PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1848, 2060, 2109, 2921
PRINTER'S NO.
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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL No.
1448
Session of 2017
INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, MILLARD, GREINER, PICKETT, B. MILLER, SOLOMON, HICKERNELL, JAMES, TOPPER, EE, !. BRO"N, KAUMAN, PEIER, OBERLANDER, PHILLIPS#HILL, "ARD, SAYLOR, ROEBUCK, HILL#E!ANS, $IMMERMAN, MICCARELLI, KORT$ AND "HEELAND, MAY 2%, 201& AS RE#REPORTED ROM COMMITTEE ON RULES, HOUSE O REPRESENTATI!ES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 22, 2018
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A()*+) -( /- M/3 10, 1949 P.L.50, N.14, ()-+-7(* A) /- 3(7/-+) - -( :;7+ <7 <=<-(, +)7:*+) (3-/+) 3>+<+)< /7+/;7( /< ?(77 - 3+>/-( /)* /3+/7 <7<@ /()*+), 3(>+<+), )<7+*/-+) /)* /)+) -( 7/?< 3(7/-+) -(3(-, 3>+*+) 3 +(3 (*:/-+) <-/:)-/;+7+-= /)* -3/)</3()=. IN PRELIMINARY PRO!ISIONS, <-URTHER PRO!IDING OR KEYSTONE EAMS@ IN ORGANI$ATION MEETINGS AND OICERS O BOARDS O SCHOOL DIRECTORS, PRO!IDING OR EECUTI!E SESSIONS@ IN DUTIES AND PO"ERS O BOARDS O SCHOOL DIRECTORS, PRO!IDING OR THIRD#PARTY SER!ICES@ IN GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS, URTHER PRO!IDING OR LIMITATION ON NE" APPLICATIONS OR DEPARTMENT O EDUCATION APPRO!AL O PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS AND PRO!IDING OR LEAD TESTING@ IN BOOKS, URNITURE AND SUPPLIES, URTHER PRO!IDING OR TIME AND MANNER O ADOPTING AND URNISHING TETBOOKS AND SUPPLEMENTARY BOOKS@ IN PROESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, URTHER PRO!IDING OR PERSONS TO BE SUSPENDED@ IN CERTIICATION O TEACHERS, URTHER PRO!IDING OR PRO!ISIONAL !OCATIONAL EDUCATION CERTIICATE@ IN PUPILS AND ATTENDANCE, URTHER PRO!IDING OR DEINITIONS, PRO!IDING OR ATTENDANCE POLICY AT NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS AND URTHER PRO!IDING OR ECUSES ROM ATTENDING SCHOOL, OR PENALTIES OR !IOLATING COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REUIREMENTS AND OR NONPROIT SCHOOL OOD PROGRAM@ IN DRUG AND ALCOHOL RECO!ERY HIGH SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM, URTHER PRO!IDING OR TERM O PROGRAM AND OR REPORTING@ IN TERMS AND COURSES O STUDY, URTHER PRO!IDING OR IRE AND EMERGENCY E!ACUATION DRILLS@ IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES, URTHER PRO!IDING OR INANCIAL PROGRAM AND REIMBURSEMENT O PAYMENTS@ IN EDUCATIONAL TA CREDITS,
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URTHER PRO!IDING OR DEINITIONS, OR UALIICATION AND APPLICATION BY ORGANI$ATIONS, OR APPLICATION BY BUSINESS IRMS, OR TA CREDITS AND OR LIMITATIONS@ PRO!IDING OR HIGHER EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY@ IN UNDING OR PUBLIC LIBRARIES, PRO!IDING OR STATE AID OR ISCAL YEAR 2018#2019@ AND, IN REIMBURSEMENTS BY COMMON"EALTH AND BET"EEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, URTHER PRO!IDING OR PAYMENTS TO INTERMEDIATE UNITS, OR ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS DECLARED TO BE IN INANCIAL RECO!ERY STATUS OR IDENTIIED OR INANCIAL "ATCH STATUS AND OR READY#TO#LEARN BLOCK GRANT. T( G()(3/7 A<<(;7= -( C)?(/7- P())<=7>/)+/ (3(;= ()/-< /< 77?< S(-+) 1.
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SECTION 1.
SECTION 121B1 O THE ACT O MARCH 10, 1949
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P.L.50, NO.14, KNO"N AS THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE O 1949,
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AMENDED NO!EMBER 6, 201& P.L.1142, NO.%%, IS AMENDED TO READ
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SECTION 121.
KEYSTONE EAMS.##
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THE OLLO"ING SHALL APPLY
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NOT"ITHSTANDING SECTION 2604#BB2!, 22 PA. CODE F
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4.24 RELATING TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REUIREMENTS, 4.%1
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RELATING TO STATE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM OR 4.%1C RELATING TO
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PROJECT#BASED ASSESSMENT OR ANY STATUTE OR REGULATION TO THE
2%
CONTRARY, THE USE O THE KEYSTONE EAMS AS A GRADUATION
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REUIREMENT OR AS A BENCHMARK OR THE NEED OR PARTICIPATION IN
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A PROJECT#BASED ASSESSMENT SHALL BE DELAYED UNTIL THE 2019#
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2020 2020#2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
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SECTION 2.
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SECTION 42%.
THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING SECTIONS TO READ EECUTI!E SESSIONS.##A
NOT"ITHSTANDING 6%
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PA.C.S. F &08A RELATING TO EECUTI!E SESSIONS, A SCHOOL
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ENTITY MAY HOLD AN EECUTI!E SESSION TO PLAN, RE!IE" OR DISCUSS
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MATTERS RELATED TO SCHOOL SAETY, THE DISCLOSURE O "HICH, I
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CONDUCTED IN PUBLIC, "OULD
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BE REASONABLY LIKELY TO IMPAIR THE EECTI!ENESS O SUCH
MEASURES@ OR 2
CREATE A REASONABLE LIKELIHOOD O JEOPARDI$ING THE
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SAETY OR SECURITY O AN INDI!IDUAL OR A SCHOOL, INCLUDING A
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BUILDING, PUBLIC UTILITY, RESOURCE, INRASTRUCTURE, ACILITY OR
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INORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM.
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B
THE EECUTI!E SESSION MAY BE HELD DURING AN OPEN MEETING
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OR AT THE CONCLUSION O AN OPEN MEETING OR MAY BE ANNOUNCED OR
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A UTURE TIME. THE REASON OR HOLDING THE EECUTI!E SESSION MUST
10
BE ANNOUNCED AT THE OPEN MEETING OCCURRING IMMEDIATELY PRIOR OR
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SUBSEUENT TO THE EECUTI!E SESSION. I THE EECUTI!E SESSION IS
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NOT ANNOUNCED OR A SPECIIC TIME IN THE UTURE, MEMBERS O THE
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AGENCY SHALL BE NOTIIED T"ENTY#OUR 24 HOURS IN AD!ANCE O
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THE TIME O THE CON!ENING O THE MEETING SPECIYING THE DATE,
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TIME, LOCATION AND PURPOSE O THE EECUTI!E SESSION.
