Bill Information

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, providing for powers and duties of the Secretary of Education; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitations on approval of public school building projects and establishing the Public School Building Construction and Reconstruction Advisory Committee; in pupils and attendance, further providing for education and training of exceptional children; in charter schools, further providing for school staff; in vocational education, further providing for vocational education equipment grants; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and payment reimbursement; in disruptive student programs, further providing for applications; in private alternative education institutions for disruptive students, further providing for contracts with private alternative education institutions; providing for the rural regional college for underserved counties; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2015-2016; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, providing for student-weighted basic education funding; further providing for payments to intermediate units, for special education payments to school districts, for extraordinary special education program expenses and for special education funding for eligible students with disabilities in Cost Category 3; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, providing for reimbursement for school districts without required documentation, for public school building lease and debt service reimbursements for fiscal year 2015-2016 and for ready-to-learn block grants; providing for school district debt refinancing bonds; and repealing provisions of The Fiscal Code relating to rural regional college for underserved counties.