Pennsylvania HB 1521: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in pupils and attendance, further providing for cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children in approved institutions.

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PRINTER'S NO. 1956 

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL 

No.

1521 

Session of 

2017 

INTRODUCED BY CHRISTIANA, SAYLOR, BERNSTINE, MARSHALL AND 

DeLUCA, JUNE 9, 2017 

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 9, 2017 

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," in pupils and attendance, further 

providing for cost of tuition and maintenance of certain 

exceptional children in approved institutions.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1376(c.9) of the act of March 10, 1949 

(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, added 

July 13, 2016 (P.L.716, No.86), is amended and the section is 

amended by adding a subsection to read:

Section 1376. Cost of Tuition and Maintenance of Certain 

Exceptional Children in Approved Institutions.--* * *

(c.9) [Beginning] Except as provided under subsection 

(c.10), beginning with audited data for the 2016-2017 school 

year, the total of the amounts remitted to the Commonwealth 

under subsection (c.2)(5)(ii) shall be distributed to each 

approved private school with reportable costs that exceed the 

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amount of revenue received as follows:

(1) Subtract the amount of revenue received under subsection 

(a.2) from the reportable costs in the audit submitted to the 

Department of Education under subsection (c.2)(4).

(2) Multiply the amount in paragraph (1) by the lesser of 

the total of the amounts remitted to the Commonwealth under 

subsection (c.2)(5)(ii) or the total of the amounts in paragraph 

(1).

(3) Divide the amount in paragraph (2) by the total of the 

amounts in paragraph (1).

(4) Funds distributed under this subsection shall be paid in 

May of the following school year.

(5) Funds distributed under this subsection shall not be 

included in determining the payment amount under subsection 

(a.2).

(c.10) For the 2017-2018 fiscal year, $2,115,000 of the 

total of the amounts remitted to the Commonwealth under 

subsection (c.2)(5)(ii) shall be distributed to an approved 

private school which received funding during the 2015-2016 

fiscal year under section 1722-L(6) of the act of April 9, 1929 

(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code. For the purposes of 

funds appropriated for approved private schools, a payment made 

under this subsection shall be considered part of the base 

allocation in subsection (a.2).

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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