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OICIAL ACTION ON DISCUSSIONS HELD PURSUANT TO
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SUBSECTION A SHALL BE TAKEN AT AN OPEN MEETING. NOTHING IN
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THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REUIRE THAT ANY MEETING BE
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CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, NOR SHALL ANY EECUTI!E SESSION BE USED AS
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A SUBTERUGE TO DEEAT THE PURPOSES O 6% PA.C.S. F &04
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RELATING TO OPEN MEETINGS.
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AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE OLLO"ING "ORDS AND PHRASES
SHALL HA!E THE MEANINGS GI!EN TO THEM IN THIS SUBSECTION EECUTI!E SESSION SHALL HA!E THE MEANING GI!EN TO THE TERM UNDER 6% PA.C.S. F &05 RELATING TO DEINITIONS.
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SCHOOL ENTITY SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL DISTRICT, INTERMEDIATE
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UNIT, JOINT SCHOOL, AREA !OCATIONAL#TECHNICAL SCHOOL, CHARTER
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SCHOOL, REGIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OR CYBER CHARTER SCHOOL.
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SECTION %28.
THIRD#PARTY SER!ICES.##A SER!ICES.##A
IN ADDITION TO THE
REUIREMENTS O ANY OTHER LA" OR REGULATION, A SCHOOL EMPLOYER
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SHALL NOT ENTER INTO A CONTRACT "ITH A THIRD PARTY OR NON#
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INSTRUCTIONAL SER!ICES UNLESS THE OLLO"ING CONDITIONS ARE MET
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THE SCHOOL EMPLOYER SHALL SOLICIT APPLICATIONS ROM
THIRD PARTIES. 2
THE SCHOOL EMPLOYER'S SOLICITATION SHALL REUIRE EACH
THIRD PARTY TO PRO!IDE IN THE APPLICATION I
A MINIMUM THREE#YEAR COST PROJECTION TO THE SCHOOL
EMPLOYER, USING GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. II
INORMATION CONCERNING ANY !IOLATION O EDERAL OR
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STATE LA" OR REGULATION BY THE THIRD PARTY, COMPOSITE
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INORMATION ABOUT THE CRIMINAL AND DISCIPLINARY RECORDS O
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CURRENT EMPLOYES O THE THIRD PARTY "HO MAY PERORM THE NON#
15
INSTRUCTIONAL SER!ICES AND INORMATION CONCERNING ANY TRAIC
14
!IOLATION OR CHARGEABLE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED DURING THE COURSE
1%
O EMPLOYMENT BY AN INDI!IDUAL EMPLOYE O THE THIRD PARTY.
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III
ANY ADDITIONAL INORMATION THAT THE SCHOOL EMPLOYER
DEEMS APPROPRIATE. 5
THE SCHOOL EMPLOYER SHALL CONDUCT A MINIMUM O ONE
19
PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO A REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING TO
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PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THE SELECTED PROPOSAL O A THIRD PARTY TO
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PERORM THE NON#INSTRUCTIONAL SER!ICES AND TO RECEI!E PUBLIC
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COMMENT. THE SCHOOL EMPLOYER SHALL PRO!IDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
25
O THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION O THE IRST PUBLIC HEARING
24 2% 26 2& 28
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ON OR BEORE THE INITIAL DATE THAT BIDS TO PRO!IDE THE
NON#INSTRUCTIONAL SER!ICES ARE SOLICITED@ OR II
A MINIMUM O THIRTY 50 DAYS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC BOARD
MEETING, "HICHE!ER PRO!IDES A GREATER PERIOD O NOTICE. B
OR A SCHOOL EMPLOYE "HOSE EMPLOYMENT IS TERMINATED DUE
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TO A THIRD PARTY ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT "ITH THE SCHOOL
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EMPLOYER OR NON#INSTRUCTIONAL SER!ICES AND "HO SEEKS EMPLOYMENT
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ROM THE THIRD PARTY DURING THE EECTI!E DATE O THE CONTRACT,
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THE OLLO"ING SHALL APPLY
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THE THIRD PARTY SHALL GI!E CONSIDERATION TO THE SCHOOL
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EMPLOYE, "HICH SHALL INCLUDE AN INTER!IE", "HEN HIRING ANY NE"
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EMPLOYE OR THE SAME OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR POSITION "HICH
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THE SCHOOL EMPLOYE HELD "ITH THE SCHOOL EMPLOYER.
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I REUESTED BY THE THIRD PARTY, THE SCHOOL EMPLOYER
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SHALL PRO!IDE TO THE THIRD PARTY INORMATION REGARDING THE
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PERORMANCE AND EMPLOYMENT DUTIES O THE SCHOOL EMPLOYE.
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NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO
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SUPERSEDE & CR PT. 210 RELATING TO NATIONAL SCHOOL
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LUNCH PROGRAM "HERE APPLICABLE. 2
SUPERSEDE OR PREEMPT THE RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES
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AORDED TO SCHOOL EMPLOYES OR LABOR ORGANI$ATIONS UNDER EDERAL
1%
OR STATE LA", INCLUDING THE ACT O JULY 25, 19&0 P.L.%65,
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NO.19%, KNO"N AS THE PUBLIC EMPLOYE RELATIONS ACT, OR ANY
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PRO!ISION O A COLLECTI!E BARGAINING AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED
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BET"EEN A SCHOOL EMPLOYER AND AN ECLUSI!E REPRESENTATI!E O THE
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EMPLOYES IN ACCORDANCE "ITH THAT ACT.
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AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE OLLO"ING "ORDS AND PHRASES
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SHALL HA!E THE MEANINGS GI!EN TO THEM IN THIS SUBSECTION UNLESS
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THE CONTET CLEARLY INDICATES OTHER"ISE
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NON#INSTRUCTIONAL SER!ICES SHALL MEAN SER!ICES PRO!IDED BY
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A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE "HOSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS O EMPLOYMENT ARE
2%
GO!ERNED BY A COLLECTI!E BARGAINING AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BET"EEN
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THE SCHOOL EMPLOYER AND THE ECLUSI!E REPRESENTATI!E O THE
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EMPLOYE AND ECLUDING SER!ICES PRO!IDED BY A PROESSIONAL
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EMPLOYE, A SUBSTITUTE OR A TEMPORARY PROESSIONAL EMPLOYE AS
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THOSE TERMS ARE DEINED UNDER SECTION 1101.
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SCHOOL EMPLOYER SHALL MEAN A BOARD O SCHOOL DIRECTORS, AN
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INTERMEDIATE UNIT BOARD O DIRECTORS OR AN AREA !OCATIONAL#
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TECHNICAL BOARD O DIRECTORS.
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THIRD PARTY SHALL MEAN A OR#PROIT SER!ICE PRO!IDER,
4
INCLUDING A BUSINESS OR CORPORATION, THAT CONTRACTS "ITH A
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SCHOOL EMPLOYER TO PRO!IDE NON#INSTRUCTIONAL SER!ICES. THE TERM
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SHALL NOT INCLUDE AN INDI!IDUAL.
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SECTION 5.
SECTION &52.1A O THE ACT, AMENDED NO!EMBER 6,
201& P.L.1142, NO.%%, IS AMENDED TO READ SECTION &52.1.
LIMITATION ON NE" APPLICATIONS OR DEPARTMENT
10
O EDUCATION APPRO!AL O PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS.##A
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OR THE 2012#2015 ISCAL YEAR, 2015#2014 ISCAL YEAR AND,
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201ߢ ISCAL YEAR AND 2018#2019 ISCAL YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT
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O EDUCATION SHALL NOT ACCEPT OR APPRO!E NE" SCHOOL BUILDING
14
CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT APPLICATIONS.
