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§ 25-2502.41. Basic education funding for 2002-2003 school year

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: December 23, 2003

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: December 23, 2003
24 P.S. § 25-2502.41
§ 25-2502.41. Basic education funding for 2002-2003 school year
Currentness
For the 2002-2003 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 2001-2002 school year pursuant to sections 2502.13 and 2502.40.1
(2) Where the school district received a grant under section 1709-B2 during the 2002-2003 school year but is not eligible to receive such a grant during the 2003-2004 school year, an amount equal to the grant amount it received during the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by 0.50.
(3) A base supplement calculated as follows:
(i) Multiply the school district's 2003-2004 market value/income aid ratio by its 2002-2003 average daily membership.
(ii) Multiply the product from subparagraph (i) by fifty million dollars ($50,000,000).
(iii) Divide the product from subparagraph (ii) by the sum of the products of the 2003-2004 market value/income aid ratio multiplied by the 2002-2003 average daily membership for all school districts.
(4) A poverty supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(i) To qualify for the poverty supplement, a school district's 2003- 2004 market value/income aid ratio shall be equal to or greater than 0.6500 and its personal income valuation when divided by its 2002-2003 average daily membership shall be equal to or less than one hundred three thousand five hundred seventy-one dollars ($103,571).
(ii) The poverty supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(A) Multiply the school district's 2002-2003 average daily membership by thirty million dollars ($30,000,000).
(B) Divide the product from clause (A) by the sum of the 2002-2003 average daily membership for all qualifying school districts.
(5) A tax effort supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(i) To qualify for the tax effort supplement, a school district's 2001 equalized millage must be equal to or greater than 20.6 equalized mills.
(ii) The tax effort supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(A) Multiply the school district's 2002-2003 average daily membership by fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).
(B) Divide the product from clause (A) by the sum of the 2002-2003 average daily membership for all qualifying school districts.
(6) A growth supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(i) To qualify for the growth supplement, a school district's 2002- 2003 average daily membership must be greater than its 2001-2002 average daily membership.
(ii) The growth supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:
(A) Subtract the school district's 2001-2002 average daily membership from its 2002-2003 average daily membership and multiply the difference by its 2003-2004 market value/income aid ratio.
(B) Multiply the difference from clause (A) by ten million dollars ($10,000,000).
(C) Divide the product from clause (B) by the sum of the differences from clause (A) for all qualifying school districts.
(7) Each school district shall receive additional funding as necessary so that the sum of the amounts under section 2502.13 and under paragraphs (3), (4), (5) and (6) and this paragraph will equal at least two per centum (2%) of the amount in paragraph (1).

Credits

1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XXV, § 2502.41, added 2003, Dec. 23, P.L. 304, No. 48, § 31, imd. effective.

Footnotes

1
24 P.S. §§ 25-2502.13, 25-2502.40.
2
24 P.S. § 17-1709-B.
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Current through Act 39 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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