PRINTER'S NO. 1166
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1110
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY GAYDOS, M. MACKENZIE, TWARDZIK AND ROZZI,
MAY 5, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 5, 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 pupils and attendance, further
providing for exceptional children and education and
training.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1372(8)(i), (ii) and (iv) of the act of
March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code
of 1949, amended July 8, 2022 (P.L.620, No.55), are amended to
read:
Section 1372. Exceptional Children; Education and
Training.--* * *
(8) Reporting of Expenditures Relating to Exceptional
Students.
(i) By December 31, [2000] 2023, and each year thereafter,
each school district shall compile information listing the
number of [students with disabilities] children with
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exceptionalities for which expenditures are between twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,000) and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000),
which shall be known as Category 2; between fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000) and seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000),
which shall be known as Category 3A; and over seventy-five
thousand dollars ($75,000), which shall be known as Category 3B,
for the prior school year. The information shall be submitted to
the department in a form prescribed by the department. By
February 1, 2001, and each year thereafter, the department shall
submit to the chairman and minority chairman of the Education
and Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the chairman and
minority chairman of the Education and Appropriations Committees
of the House of Representatives a report listing this
information by school district. Beginning with the report due
February 1, 2023, the department shall include the information
reported in subparagraph (iv) along with the report made in this
subparagraph and shall post the report on the department's
publicly accessible Internet website in a sortable electronic
format.
(ii) By December 31, [2016] 2023, and each year thereafter,
each school district shall compile information listing the
number of [students with disabilities] children with
exceptionalities for which expenditures are under twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,000), which shall be known as Category 1.
The information shall be submitted to the department in a form
prescribed by the department.
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(iv) By December 31, [2022] 2023, and each year thereafter,
each school district shall, in addition to the information under
subparagraph (i), compile information listing the number of
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[students with disabilities] children with exceptionalities for
which expenditures are under five thousand dollars ($5,000),
which shall be known as Category 1A; and between five thousand
dollars ($5,000) and less than the amount in Category 2, which
shall be known as Category 1B, for the prior school year. The
information shall be submitted to the department along with the
information in, and as prescribed by, subparagraph (i).
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Section 2. Any regulations of the Department of Education
that are inconsistent with this act are abrogated to the extent
of the inconsistency.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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