1%
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SECTION 5.1.
THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ
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SECTION &42.
LEAD TESTING.##A
BEGINNING IN THE 2018#2019
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SCHOOL YEAR, AND E!ERY SCHOOL YEAR THEREATER, SCHOOL ACILITIES
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"HERE CHILDREN ATTEND SCHOOL MAY BE TESTED OR LEAD LE!ELS IN
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THE DRINKING "ATER AND ANY SCHOOL ACILITY "HOSE TESTING SHO"S
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LEAD LE!ELS IN ECESS O THE MAIMUM CONTAMINANT LE!EL GOAL OR
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MILLIGRAMS PER LITER AS SET BY THE UNITED STATES EN!IRONMENTAL
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PROTECTION AGENCY'S NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING "ATER REGULATIONS
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SHALL IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO ENSURE NO CHILD OR ADULT
2%
IS EPOSED TO LEAD CONTAMINATION DRINKING "ATER AND THAT
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ALTERNATI!E SOURCES O DRINKING "ATER ARE MADE A!AILABLE.
2&
B
I A SCHOOL ENTITY DOES NOT TEST LEAD LE!ELS UNDER
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PARAGRAPH A THE SCHOOL ENTITY SHALL, AT A PUBLIC MEETING,
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DISCUSS LEAD ISSUES IN THE SCHOOL ACILITIES.
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C
I A TEST O LEAD LE!ELS UNDER SUBSECTION A IS
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EDUCATION AND POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
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INTERNET "EBSITE.
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SECTION 4.
SECTION 805 O THE ACT IS AMENDED TO READ
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SECTION 805.
TIME AND MANNER O ADOPTING AND URNISHING
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TETBOOKS AND SUPPLEMENTARY BOOKS.##ALL SCHOOL TETBOOKS, IN
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS O THE SECOND, THIRD AND OURTH CLASS, SHALL BE
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ADOPTED BY THE BOARD O SCHOOL DIRECTORS AT ANY REGULAR MEETING
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BET"EEN THE IRST DAY O APRIL AND THE IRST DAY O AUGUST
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OLLO"ING. SUCH BOOKS, SO ADOPTED, SHALL BE PRO!IDED OR THE
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USE O THE SCHOOLS AT THE BEGINNING O THE SCHOOL TERMS NET
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OLLO"ING. I IN SAID SCHOOL DISTRICTS THERE SHALL BE A DISTRICT
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SUPERINTENDENT, SUCH DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT SHALL REPORT IN
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"HICH SUBJECTS NE" TETBOOKS ARE NEEDED, AND ATER CONSULTATION
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"ITH THE TEACHERS UNDER HIS SUPER!ISION, "HAT TETBOOKS SHOULD
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BE ADOPTED OR CHANGED. NO ADOPTION OR CHANGE O TETBOOKS SHALL
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BE MADE "ITHOUT HIS RECOMMENDATION, ECEPT BY A T"O#THIRDS !OTE
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O THE BOARD. BOOKS, SUPPLEMENTARY TO TETBOOKS REGULARLY
19
ADOPTED, MAY BE ADOPTED AND PURCHASED OR USE IN THE SCHOOLS AT
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ANY TIME. SUCH SUPPLEMENTARY BOOKS SHALL BE ADOPTED IN THE SAME
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MANNER AS TETBOOKS ARE HEREIN REUIRED TO BE ADOPTED.
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SECTION %.
SECTION 112%.1 O THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A
SUBSECTION TO READ
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SECTION 112%.1.
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C.1
PERSONS TO BE SUSPENDED.##
A SCHOOL ENTITY SHALL REALIGN ITS PROESSIONAL STA
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SO AS TO ENSURE THAT MORE SENIOR EMPLOYES ARE PRO!IDED "ITH THE
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OPPORTUNITY TO ILL ANY POSITIONS "ITHIN THE SCHOOL ENTITY OR
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"HICH THEY ARE CERTIICATED AND "HICH ARE BEING ILLED BY LESS
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SENIOR EMPLOYES, SUBJECT TO THE ORDER SPECIIED IN SUBSECTION
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A.
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SECTION 1204.2.
SECTION 1204.2 O THE ACT IS AMENDED TO READ PRO!ISIONAL !OCATIONAL EDUCATION
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INSTRUCTIONAL CERTIICATE.##A
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GRANT A PRO!ISIONAL !OCATIONAL EDUCATION CERTIICATE UNDER
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THIS SECTION TO E!ERY PERSON "HO PRESENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT O
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EDUCATION SATISACTORY E!IDENCE O GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AND "HO
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HAS COMPLETED SUCH "ORK IN !OCATIONAL EDUCATION AS MAY BE
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REUIRED BY THE STANDARDS O THE STATE BOARD O EDUCATION,
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"HICH CERTIICATE SHALL ENTITLE THE INDI!IDUAL TO TEACH OR
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EIGHT ANNUAL SCHOOL TERMS.
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B
THE SECRETARY O EDUCATION MAY
IN ADDITION TO OTHER REUIREMENTS PROMULGATED BY THE
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STATE BOARD O EDUCATION, THE STATE BOARD O EDUCATION SHALL
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REUIRE AN APPLICANT TO PRESENT E!IDENCE O AT LEAST OUR 4
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YEARS O "AGE#EARNING EPERIENCE IN THE OCCUPATION TO BE TAUGHT
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IN ORDER OR THE SECRETARY O EDUCATION TO GRANT THE APPLICANT A
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!OCATIONAL INTERN CERTIICATE UNDER 22 PA. CODE F 49.1%1
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RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA.
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NOT"ITHSTANDING ANY OTHER REUIREMENT PROMULGATED BY THE
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STATE BOARD O EDUCATION, THE STATE BOARD O EDUCATION SHALL NOT
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REUIRE AN APPLICANT TO HA!E COMPLETED MORE THAN EIGHTEEN 18
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CREDIT HOURS IN AN APPRO!ED PROGRAM O !OCATIONAL TEACHER
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EDUCATION IN ORDER OR THE SECRETARY O EDUCATION TO GRANT THE
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APPLICANT A !OCATIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL I CERTIICATE UNDER 22 PA.
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CODE F 49.142 RELATING TO !OCATIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL I, "HICH
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CERTIICATE SHALL ENTITLE THE INDI!IDUAL TO TEACH OR EIGHT 8
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ANNUAL SCHOOL TERMS.
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NOT"ITHSTANDING ANY OTHER REUIREMENT PROMULGATED BY THE
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STATE BOARD O EDUCATION, THE STATE BOARD O EDUCATION SHALL NOT
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REUIRE AN APPLICANT TO HA!E COMPLETED MORE THAN SITY 60
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EDUCATION IN ORDER OR THE SECRETARY O EDUCATION TO GRANT THE
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APPLICANT A !OCATIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL II CERTIICATE UNDER 22 PA.
