§ 6-621-A. Issuance of declaration
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: July 12, 2012
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 24 P.S. Education
Chapter 1. Public School Code of 1949 (Refs & Annos)
Article VI-a. School District Financial Recovery (Refs & Annos)
Subarticle (c). School District Financial Recovery
(i) Declaration of School District Financial Recovery Status
Effective: July 12, 2012
24 P.S. § 6-621-A
§ 6-621-A. Issuance of declaration
(B) The school district receives an advance of its basic education subsidy at any time and is either subject to a declaration of financial distress under section 6911 or engaged in litigation against the Commonwealth in which the school district seeks financial assistance from the Commonwealth to allow the school district to continue in operation.
(2)(i) Within two years of the effective date of this section, the State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations under the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L. 633, No. 181),2 known as the Regulatory Review Act, establishing additional criteria which the secretary may consider in determining whether to issue a declaration that a school district is in financial recovery status and whether a school district in financial recovery status shall be deemed a moderate financial recovery school district under subdivision (iv) or a severe financial recovery school district under subdivision (v), provided that not more than nine school districts may be under a declaration of financial recovery status under this section or in receivership under subdivision (vi) at any time. The criteria the secretary may consider in determining whether to issue a declaration that a school district is in financial recovery status shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(F) The school district is subject to withholding of its State appropriation under section 633.3
(O) A new, merged or union school district has been formed and one or more of the former school districts which compose the merged or union school district was a distressed school district under section 691 or a financial recovery school district under this article at the time of the formation of the new, merged or union school district.
(ii)(A) In promulgating the regulations required under subparagraph (i), the State Board of Education shall convene and consult with a Statewide advisory committee which shall include a superintendent, a school board member, a school district business manager or chief financial officer, one designee from the department and one designee from the Office of the Budget.
(b) Failure of Commonwealth to make payment.--No school district shall be declared in financial recovery status by reason of any of the circumstances enumerated in subsection (a)(1) or any of the criteria stated in regulations promulgated under subsection (a)(2) having been caused by the failure of the Commonwealth to make any payment of money due the school district at the time the payment is due, including payment of any Federal funding that is distributed through the Commonwealth.
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1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. VI-A, § 621-A, added 2012, July 12, P.L. 1142, No. 141, § 10, imd. effective.
24 P.S. § 6-621-A, PA ST 24 P.S. § 6-621-A
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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