Pennsylvania HB 2169: An Act amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act, further providing for death benefit amount.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2811
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2169
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY N. NELSON, SANCHEZ, M. MACKENZIE, RIVERA, HILL-
EVANS, DALEY, SCHWEYER, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, KAZEEM AND WAXMAN,
JANUARY 28, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 28, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
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every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," making editorial changes to delete references
to "approved private school" for the purpose of adding
references to "approved special education school."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1923(5) of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, added November 12,
2025 (P.L.156, No.45), is amended to read:
Section 1923. Department of Education.
The following apply to appropriations to the Department of
Education:
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(5) The amount of money set aside under section 2509.8
of the Public School Code of 1949 shall be allocated to each
approved [private] special education school with a day
tuition determined to be less than $32,000 during the 2010-
2011 school year. The allocation shall be no less than 175%
of the amount allocated in 2015-2016 fiscal year.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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