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CODE F 49.145 RELATING TO !OCATIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL II. CREDIT
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HOURS IN AN APPRO!ED PROGRAM O !OCATIONAL TEACHER EDUCATION
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COMPLETED BY THE APPLICANT TO"ARD THE ULILLMENT O THE
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REUIREMENTS OR A !OCATIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL I CERTIICATE SHALL
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BE COUNTED TO"ARD THE TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REUIRED OR A
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!OCATIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL II CERTIICATE.
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THE DEPARTMENT O EDUCATION SHALL ORM A PROESSIONAL
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AD!ISORY COMMITTEE OR THE PURPOSES O RE!IE"ING !OCATIONAL
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INSTRUCTIONAL CERTIICATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES E!ERY I!E %
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YEARS TO ENSURE THAT THE REUIREMENTS OR PROGRAM DESIGN AND
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DELI!ERY PERTAIN TO THE PROESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES O A
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!OCATIONAL EDUCATOR. THE PROESSIONAL AD!ISORY COMMITTEE SHALL,
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AT A MINIMUM, INCLUDE REPRESENTATI!ES "HOSE PRIMARY
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RESPONSIBILITY IS TEACHING OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS IN STATE#APPRO!ED
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!OCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
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SECTION &.
THE DEINITION O EDUCATIONAL ENTITY IN SECTION
1526 O THE ACT IS AMENDED TO READ SECTION 1526.
DEINITIONS.##"HEN USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE
OLLO"ING "ORDS AND PHRASES SHALL HA!E THE OLLO"ING MEANINGS
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EDUCATIONAL ENTITY SHALL MEAN A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT,
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NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CHARTER SCHOOL, REGIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL,
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CYBER CHARTER SCHOOL OR AREA !OCATIONAL#TECHNICAL SCHOOL.
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SECTION 8.
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SECTION 152&.5.
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THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ ATTENDANCE POLICY AT NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS.##A
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A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL HAS AN UNECUSED ABSENCE, "HICH MAY DIER
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ROM THE POLICY O THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN "HICH THE CHILD
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RESIDES. THE POLICY SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, CONORM TO THE
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PRO!ISIONS O THIS ACT RELATING TO COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE BUT MAY
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CONTAIN ADDITIONAL CRITERIA OR DETERMINING "HEN A STUDENT IS
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DETERMINED TO BE DEEMED TRUANT OR HABITUALLY TRUANT. THE POLICY
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SHALL ALSO CONTAIN ACTIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE NONPUBLIC SCHOOL IN
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RESPONSE TO A DETERMINATION O TRUANT OR HABITUALLY TRUANT "HICH
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MAY INCLUDE EPULSION. B
AT SUCH TIME THAT THE CHILD IS DEEMED HABITUALLY TRUANT
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AS DEINED IN SECTION 1526, THE !ENUE OR THE ILING O A
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CITATION OR REERRAL UNDER SECTION 1555.1 SHALL BE BASED UPON
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THE RESIDENCE O THE CHILD AND EECUTED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
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O RESIDENCE. A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL MAY PARTICIPATE IN A PROCEEDING
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UNDER SECTIONS 1555.1, 1555.2 AND 1555.5 IN PERSON, BY PHONE
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CONERENCING, BY !IDEO CONERENCING OR BY ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC
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MEANS.
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THE OLLO"ING SECTIONS SHALL APPLY TO NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS
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SECTION 1526.
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SECTION 152&.
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THIS SECTION.
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SECTION 1529.
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SECTION 1550.
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SECTION 1552.
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SECTION 1555.2.
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SECTION 9.
SECTION 1555.5.
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SECTION 1529.
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ECUSES ROM ATTENDING SCHOOL.##
A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY ECUSE A STUDENT ROM
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SCHOOL ATTENDANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN A MUSICAL PERORMANCE IN
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CONJUNCTION "ITH A NATIONAL !ETERANS' ORGANI$ATION OR
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INCORPORATED UNIT OR AN E!ENT OR UNERAL. THE NATIONAL
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!ETERANS' ORGANI$ATION OR INCORPORATED UNIT MUST PRO!IDE THE
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STUDENT "ITH A SIGNED ECUSE, "HICH SHALL INCLUDE THE DATE,
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LOCATION AND TIME O THE E!ENT OR UNERAL. THE STUDENT SHALL
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URNISH THE SIGNED ECUSE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PRIOR TO BEING
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ECUSED ROM SCHOOL.
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AS USED IN THIS SUBSECTION, THE OLLO"ING "ORDS AND
PHRASES SHALL HA!E THE MEANINGS GI!EN TO THEM IN THIS PARAGRAPH INCORPORATED UNIT.
AN INCORPORATED POST, BRANCH, CAMP,
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DETACHMENT, LODGE OR OTHER SUBORDINATE UNIT O A NATIONAL
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!ETERANS' ORGANI$ATION.
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NATIONAL !ETERANS' ORGANI$ATION. HA!ING A NATIONAL CHARTER.
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SECTION 10.
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SECTION 1555.5D2 O THE ACT IS AMENDED TO
READ SECTION 1555.5.
PENALTIES OR !IOLATING COMPULSORY SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE REUIREMENTS.## D
NO CITATION MAY BE ILED AGAINST A CHILD OR A PERSON IN
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PARENTAL RELATION "ITH THE CHILD "HO RESIDES IN THE SAME
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HOUSEHOLD AS THE CHILD OR A SUBSEUENT !IOLATION O COMPULSORY
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SCHOOL ATTENDANCE I ANY O THE OLLO"ING CIRCUMSTANCES APPLY
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A REERRAL OR SER!ICES HAS BEEN MADE TO THE COUNTY
CHILDREN AND YOUTH AGENCY UNDER THIS SUBDI!ISION AND, THE
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AGENCY HAS NOT CLOSED THE CASE AND THE EDUCATIONAL ENTITY HAS
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NOT CONSULTED "ITH THE COUNTY CHILDREN AND YOUTH AGENCY PRIOR TO
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SECTIONS 155&D4 AND %, 1406#A AND 140&#
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AB AND 1%1&A.1 INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH AND 1 O THE ACT,
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AMENDED NO!EMBER 6, 201& P.L.1142, NO.%%, ARE AMENDED TO READ
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SECTION 155&.
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NONPROIT SCHOOL OOD PROGRAM.##
BOARDS O SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
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11
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EACH BOARD O SCHOOL DIRECTORS SHALL
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REUIRE SCHOOLS UNDER ITS JURISDICTION TO DIRECT
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COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING MONEY O"ED BY A STUDENT OR SCHOOL
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MEALS TO THE STUDENT'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND NOT TO THE
1%
STUDENT. I THE STUDENT IS ENROLLED IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH
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GRADE EIGHT. OR A STUDENT ENROLLED IN GRADE NINE THROUGH GRADE
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T"EL!E, THE BOARD O SCHOOL DIRECTORS MAY REUIRE THE SCHOOLS TO
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DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING A LO" BALANCE OR MONEY O"ED BY A
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STUDENT OR SCHOOL MEALS TO THE STUDENT I THE COMMUNICATIONS
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ARE MADE INDI!IDUALLY TO THE STUDENT BY APPROPRIATE SCHOOL
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PERSONNEL AND ARE MADE DISCREETLY.
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II
PERMIT SCHOOLS UNDER ITS JURISDICTION TO CONTACT THE
25
STUDENT'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN BY MEANS O A LETTER ADDRESSED TO
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THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN THAT IS DELI!ERED BY THE STUDENT.
