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§ 25-2502.50. Basic education funding for 2010-2011 school year

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: July 1, 2011

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 (b). Instruction
Effective: July 1, 2011
24 P.S. § 25-2502.50
§ 25-2502.50. Basic education funding for 2010-2011 school year
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(a) For the 2010-2011 school year, the Commonwealth shall determine the basic education funding allocation as follows:
(1) Calculate a base supplement for each school district by multiplying its average daily membership by the base amount for the funding year.
(2) Calculate an English language learner supplement for each qualifying school district as follows:
(i) Determine the school district's English language learner concentration by dividing its number of enrolled students identified as limited English proficient by its average daily membership for the funding year.
(ii) Multiply the school district's number of students identified as limited English proficient for the funding year by the English language learner factor based on its English language learner concentration.
(3) Calculate a poverty supplement for each qualifying school district as follows:
(i) Determine the school district's poverty concentration by dividing its number of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program on October 31 in the funding year by its average daily membership for the funding year.
(ii) Multiply the school district's number of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program on October 31 in the funding year by the poverty factor based on its poverty concentration.
(4) Calculate a district size supplement for each qualifying school district by multiplying its average daily membership by the district size factor for the funding year.
(5) Add the amounts under clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4).
(6) Multiply the sum under clause (5) by the State share factor for the funding year.
(b) For the 2010-2011 school year, the Commonwealth shall pay to each school district a basic education funding allocation which shall consist of the following:
(1) An amount equal to its basic education funding allocation for the 2009-2010 school year from the State appropriation and Education Jobs Fund appropriation pursuant to section 2502.48 of this act1 and section 1722-L(a)(14)(i) and (ii) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 343, No. 176),2 known as “The Fiscal Code.”
(2) A student-focused funding supplement calculated with the following factors:
(i) A base amount equal to one hundred dollars ($100).
(ii) An English language learner factor equal to:
(A) the base amount multiplied by three-tenths (0.3) if the school district's English language learner concentration for the 2009-2010 school year is less than one percent (1%); or
(B) the base amount multiplied by two-tenths (0.2) if the school district's English language learner concentration for the 2009-2010 school year is equal to or greater than one percent (1%).
(iii) A poverty factor equal to:
(A) the base amount multiplied by two-tenths (0.2) if the school district's poverty concentration for the 2009-2010 school year is less than forty percent (40%); or
(B) the base amount multiplied by three-tenths (0.3) if the school district's poverty concentration for the 2009-2010 school year is equal to or greater than forty percent (40%).
(iv) A district size factor equal to:
(A) the base amount multiplied by one-tenth (0.1) if the school district's average daily membership for the 2009-2010 school year is equal to or less than one thousand (1,000); or
(B) the base amount multiplied by five one-hundredths (0.05) if the average daily membership for the 2009-2010 school year is greater than one thousand (1,000) and less than two thousand three hundred (2,300).
(v) A State share factor equal to:
(A) the school district's 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio if its market value/income aid ratio is greater than three thousand ten thousandths (0.3000); or
(B) the lesser of one (1) and the school district's 2009-2010 equalized millage divided by the equalized millage that represents the seventy-fifth percentile of the equalized millage of all school districts multiplied by the school district's 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio if its market value/income aid ratio is less than or equal to three thousand ten-thousandths (0.3000).
(3) Each school district shall receive additional funding equal to the difference between:
(i) the sum of clauses (1) and (2); and
(ii) the amount of funding received by the school district under section 2502.48 for the 2007-2008 school year.
(4) An English language learner high incidence supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(i) To qualify for the English language learner high incidence supplement, a school district's 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio as of June 30, 2011, must be equal to or greater than seven thousand ten-thousandths (0.7000) and less than eight thousand ten-thousandths (0.8000), its 2009-2010 average daily membership must be less than twenty thousand (20,000) and its English language learner concentration must be equal to or greater than six percent (6%).
(ii) The English language learner high incidence supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(A) Multiply the qualifying school district's 2009-2010 average daily membership by thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000).
(B) Divide the product from clause (A) by the sum of the 2009-2010 average daily membership for all qualifying school districts.
(5) Each school district with a 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio as of June 30, 2011, equal to or greater than eight thousand ten-thousandths (0.8000) and a 2009-2010 average daily membership less than ten thousand (10,000) shall receive additional funding as necessary equal to the difference between State subsidies paid to school districts in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 fiscal years minus eight percent (8%) of the school district's 2008-2009 total revenue. For the purpose of this clause, the difference between State subsidies paid to school districts in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 fiscal years shall be calculated by subtracting:
(i) the sum of the amounts paid to the school district in the 2011-2012 fiscal year under clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) and section 2599.2 of this act;3 from
(ii) the sum of the amounts paid to the school district in the 2010-2011 fiscal year under sections 1603-B and 2591.1 of this act4 and section 1722-L(a)(9), (10), (14) and (17) of “The Fiscal Code,” the appropriation to the Department of Education for basic education formula enhancements in section 212 of the act of July 6, 2010 (P.L. 1367, No. 1A), known as the General Appropriation Act of 2010.
(6) A second class school district supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(i) To qualify for a second class school district supplement, a school district must have been classified as a second class school district during the 2000 census, must have received State reimbursements pursuant to section 2591.1 for the 2009-2010 school year greater than three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) and must have a 2009-2010 average daily membership greater than eight thousand (8,000).
(ii) The second class school district supplement shall be calculated for all qualifying school districts as follows:
(A) Multiply the qualifying school district's 2009-2010 average daily membership by one million dollars ($1,000,000).
(B) Divide the product from clause (A) by the sum of the 2009-2010 average daily membership for all qualifying school districts.
(7) A personal income supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(i) To qualify for the personal income supplement, school districts must meet all of the following criteria:
(A) Be eligible to receive a poverty supplement pursuant to subsection (a)(3) greater than thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000).
(B) Have an average daily membership for the 2009-2010 school year greater than five thousand five hundred (5,500).
(C) Have a 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio as of June 30, 2011, greater than five thousand ten-thousandths (0.5000).
(D) Have equalized mills for the 2009-2010 school year greater than twenty-three (23).
(E) The amount of funding received by the school district under section 2502.48 for the year 2007-2008 was less than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000).
(F) Had an adjusted personal income valuation for the 2008 tax year of less than nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000).
(ii) The personal income supplement shall be calculated for all qualifying school districts as follows:
(A) Multiply the qualifying school district's 2009-2010 average daily membership by its 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio as of June 30, 2011.
(B) Multiply the product in clause (A) by one million dollars ($1,000,000).
(C) Divide the product from clause (B) by the sum of products in clause (A).
(c) The Department of Education shall withhold up to twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) from the allocation made under this section to a school district of the first class to be used to pay costs to provide alternative education programs operated either by the district itself or under terms of any contract between the district and a private alternative education institution as defined pursuant to Article XIX-E.

Credits

1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XXV, § 2502.50, added 2011, June 30, P.L. 112, No. 24, § 36, effective July 1, 2011.

Footnotes

1
24 P.S. § 25-2502.48.
2
72 P.S. § 1722-L.
3
24 P.S. § 25-2599.2.
4
24 P.S. §§ 16-1603-B, 25-2591.1.
24 P.S. § 25-2502.50, PA ST 24 P.S. § 25-2502.50
Current through Act 39 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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