PRINTER'S NO. 2212
No. 1630 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY HESS, FISHER, HOPPER, CORMAN, LEMMOND, WILT,
WENGER, HOLL, GREENLEAF, ROCKS, SALVATORE, PETERSON,
SHUMAKER, GREENWOOD, BELL, JUBELIRER, MADIGAN, HELFRICK AND
PECORA, MAY 30, 1990
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MAY 30, 1990
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," authorizing school districts to
6 develop and implement integrated collaborative support
7 service programs for certain students.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
11 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
12 section to read:
13 Section 1512.1. Education Support Systems.--(a) Any school
14 district may provide an integrated collaborative student support
15 system. School districts may where they deem appropriate develop
16 an integrated collaborative support service program to assist
17 students enrolled in basic education programs who have been
18 identified by their instructor as being at risk of not achieving
19 their potential either academically or developmentally.
1 (b) To receive funds under this section, a school district
2 shall develop and submit to the Department of Education a
3 description of the programs and services it has in place to
4 assist students who are at risk of not achieving in school
5 according to their needs and abilities. Such services may
6 include, but need not be limited to, remediation programs,
7 health services, counseling services, assessment and evaluation
8 services or home and school visitor or social work services. The
9 purpose of the description is to set forth student support
10 programs and services in an integrated way so that they most
11 effectively and efficiently meet the needs of students. The
12 program description shall be prepared for each school building
13 in the district by a team of professional employees chaired by
14 the principal or the principal's designee. Each school building
15 is encouraged to develop systems that provide opportunities for
16 school professionals to meet on a regular basis with the
17 principal or the principal's designee to share information which
18 will assist teachers in addressing the specific learning
19 behavioral or skills needs of individual students as part of the
20 regular education program. School building descriptions shall be
21 submitted to the board of school directors which shall develop a
22 coordinated district program description to be submitted to the
23 department.
24 (c) The department shall pay each district submitting a
25 description of its integrated, collaborative student support
26 system an amount equal to the district's elementary weighted
27 average daily membership multiplied by its market value/personal
28 income aid ratio and the sum of $10.00. This amount shall
29 initially be paid in the school year in which the description is
30 submitted. In all subsequent school years the amount shall be
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1 included in the school district's "Equalized Subsidy for Basic
2 Education" as defined in clause (18) of section 2501.
3 Section 2. Section 2501(18) of the act, amended July 1, 1985
4 (P.L.103, No.31), is amended to read:
5 Section 2501. Definitions.--For the purposes of this article
6 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
7 * * *
8 (18) "Equalized Subsidy for Basic Education." For the school
9 year 1982-1983 and each school year thereafter, each school
10 district shall be paid by the Commonwealth an equalized subsidy
11 for basic education, which shall consist of any or all of the
12 following, as applicable:
13 (i) Payments on account of instruction, as provided for in
14 subsections (d) and (e) of section 2502.
15 (ii) An economic supplement, as provided for in section
16 2502.11.
17 (iii) Assistance to small districts as provided for in
18 section 2502.13.
19 (iv) Payment for an integrated collaborative student support
20 system as provided in section 1512.1.
21 * * *
22 Section 3. The provisions of 22 Pa. Code Chapters 14 and 342
23 insofar as they relate to or provide for instructional support
24 services of any kind or type are rescinded.
25 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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