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EACH BOARD O SCHOOL DIRECTORS SHALL PROHIBIT SCHOOLS
UNDER ITS JURISDICTION ROM IMPLEMENTING THE OLLO"ING I
PUBLICLY IDENTIYING OR STIGMATI$ING A STUDENT "HO
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CANNOT PAY OR A SCHOOL MEAL OR "HO O"ES MONEY OR SCHOOL MEALS.
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IT SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE PUBLIC IDENTIICATION OR STIGMATI$ATION
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O A STUDENT OR A SCHOOL TO RESTRICT PRI!ILEGES AND ACTI!ITIES
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O STUDENTS "HO O"E MONEY OR SCHOOL MEALS I THOSE SAME
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RESTRICTIONS APPLY TO STUDENTS "HO O"E MONEY OR OTHER SCHOOL#
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RELATED PURPOSES.
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REUIRING A STUDENT "HO CANNOT PAY OR A SCHOOL MEAL TO
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PERORM CHORES OR OTHER "ORK TO PAY OR THE SCHOOL MEAL. THIS
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SUBCLAUSE SHALL NOT APPLY I CHORES OR OTHER "ORK ARE REUIRED
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O ALL STUDENTS REGARDLESS O THE STUDENT'S INABILITY TO PAY OR
8
THE SCHOOL MEAL.
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III
REUIRING A STUDENT TO DISCARD A SCHOOL MEAL ATER IT
10
"AS SER!ED TO THE STUDENT DUE TO THE STUDENT'S INABILITY TO PAY
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OR THE SCHOOL MEAL OR THE AMOUNT O MONEY O"ED BY THE STUDENT
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OR EARLIER SCHOOL MEALS.
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SECTION 1406#A.
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TERM O DRUG AND ALCOHOL RECO!ERY HIGH SCHOOL
PILOT PROGRAM. A
ENROLLMENT O NE" STUDENTS.##UNLESS THE PROGRAM IS
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PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED BY ACTION O THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE
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RECO!ERY HIGH SCHOOL SHALL NOT ENROLL NE" STUDENTS UNDER THE
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PROGRAM ATER JUNE 50, 2021 2022.
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B
CONTINUED ENROLLMENT.##I THE PROGRAM IS NOT PERMANENTLY
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ESTABLISHED BY ACTION O THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON OR BEORE JUNE
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50, 2021 2022, A STUDENT ENROLLED IN THE RECO!ERY HIGH SCHOOL
25
UNDER THE PROGRAM AS O JUNE 50, 2021 2022, MAY REMAIN
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ENROLLED IN THE RECO!ERY HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE PROGRAM UNTIL THE
2%
EARLIER O THE OLLO"ING
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1
2&
SCHOOL.
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2
29
SCHOOL.
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5
THE STUDENT'S GRADUATION ROM THE RECO!ERY HIGH
THE STUDENT'S "ITHDRA"AL ROM THE RECO!ERY HIGH
THE STUDENT'S COMPLETION O OUR YEARS O ENROLLMENT
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REPORTING.
REPORT BY DEPARTMENT O EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT O DRUG
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AND ALCOHOL PROGRAMS.##BY DECEMBER 51, 2020 2021, THE
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DEPARTMENT O EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT O DRUG AND ALCOHOL
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PROGRAMS, JOINTLY, SHALL SUBMIT TO THE CHAIRPERSON AND MINORITY
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CHAIRPERSON O THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE O THE SENATE, THE
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CHAIRPERSON AND MINORITY CHAIRPERSON O THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
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O THE HOUSE O REPRESENTATI!ES, THE CHAIRPERSON AND MINORITY
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CHAIRPERSON O THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND "ELARE COMMITTEE O THE
12
SENATE AND THE CHAIRPERSON AND MINORITY CHAIRPERSON O THE
15
HEALTH COMMITTEE O THE HOUSE O REPRESENTATI!ES A "RITTEN
14
REPORT ASSESSING THE SUCCESS O THE PROGRAM AND MAKING
1%
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE POSSIBLE ETENSION AND EPANSION
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O THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING A PROPOSED TIMELINE OR ANY POTENTIAL
1&
EPANSION.
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SECTION 1%1&.
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A.1
IRE AND EMERGENCY E!ACUATION DRILLS.##
"ITHIN NINETY 90 DAYS O THE COMMENCEMENT O THE
20
SCHOOL YEAR ATER THE EECTI!E DATE O THIS SUBSECTION AND
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"ITHIN NINETY 90 DAYS O THE COMMENCEMENT O EACH SCHOOL YEAR
22
THEREATER, EACH SCHOOL ENTITY MAY SHALL CONDUCT ONE SCHOOL
25
SECURITY DRILL PER SCHOOL YEAR IN EACH SCHOOL BUILDING IN PLACE
24
O A IRE DRILL REUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION A. ATER NINETY 90
2%
DAYS ROM THE COMMENCEMENT O EACH SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL
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ENTITY MAY CONDUCT T"O SCHOOL SECURITY DRILLS PER SCHOOL YEAR IN
2&
EACH SCHOOL BUILDING IN PLACE O T"O IRE DRILLS REUIRED UNDER
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SUBSECTION A. ALL O THE OLLO"ING SHALL APPLY
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1
THE SCHOOL SECURITY DRILL MAY SHALL BE CONDUCTED "HILE
THE SCHOOL ENTITY IS IN SESSION AND STUDENTS ARE PRESENT UNDER
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POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE CHIE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR.
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SECTION 12.
4 % 6
ADDING A SUBCLAUSE TO READ SECTION 1915#A.
B
8
1.6
10
THE OLLO"ING
12
I
14 1% 16 1& 18
OR THE 2006#200& ISCAL YEAR AND EACH ISCAL YEAR
THEREATER, THE PAYMENT OR A COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL CONSIST O
11
15
INANCIAL PROGRAM@ REIMBURSEMENT O
PAYMENTS.##
&
9
SECTION 1915#AB1.6 O THE ACT IS AMENDED BY
OR THE 2018#2019 ISCAL YEAR, EACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
SHALL RECEI!E AN AMOUNT EUAL TO THE OLLO"ING A
AN AMOUNT EUAL TO THE REIMBURSEMENT OR OPERATING COSTS
RECEI!ED IN ISCAL YEAR 201ߢ UNDER SUBCLAUSE A. B
AN AMOUNT EUAL TO THE ECONOMIC DE!ELOPMENT STIPEND
RECEI!ED IN ISCAL YEAR 201ߢ UNDER SUBCLAUSE B. C
OR EACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT RECEI!ES UNDING UNDER
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UNITS A AND B, AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OR OPERATING COSTS
20
DETERMINED OR EACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS OLLO"S
21
I
MULTIPLY THE AUDITED ULL#TIME EUI!ALENT ENROLLMENT AS
22
!ERIIED UNDER SUBSECTION K.1 OR THE MOST RECENT YEAR
25
A!AILABLE OR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BY THE DIERENCE BET"EEN
24
THE APPROPRIATION OR PAYMENT O APPRO!ED OPERATING EPENSES O
2%
COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE 2018#2019 ISCAL YEAR AND THE SUM O
26
THE AMOUNTS IN UNITS A AND B.
