PRINTER'S NO. 613
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
670
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY PROBST, MADDEN, SIEGEL, FREEMAN, SANCHEZ,
KENYATTA, HILL-EVANS, DELLOSO, FLEMING AND GILLEN,
MARCH 23, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 23, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in school finances, further providing
for fiscal year.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 671(b)(1) of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended and the section is amended by adding subsections to
read:
Section 671. Fiscal Year.--* * *
(a.1) For fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2022, the
board of school directors of a school district of the second,
third or fourth class shall adopt and submit the school
district's annual budget by the last day of July, except as
permitted under subsection (c).
(b) (1) For fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2004, and
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ending before July 1, 2022, a school district of the second,
third or fourth class may delay the adoption of its annual
budget beyond the last day in June where legislation providing
the appropriation for basic education funding to be paid as a
reimbursement for the preceding school year is not enacted by
June 15.
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(c) (1) For fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2022, a
school district of the second, third or fourth class may delay
the adoption of its annual budget beyond the last day in July
where legislation providing the appropriation for basic
education funding to be paid as a reimbursement for the
preceding school year is not enacted by July 1.
(2) A school district that delays the adoption of its annual
budget under paragraph (1) shall adopt an annual budget no later
than thirty days subsequent to the enactment of legislation
providing the appropriation for basic education funding to be
paid as a reimbursement for the preceding year.
(3) The provisions of section 687 requiring ten days' public
notice prior to final action shall apply in cases when the
adoption of a school district's budget is delayed under this
subsection.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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