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§ 25-2599.6. Ready-to-Learn Block Grant

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: December 13, 2023

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 24 P.S. Education
Chapter 1. Public School Code of 1949 (Refs & Annos)
Article XXV. Reimbursements by Commonwealth and Between School Districts (Refs & Annos)
Subarticle (h). Additional Payments
Effective: December 13, 2023
24 P.S. § 25-2599.6
§ 25-2599.6. Ready-to-Learn Block Grant
Currentness
(a) For the 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 school years, each school entity shall receive a Ready-to-Learn Block Grant in an amount not less than the sum of:
(1) An amount equal to the amount the school entity received during the 2013-2014 school year under section 2599.2.1
(2) An amount equal to the amount the school entity received during the 2014-2015 school year under section 1722-J(21)(ii) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 343, No. 176),2 known as The Fiscal Code.
(3) An amount equal to the amount the school entity received during the 2015-2016 school year under section 1722-L(21)(i)(C)3 of The Fiscal Code.
(a.1) For the 2019-2020 school year and each school year thereafter, each school entity shall receive a Ready-to-Learn Block Grant in an amount not less than the amount received by the school entity from the appropriation for the Ready-to-Learn Block Grant during the 2018-2019 fiscal year.
(a.2) For the 2022-2023 school year and each school year thereafter, each school entity shall receive a Ready-to-Learn Block Grant in an amount not less than the amount received by the school entity from the appropriation for the Ready-to-Learn Block Grant during the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
(a.3) For the 2022-2023 school year, the sum of $100,000,000 shall be transferred within 15 days of the effective date of this subsection4 from the appropriation to the Department of Education for the Ready-to-Learn Block Grant to the School Safety and Security Fund.
(a.4) For the 2023-2024 school year and each school year thereafter, each school entity shall receive a Ready-to-Learn Block Grant in an amount not less than the amount received by the school entity from the appropriation for the Ready-to-Learn Block Grant during the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
(b) Funding received by a school entity under this section shall be used in accordance with the provisions contained in sections 2599.2 and 1722-J(21)(v) of The Fiscal Code and may be used for integrated student supports.
(c) To be eligible to receive funding under this section, each school entity shall submit a plan for approval to the department outlining how the funding will be used.
(d) The amount equal to the revenues received by a school district under subsection (a)(2) shall not be included in the school district's budgeted total expenditure per average daily membership used to calculate the amount to be paid to a charter school under section 1725-A(a)(2) and (3).5
(e) For the purposes of this section, a “school entity” shall be a school district, charter school, cyber charter school or regional charter school.

Credits

1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XXV, § 2599.6, added 2016, July 13, P.L. 716, No. 86, § 18, imd. effective. Amended 2017, Nov. 6, P.L. 1142, No. 55, § 19, retroactive effective July 1, 2017; 2018, June 22, P.L. 241, No. 39, § 18, effective July 1, 2018; 2019, June 28, P.L. 117, No. 16, § 22, effective July 1, 2019; 2022, July 8, P.L. 620, No. 55, § 59, imd. effective; 2023, Dec. 13, P.L. 187, No. 33, § 35, imd. effective.

Footnotes

1
24 P.S. § 25-2599.2.
2
72 P.S. § 1722-J.
3
72 P.S. § 1722-L.
4
Subsec. (a.3) added by 2022, July 8, P.L. 620, No. 55, § 59, imd. effective.
5
24 P.S. § 17-1725-A.
24 P.S. § 25-2599.6, PA ST 24 P.S. § 25-2599.6
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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