2&
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DI!IDE THE PRODUCT IN SUBUNIT I BY THE SUM O THE
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AUDITED ULL#TIME EUI!ALENT ENROLLMENT AS !ERIIED UNDER
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SUBSECTION K.1 OR THE MOST RECENT YEAR A!AILABLE OR ALL
50
COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
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SECTION 15.
THE DEINITION O MAIMUM ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD
5
INCOME, IN SECTION 2002#B O THE ACT IS AMENDED TO READ
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SECTION 2002#B.
%
DEINITIONS.
THE OLLO"ING "ORDS AND PHRASES "HEN USED IN THIS ARTICLE
6
SHALL HA!E THE MEANINGS GI!EN TO THEM IN THIS SECTION UNLESS THE
&
CONTET CLEARLY INDICATES OTHER"ISE
8
9
MAIMUM ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
10
1
SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT UNDER PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 5,
11
THE AMOUNT O &%,000 8%,000, PLUS THE APPLICABLE INCOME
12
ALLO"ANCE.
15 14
2
"ITH RESPECT TO AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT "ITH A
DISABILITY, AS CALCULATED BY MULTIPLYING
1%
I
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II
THE APPLICABLE AMOUNT UNDER PARAGRAPH 1@ BY THE APPLICABLE SUPPORT LE!EL ACTOR ACCORDING
1&
TO THE OLLO"ING TABLE
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S U P PO R T L E ! EL
S UP P O R T L E !E L A C T OR
19
1
1 . %0
20
2
2.995
21
5
BEGINNING JULY 1, 2014, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
22
ANNUALLY ADJUST THE INCOME AMOUNTS UNDER PARAGRAPHS 1 AND
25
2 TO RELECT ANY UP"ARD CHANGES IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDE
24
OR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS OR THE PENNSYL!ANIA, NE" JERSEY,
2%
DELA"ARE AND MARYLAND AREA IN THE PRECEDING 12 MONTHS AND
26
SHALL IMMEDIATELY SUBMIT THE ADJUSTED AMOUNTS TO THE
2&
LEGISLATI!E REERENCE BUREAU OR PUBLICATION AS A NOTICE IN
28
THE PENNSYL!ANIA BULLETIN.
29
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SECTION 14.
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1
2, D, D.12 INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH AND 5 AND E O THE
2
ACT ARE AMENDED AND THE SECTION IS AMENDED BY ADDING A
5
SUBSECTION TO READ
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SECTION 2005#B.
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C
UALIICATION AND APPLICATION BY ORGANI$ATIONS.
SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATIONS AND PRE#KINDERGARTEN
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SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATIONS.##A SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATION OR PRE#
8
KINDERGARTEN SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATION MUST CERTIY TO THE
9
DEPARTMENT THAT THE ORGANI$ATION IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN
10
THE EDUCATIONAL IMPRO!EMENT TA CREDIT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED UNDER
11
THIS ARTICLE AND MUST AGREE TO ANNUALLY REPORT THE OLLO"ING
12
INORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT BY SEPTEMBER NO!EMBER 1 O EACH
15
YEAR
14
1%
2
THE INORMATION REUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL
16
BE SUBMITTED ON A ORM PRO!IDED BY THE DEPARTMENT. NO LATER
1&
THAN MAY SEPTEMBER 1 O EACH YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
18
ANNUALLY DISTRIBUTE SUCH SAMPLE ORMS, TOGETHER "ITH THE
19
ORMS ON "HICH THE REPORTS ARE REUIRED TO BE MADE, TO EACH
20
LISTED SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATION AND PRE#KINDERGARTEN
21
SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATION.
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D
EDUCATIONAL IMPRO!EMENT ORGANI$ATION.## 1
AN APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY AN EDUCATIONAL
2%
IMPRO!EMENT ORGANI$ATION MUST DESCRIBE ITS PROPOSED
26
INNO!ATI!E EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OR PROGRAMS IN A ORM
2&
PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT
28
"ITH THE DEPARTMENT O EDUCATION AS NECESSARY. THE DEPARTMENT
29
SHALL RE!IE" AND APPRO!E OR DISAPPRO!E THE APPLICATION. IN
50
ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EDUCATIONAL
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IMPRO!EMENT TA CREDIT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS
2
ARTICLE, AN EDUCATIONAL IMPRO!EMENT ORGANI$ATION MUST AGREE
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TO ANNUALLY REPORT THE OLLO"ING INORMATION TO THE
4
DEPARTMENT BY SEPTEMBER NO!EMBER 1 O EACH YEAR
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THE NAME O THE INNO!ATI!E EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
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OR PROGRAMS AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT O THE GRANT OR GRANTS
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MADE TO THOSE PROGRAMS DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
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SCHOOL YEAR.
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A DESCRIPTION O HO" EACH GRANT "AS UTILI$ED
10
DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL YEAR AND A
11
DESCRIPTION O ANY DEMONSTRATED OR EPECTED INNO!ATI!E
12
EDUCATIONAL IMPRO!EMENTS.
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III
THE NAMES O THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL
14
DISTRICTS "HERE INNO!ATI!E EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT
1%
RECEI!ED GRANTS DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL
16
YEAR "ERE IMPLEMENTED.
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"HERE THE EDUCATIONAL IMPRO!EMENT ORGANI$ATION
18
COLLECTS INORMATION ON A COUNTY#BY#COUNTY BASIS, THE
19
TOTAL NUMBER AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT O GRANTS MADE DURING
20
THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL YEAR OR PROGRAMS AT
21
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN EACH COUNTY IN "HICH THE EDUCATIONAL
22
IMPRO!EMENT ORGANI$ATION MADE GRANTS.
25
!
THE ORGANI$ATION'S EDERAL ORM 990 OR OTHER
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EDERAL ORM INDICATING THE TA STATUS O THE
2%
ORGANI$ATION OR EDERAL TA PURPOSES, I ANY, AND A COPY
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O A COMPILATION, RE!IE" OR AUDIT O THE ORGANI$ATION'S
2&
INANCIAL STATEMENTS CONDUCTED BY A CERTIIED PUBLIC
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ACCOUNTING IRM.
29
2
50
THE INORMATION REUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL
BE SUBMITTED ON A ORM PRO!IDED BY THE DEPARTMENT. NO LATER
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THAN MAY SEPTEMBER 1 O EACH YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
2
ANNUALLY DISTRIBUTE SUCH SAMPLE ORMS, TOGETHER "ITH THE
5
ORMS ON "HICH THE REPORTS ARE REUIRED TO BE MADE, TO EACH
4
LISTED EDUCATIONAL IMPRO!EMENT ORGANI$ATION.
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THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT REUIRE ANY OTHER INORMATION
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TO BE PRO!IDED BY EDUCATIONAL IMPRO!EMENT ORGANI$ATIONS,
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ECEPT AS EPRESSLY AUTHORI$ED IN THIS ARTICLE.
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D.1
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OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATIONS.##
10
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AN OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATION MUST AGREE
11
TO REPORT THE OLLO"ING INORMATION ON A ORM PRO!IDED BY THE
12
DEPARTMENT BY SEPTEMBER NO!EMBER 1 O EACH YEAR
15
14
5
NO LATER THAN MAY SEPTEMBER 1 O EACH YEAR, THE
1%
DEPARTMENT SHALL ANNUALLY DISTRIBUTE SUCH SAMPLE ORMS,
16
TOGETHER "ITH THE ORMS ON "HICH THE REPORTS ARE REUIRED TO
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BE MADE, TO EACH LISTED OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATION.
