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§ 25-2502.51. Basic education funding for 2011-2012 school year

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: July 1, 2012

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, 2012
24 P.S. § 25-2502.51
§ 25-2502.51. Basic education funding for 2011-2012 school year
(a) For the 2011-2012 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 the basic education funding allocation for the 2010-2011 school year pursuant to section 2502.50.
(2) 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 must be greater than seven thousand ten-thousandths (0.7000) 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 seventeen million four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($17,450,000).
(B) Divide the product from clause (A) by the sum of the 2009-2010 average daily membership for all qualifying school districts.
(3) A charter and cyber charter school extraordinary enrollment supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(i) To qualify for the charter and cyber charter school extraordinary enrollment supplement, a school district's 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio must be greater than eight thousand ten-thousandths (0.8000), its 2009-2010 average daily membership must be greater than five thousand (5,000) and its charter and cyber charter school concentration must be greater than fourteen percent (14%).
(ii) The charter and cyber charter school extraordinary enrollment supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(A) For school districts with a charter and cyber charter school concentration equal to or greater than thirty percent (30%), multiply the qualifying school district's 2009-2010 average daily membership by one thousand three hundred seventeen dollars ($1,317).
(B) For school districts with a charter and cyber charter school concentration less than thirty percent (30%), multiply the qualifying school district's 2009-2010 average daily membership by five hundred dollars ($500).
(4) A second class county school district supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(i) To qualify for the second class county school district supplement, a school district must be located in a county of the second class, its 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio must be greater than six thousand ten-thousandths (0.6000), its 2009-2010 average daily membership must be greater than one thousand (1,000) and less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) and its number of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program during the 2010-2011 school year must be greater than one thousand fifty (1,050) and less than one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250).
(ii) The second class county school district supplement shall be calculated for 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.
(5) A second class school district supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(i) To qualify for the second class school district supplement, a school district must have been classified as a second class school district during the 2000 census, it must have received State reimbursements pursuant to section 2591.11 for the 2009-2010 school year in an amount greater than three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000), and it 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 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.
(6) An increasing aid ratio supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(i) To qualify for the increasing aid ratio supplement, a school district's 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio must be greater than six thousand ten-thousandths (0.6000), its 2009-2010 average daily membership must be greater than eleven thousand (11,000), its number of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program during the 2010-2011 school year must be greater than six thousand (6,000) and its market value/income aid ratio must have increased from the 1991-1992 school year to the 2011-2012 school year by more than sixty percent (60%).
(ii) The increasing aid ratio supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(A) Multiply the qualifying school district's 2009-2010 average daily membership by two million dollars ($2,000,000).
(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, a school district's 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio must be greater than fifty-two hundred ten-thousandths (0.5200) and less than six thousand ten-thousandths (0.6000), its 2009-2010 average daily membership must be greater than five thousand five hundred (5,500), its 2010-2011 equalized millage rate must be greater than twenty-two (22) and less than twenty-six (26), its adjusted personal income valuation for the 2008 tax year must be greater than six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000) and its number of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program during the 2010-2011 school year must be greater than one thousand five hundred (1,500).
(ii) The personal income supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(A) For each school district with an adjusted personal income valuation for the 2008 tax year greater than eight hundred million dollars ($800,000,000), the personal income supplement shall be two million dollars ($2,000,000).
(B) For each school district with an adjusted personal income valuation for the 2008 tax year less than eight hundred million dollars ($800,000,000), the personal income supplement shall be one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000).
(8) A small district increasing aid ratio supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(i) To qualify for the small district increasing aid ratio supplement, a school district's 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio must be greater than five thousand ten-thousandths (0.5000) and less than fifty-five hundred ten-thousandths (0.5500), its market value/income aid ratio must have increased from the 1991-1992 school year to the 2011-2012 school year by more than thirty percent (30%), and its 2009-2010 average daily membership must be greater than one thousand seven hundred (1,700) and less than one thousand eight hundred (1,800).
(ii) The small district increasing aid ratio supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(A) Multiply the qualifying school district's 2009-2010 average daily membership by three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000).
(B) Divide the product from clause (A) by the sum of the 2009-2010 average daily membership for all qualifying school districts.
(9) A small district supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(i) To qualify for the small district supplement, a school district's 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio must be greater than seven thousand ten-thousandths (0.7000) and less than seventy-five ten-thousandths (0.7500), its 2009-2010 average daily membership must be greater than one thousand two hundred (1,200) and less than one thousand three hundred (1,300), and its 2010-2011 equalized millage rate must be greater than nineteen (19).
(ii) The small district supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(A) Multiply the qualifying school district's 2009-2010 average daily membership by two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).
(B) Divide the product from clause (A) by the sum of the 2009-2010 average daily membership for all qualifying school districts.
(b) The data used to calculate the provisions contained in subsection (a)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9) shall be based on information available to the Department of Education as of June 30, 2012.
(c) Funds received under subsection (a)(2)(ii) by a school district with a 2011-2012 market value/income aid ratio greater than eighty-five hundred ten-thousandths (0.8500) shall be withheld until such time that a spending plan proposed by the school district's board of school directors for use of the funds is approved by the Secretary of Education in consultation with the local intermediate unit.
(d) The following shall apply:
(1)(i) Funds received by a school district under subsection (a)(3)(ii)(A) shall be used to satisfy judgments and past-due accounts payable beyond ninety (90) or more days, including health care benefits, payments to charter schools, payments to approved private schools and payments to intermediate units.
(ii) If all judgments have been satisfied and past-due accounts paid, funds may be used for timely payment of health care benefits, payments to charter schools, payments to approved private schools, payments to intermediate units and for other expenses approved by the Secretary of Education to ensure the fiscal stability of the school district.
(2) Not later than August 31, 2012, the school district shall submit a report to the Department of Education detailing the use of the funds received under this subsection, including specific payment amounts, specific payment dates and the entities receiving payment.
(e) Any undistributed funds shall be deposited in the Financial Recovery School District Transitional Loan Account.
(f) For the purposes of this section:
(1) The English language learner concentration shall be determined by dividing the school district's number of enrolled students identified as limited English proficient during the 2009-2010 school year by its 2009-2010 average daily membership.
(2) The charter and cyber school concentration shall be determined by dividing the school district's 2009-2010 average daily membership enrolled in charter and cyber charter schools by its 2009-2010 average daily membership.

Credits

1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XXV, § 2502.51, added 2012, June 30, P.L. 684, No. 82, § 27, effective July 1, 2012.

Footnotes

24 P.S. § 25-2591.1.
24 P.S. § 25-2502.51, PA ST 24 P.S. § 25-2502.51
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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