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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PICCOLA, VANCE, ORIE AND O'PAKE, JANUARY 29, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JANUARY 29, 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," further providing for cost of tuition |
6 | and maintenance of certain exceptional children in approved |
7 | institutions. |
8 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
9 | hereby enacts as follows: |
10 | Section 1. Section 1376 (a.2) of the act of March 10, 1949 |
11 | (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, |
12 | amended July 4, 2004 (P.L.536, No.70), is amended and the |
13 | section is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
14 | Section 1376. Cost of Tuition and Maintenance of Certain |
15 | Exceptional Children in Approved Institutions.--* * * |
16 | (a.2) [For] Except as provided in subsection (a.3), for the |
17 | 2005-2006 school year and each school year thereafter, the |
18 | Department of Education shall determine the payment amount for |
19 | each approved private school for all students enrolled in an |
20 | approved private school for the prior school year as follows: |
21 | (1) (i) Multiply the payment determined for the immediate |
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1 | preceding school year by one hundred and twenty-five percent |
2 | (125%) of the percentage increase in the appropriation for |
3 | special education for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year |
4 | in which payments under this subsection are made. |
5 | (ii) Add the product from subparagraph (i) to the payment |
6 | determined for the immediate preceding school year. |
7 | (2) No later than May 10, 2005, and no later than May 10 of |
8 | each year thereafter, the Department of Education shall notify |
9 | each school district of residence or charter school of a child |
10 | enrolled in an approved private school of its payment amount |
11 | under subsection (a). |
12 | (3) The Department of Education shall pay each approved |
13 | private school the total amount calculated pursuant to this |
14 | subsection divided into twelve (12) monthly payments. The |
15 | Department of Education shall withhold the school district or |
16 | charter school payment amount calculated under subsection (a) |
17 | from the amount of any and all State payments made to the school |
18 | district or charter school. In no event shall the sum of the |
19 | Commonwealth's share of payments to approved private schools |
20 | under this subsection exceed the appropriation for approved |
21 | private schools. |
22 | (a.3) For the 2009-2010 school year with respect to an |
23 | approved private school referenced in subsection (a.1)(3), the |
24 | Department of Education shall determine the payment amount under |
25 | subsection (a.2) by multiplying the school's approved tuition |
26 | rate determined pursuant to subsection (c.5) for the 2007-2008 |
27 | school year by the enrollment capacity for the school approved |
28 | by the Department of Education in August 2003. For the 2010-2011 |
29 | school year and each school year thereafter, payments shall be |
30 | calculated in accordance with subsection (a.2)(1). |
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2 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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