Bill Text: PA SB528 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for the definition of "institution of higher education"; and further providing for the definitions of "school" and "school age" and for qualification and application.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-02 - Referred to EDUCATION [SB528 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB528-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 535
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 528 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, FONTANA, ERICKSON, BOSCOLA, ALLOWAY, BAKER, WAUGH, MUSTO, PIPPY, PILEGGI, WOZNIAK, EARLL, FERLO, RAFFERTY AND WONDERLING, MARCH 2, 2009
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 2, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," providing for the definition of
"institution of higher education"; and further providing for
the definitions of "school" and "school age" and for
qualification and application.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "school" and "school age" in
section 2002-B of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14),
known as the Public School Code of 1949, amended July 11, 2006
(P.L.1092, No.114), are amended and the section is amended by
adding a definition to read:
Section 2002-B. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this article
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Institution of higher education." A postsecondary
institution in this Commonwealth which is authorized to award
degrees.
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"School." A public or nonpublic pre-kindergarten,
kindergarten, elementary school or secondary school at which the
compulsory attendance requirements of the Commonwealth may be
met and which meets the applicable requirements of Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352, 78 Stat. 241).
The term includes a postsecondary institution of higher
education.
"School age." Children from the earliest admission age to a
school's pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program or, when no
pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program is provided, the
school's earliest admission age for beginners, until the end of
the school year the student attains 21 years of age or
graduation from high school, whichever occurs first. The term
includes students who attend a postsecondary institution of
higher education until the end of the school year in which the
student attains 23 years of age or graduates from the
postsecondary institution of higher education, whichever occurs
first.
Section 2. Section 2003-B(c) of the act, amended July 13,
2005 (P.L.226, No.46), is amended to read:
Section 2003-B. Qualification and application.
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(c) Scholarship organizations and pre-kindergarten
scholarship organizations.--A scholarship organization or pre-
kindergarten scholarship organization must certify to the
department that the organization is eligible to participate in
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the program established under this article and must agree to
annually report the following information to the department by
December 1, 2005, and September 1 of each year thereafter:
(1) (i) The number of scholarships awarded during the
immediately preceding school year to eligible pre-
kindergarten students.
(ii) The total and average amounts of the
scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
school year to eligible pre-kindergarten students.
(iii) The number of scholarships awarded during the
immediately preceding school year to eligible students in
grades K through 8.
(iv) The total and average amounts of the
scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
school year to eligible students in grades K through 8.
(v) The number of scholarships awarded during the
immediately preceding school year to eligible students in
grades 9 through 12.
(vi) The total and average amounts of the
scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
school year to eligible students in grades 9 through 12.
(vii) Where the scholarship organization or pre-
kindergarten scholarship organization collects
information on a county-by-county basis, the total number
and the total amount of scholarships awarded during the
immediately preceding school year to residents of each
county in which the scholarship organization or pre-
kindergarten scholarship organization awarded
scholarships.
(viii) The number of scholarships awarded during the
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immediately preceding school year to eligible students in
postsecondary institutions of higher education.
(ix) The total and average amounts of the
scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
school year to eligible students in postsecondary
institutions of higher education.
(2) The information required under paragraph (1) shall
be submitted on a form provided by the department. No later
than September 1, [2005] 2009, and May 1 of each year
thereafter, the department shall annually distribute such
sample forms, together with the forms on which the reports
are required to be made, to each listed scholarship
organization and pre-kindergarten scholarship organization.
(3) The department may not require any other information
to be provided by scholarship organizations or pre-
kindergarten scholarship organizations, except as expressly
authorized in this article.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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