this act.
19 (b) A school district shall qualify for the full-day
1 kindergarten incentive if it meets both of the following
2 criteria:
3 (1) The district had at least ten (10) full-day kindergarten
4 pupils in average daily membership during the school year three
5 (3) years prior to the payment year.
6 (2) The district had a market value/income aid ratio greater
7 than four thousand five hundred ten thousandths (.4500) during
8 the school year three (3) years prior to the payment year.
9 (c) For each qualifying school district, the full-day
10 kindergarten incentive shall be calculated by multiplying the
11 number of full-day kindergarten pupils in average daily
12 membership during the school year three (3) years prior to the
13 payment year by the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
14 Section 2. The sum of $32,300,000, or as much thereof as may
15 be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of
16 Education for the fiscal year July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2000, to
17 carry out the provisions of this act.
18 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999, or
19 immediately, whichever is later.
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