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D.2
!ERIICATION O INCOME.##EACH SCHOLARSHIP
20
ORGANI$ATION, PRE#KINDERGARTEN SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATION AND
21
OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATION SHALL PRO!IDE OR AN
22
APPLICATION AND RE!IE" PROCESS OR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS THAT
25
INCLUDES A MEANS O !ERIICATION O HOUSEHOLD INCOME, "HICH MAY
24
INCLUDE SUBMISSION O THE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS' MOST RECENTLY
2%
A!AILABLE EDERAL OR STATE TA RETURNS, I REUIRED TO BE ILED
26
BY THE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS.
2&
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NOTIICATION.##THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIY THE
28
SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATION, PRE#KINDERGARTEN SCHOLARSHIP
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ORGANI$ATION, EDUCATIONAL IMPRO!EMENT ORGANI$ATION OR
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OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATION THAT THE ORGANI$ATION MEETS
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THE REUIREMENTS O AND IS UALIIED UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR
2
THAT ISCAL YEAR NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS ATER THE ORGANI$ATION
5
HAS SUBMITTED THE INORMATION REUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION.
4
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SECTION 1%.
SECTIONS 2004#BD AND 200%#BG AND G.1 O
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THE ACT ARE AMENDED TO READ
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SECTION 2004#B.
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APPLICATION BY BUSINESS IRMS.
CONTRIBUTIONS.##A CONTRIBUTION BY A BUSINESS IRM TO A
10
SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATION, PRE#KINDERGARTEN SCHOLARSHIP
11
ORGANI$ATION, OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATION OR
12
EDUCATIONAL IMPRO!EMENT ORGANI$ATION SHALL BE MADE NO LATER THAN
15
60 DAYS OLLO"ING THE APPRO!AL O AN APPLICATION UNDER
14
SUBSECTION A OR B. IN THE E!ENT A BUSINESS IRM DOES NOT
1%
MAKE A MINIMUM O %0 O THE ULL AMOUNT O THE APPRO!ED
16
CONTRIBUTION AND HAS NOT NOTIIED THE DEPARTMENT O THE AMOUNT
1&
O UNUSED CONTRIBUTIONS "ITHIN 14 DAYS O APPRO!AL, THE BUSINESS
18
IRM'S APPLICATION MAY NOT BE APPRO!ED IN THE IMMEDIATELY
19
SUCCEEDING ISCAL YEAR OR MORE THAN 1%0 O THE ACTUAL AMOUNT
20
CONTRIBUTED IN THE PRE!IOUS ISCAL YEAR.
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SECTION 200%#B.
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2%
TA CREDITS.
TIME O APPLICATION OR CREDITS.## 1
ECEPT AS PRO!IDED IN PARAGRAPH 2, THE DEPARTMENT
26
MAY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS OR TA CREDITS A!AILABLE DURING A
2&
ISCAL YEAR NO EARLIER THAN JULY 1 O EACH ISCAL YEAR.
28
2
THE APPLICATION O ANY BUSINESS IRM OR TA CREDITS
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A!AILABLE DURING A ISCAL YEAR AS PART O THE SECOND YEAR O
50
A T"O#YEAR COMMITMENT OR AS A RENE"AL O A T"O#YEAR
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COMMITMENT "HICH "AS ULILLED IN THE PRE!IOUS ISCAL YEAR
2
MAY BE ACCEPTED NO EARLIER THAN MAY 1% PRECEDING THE ISCAL
5
YEAR. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE OR THE EARLY APPLICATION DATE
4
UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH, THE CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDED IN THE
%
SECOND YEAR O A T"O#YEAR COMMITMENT OR RENE"AL O A T"O#YEAR
6
COMMITMENT MUST BE MADE TO THE SAME TYPE O ORGANI$ATION.
&
G.1
APPRO!AL O TA CREDITS.##UNLESS OTHER"ISE REUESTED
8
BY THE BUSINESS IRM AND AGREED TO BY BOTH THE BUSINESS IRM AND
9
THE DEPARTMENT, AND UNLESS ALL AUTHORI$ED CREDITS HA!E ALREADY
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BEEN A"ARDED 1
OR ISCAL YEAR 2016#201&, AND EACH ISCAL YEAR
12
THEREATER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL GI!E "RITTEN NOTICE O ITS
15
APPRO!AL TO EACH BUSINESS IRM THAT SUBMITTED A COMPLETED
14
APPLICATION UNDER SUBSECTION G BY AUGUST 1%, OR 50 DAYS
1%
OLLO"ING RECEIPT O THE COMPLETED APPLICATION, "HICHE!ER IS
16
LATER.
1&
2
OR ISCAL YEAR 2016#201&, AND EACH ISCAL YEAR
18
THEREATER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL GI!E "RITTEN NOTICE O ITS
19
APPRO!AL TO EACH BUSINESS IRM THAT SUBMITTED A COMPLETED
20
APPLICATION UNDER SUBSECTION J2 "ITHIN 50 DAYS OLLO"ING
21
RECEIPT O THE COMPLETED APPLICATION.
22
5
SHOULD THE DEPARTMENT AIL, OR A PERIOD O AT LEAST
25
10 DAYS, TO TIMELY TRANSMIT ANY O THE "RITTEN NOTICES
24
REUIRED BY THIS SUBSECTION, THE AECTED BUSINESS MAY BRING
2%
AN ACTION OR INJUNCTION OR OTHER APPROPRIATE RELIE IN
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COMMON"EALTH COURT.
2&
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SECTION 1%.1.
SECTION 2006#BA O THE ACT, AMENDED NO!EMBER
29
6, 201& P.L.1142, NO.%%, IS AMENDED TO READ
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SECTION 2006#B.
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AMOUNT.## 1
THE TOTAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT O ALL TA CREDITS
5
APPRO!ED OR CONTRIBUTIONS ROM BUSINESS IRMS TO SCHOLARSHIP
4
ORGANI$ATIONS, EDUCATIONAL IMPRO!EMENT ORGANI$ATIONS AND PRE#
%
KINDERGARTEN SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATIONS SHALL NOT ECEED
6
15%,000,000 160,000,000 IN A ISCAL YEAR.
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NO LESS THAN 8%,000,000 110,000,000 O THE
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TOTAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT SHALL BE USED TO PRO!IDE TA
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CREDITS OR CONTRIBUTIONS ROM BUSINESS IRMS TO
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SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATIONS.
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NO LESS THAN 5&,%00,000 O THE TOTAL AGGREGATE
12
AMOUNT SHALL BE USED TO PRO!IDE TA CREDITS OR
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CONTRIBUTIONS ROM BUSINESS IRMS TO EDUCATIONAL
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IMPRO!EMENT ORGANI$ATIONS.
1%
III
THE TOTAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT O ALL TA CREDITS
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APPRO!ED OR CONTRIBUTIONS ROM BUSINESS IRMS TO PRE#
1&
KINDERGARTEN SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATIONS SHALL NOT ECEED
18
12,%00,000 IN A ISCAL YEAR.
