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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, FONTANA, ERICKSON, BOSCOLA, ALLOWAY, BAKER, WAUGH, MUSTO, PIPPY, PILEGGI, WOZNIAK, EARLL, FERLO, RAFFERTY AND WONDERLING, MARCH 2, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 2, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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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: |
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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. |
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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] 2009, 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. |
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19 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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