19
2
THE TOTAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT O ALL TA CREDITS
20
APPRO!ED OR CONTRIBUTIONS ROM BUSINESS IRMS TO OPPORTUNITY
21
SCHOLARSHIP ORGANI$ATIONS SHALL NOT ECEED %0,000,000 IN A
22
ISCAL YEAR.
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SECTION 16.
THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING AN ARTICLE TO READ
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SECTION 2522.
T+< /- </77 -/( ((- +) 60 */=<. THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ STATE AID OR ISCAL YEAR 2018#2019.
NOT"ITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PRO!ISION O LA" TO THE CONTRARY,
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EACH LIBRARY SUBJECT TO 24 PA.C.S. CH. 95 RELATING TO PUBLIC
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LIBRARY CODE, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE OR STATE AID OR ISCAL YEAR
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2018#2019, AS OLLO"S
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1
UNDS APPROPRIATED OR LIBRARIES SHALL BE
DISTRIBUTED TO EACH LIBRARY UNDER THE OLLO"ING ORMULA
1%
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DI!IDE THE AMOUNT O UNDING THAT THE LIBRARY
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RECEI!ED IN ISCAL YEAR 201ߢ UNDER SECTION 2521 BY
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MULTIPLY THE UOTIENT UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH I BY
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THE TOTAL STATE#AID SUBSIDY OR ISCAL YEAR 2018#2019.
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OLLO"ING DISTRIBUTION O UNDS APPROPRIATED OR
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STATE AID TO LIBRARIES UNDER PARAGRAPH 1, ANY REMAINING
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UNDS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE DISCRETION O THE STATE
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LIBRARIAN.
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5
I UNDS APPROPRIATED OR STATE AID TO LIBRARIES IN
2%
ISCAL YEAR 2018#2019 ARE LESS THAN UNDS APPROPRIATED IN
26
ISCAL YEAR 2002#2005, THE STATE LIBRARIAN MAY "AI!E
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STANDARDS AS PRESCRIBED IN 24 PA.C.S. CH. 95.
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EACH LIBRARY SYSTEM RECEI!ING STATE AID UNDER THIS
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SECTION MAY DISTRIBUTE THE LOCAL LIBRARY SHARE O THAT AID IN
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A MANNER AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD O DIRECTORS O THE
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LIBRARY SYSTEM.
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LIBRARY OPERATING IN A CITY O THE SECOND CLASS, CHANGES TO
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THE DISTRIBUTION O STATE AID TO THE LIBRARY SHALL BE MADE BY
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MUTUAL AGREEMENT BET"EEN THE LIBRARY AND THE LIBRARY SYSTEM.
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IN THE E!ENT O A CHANGE IN DISTRICT LIBRARY CENTER
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POPULATION PRIOR TO THE EECTI!E DATE O THIS SECTION AS A
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RESULT O
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A CITY, BOROUGH, TO"N, TO"NSHIP, SCHOOL DISTRICT
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A TRANSER O DISTRICT LIBRARY CENTER STATUS TO
A COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM@
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UNDING O DISTRICT LIBRARY CENTER AID SHALL BE PAID BASED ON
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THE POPULATION O THE NE"LY ESTABLISHED OR RECONIGURED
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DISTRICT LIBRARY CENTER.
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IN THE E!ENT O A CHANGE IN DIRECT SER!ICE AREA ROM
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ONE LIBRARY TO ANOTHER, THE STATE LIBRARIAN, UPON AGREEMENT
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O THE AECTED LIBRARIES, MAY REDISTRIBUTE THE LOCAL LIBRARY
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SHARE O AID TO THE LIBRARY CURRENTLY SER!ICING THE AREA.
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SECTION 18.
SECTIONS 2%09.1C.2, 2%10.5A2 AND 2%99.6A
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O THE ACT, AMENDED NO!EMBER 6, 201& P.L.1142, NO.%%, ARE
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AMENDED TO READ
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SECTION 2%09.1.
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C.2
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PAYMENTS TO INTERMEDIATE UNITS.##
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YEARS, I!E AND I!E#TENTHS PERCENT %.% O THE STATE SPECIAL
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ACCOUNT O SPECIAL EDUCATION SER!ICES.
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2
THIRTY#I!E PERCENT 5% O THE AMOUNT UNDER PARAGRAPH
1 SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED EUALLY AMONG ALL INTERMEDIATE UNITS.
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SITY#I!E PERCENT 6% O THE AMOUNT UNDER PARAGRAPH
2
1 SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO EACH INTERMEDIATE UNIT IN PROPORTION
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TO THE NUMBER O A!ERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP O THE COMPONENT
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS O EACH INTERMEDIATE UNIT AS COMPARED TO THE
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STATE"IDE TOTAL A!ERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP.
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BE IN INANCIAL RECO!ERY STATUS OR IDENTIIED OR INANCIAL
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"ATCH STATUS.##A
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DEPARTMENT O EDUCATION MAY UTILI$E UP TO I!E MILLION DOLLARS
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%,000,000 O UNDISTRIBUTED UNDS NOT EPENDED, ENCUMBERED OR
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COMMITTED ROM APPROPRIATIONS OR GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES MADE TO
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TO BE IN INANCIAL RECO!ERY STATUS UNDER SECTION 621#A,
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IDENTIIED OR INANCIAL "ATCH STATUS UNDER SECTION 611#A OR
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IDENTIIED OR INANCIAL "ATCH STATUS UNDER SECTION 694#A@
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ECEPT THAT THE UNDS MUST BE IRST UTILI$ED TO ACCOMPLISH THE
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PRO!ISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 69%#A. THE UNDS SHALL BE
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TRANSERRED BY THE SECRETARY O THE BUDGET TO A RESTRICTED
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ACCOUNT AS NECESSARY TO MAKE PAYMENTS UNDER THIS SECTION AND,
25
"HEN TRANSERRED, ARE HEREBY APPROPRIATED TO CARRY OUT THE
24
PRO!ISIONS O THIS SECTION.
2%
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SECTION 2%99.6.
READY#TO#LEARN BLOCK GRANT.##A
OR THE
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2016#201& AND, 201ߢ AND 2018#2019 SCHOOL YEARS, EACH
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SCHOOL ENTITY SHALL RECEI!E A READY#TO#LEARN BLOCK GRANT AS
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OLLO"S IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN THE SUM O
50
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AN AMOUNT EUAL TO THE AMOUNT THE SCHOOL ENTITY RECEI!ED
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DURING THE 2015#2014 SCHOOL YEAR UNDER SECTION 2%99.2. 2
AN AMOUNT EUAL TO THE AMOUNT THE SCHOOL ENTITY RECEI!ED
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DURING THE 2014#201% SCHOOL YEAR UNDER SECTION 1&22#J21II O
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THE ACT O APRIL 9, 1929 P.L.545, NO.1&6, KNO"N AS THE ISCAL
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CODE.
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AN AMOUNT EUAL TO THE AMOUNT THE SCHOOL ENTITY RECEI!ED
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DURING THE 201%#2016 SCHOOL YEAR UNDER SECTION 1&22#L21IC
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O THE ISCAL CODE.
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SECTION 19.
THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EECT JULY 1, 2018, OR
IMMEDIATELY, "HICHE!ER IS LATER.
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