Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 471.104 - Maintenance and use of the Fund(a) The Commission will allocate revenues from the Fund for the following purposes: (1) Establishing and operating a scholarship program for students in those regions of this Commonwealth which have statistically higher high school dropout rates, incarceration rates or high crime rates as determined by the Commission.(2) Providing grants to programs that benefit children in those regions of this Commonwealth which have statistically higher high school dropout rates, incarceration rates or high crime rates as determined by the Commission.(b) Students and programs that benefit children in those regions of this Commonwealth which have statistically higher high school dropout rates, incarceration rates or high crime rates as determined by the Commission shall be eligible for participation in the grant and scholarship programs as provided for in this chapter. The Commission will utilize data provided by the Department of Education to determine regions of this Commonwealth having statistically higher high school dropout rates, data provided by the Department to determine regions of this Commonwealth having statistically higher incarceration rates and data provided by the Pennsylvania State Police to determine regions of this Commonwealth having statistically higher crime rates.(c) Members of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee, the Victims Services Advisory Committee, the School Safety and Security Committee and the Commission shall establish the application process for the scholarship program and grants to programs. Recommendations to the Commission regarding scholarship and grant awards shall be made by this workgroup.(d) Within 15 days of the last day of each month, the Commission and the Office of the Budget, in consultation with the State Treasurer, will compute the total amount of revenue from all sources received by the Commonwealth during the immediately preceding month which will be deposited into the Fund by the State Treasurer in accordance with this chapter. By December 1 of each year in which the balance of the Fund contains at least $100,000, the Commission will announce the availability of grant or scholarship opportunities, or both.Adopted by Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol 48, No. 04. January 27, 2018, effective 1/27/2018Amended by Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol 53, No. 01. January 7, 2023, effective 1/7/2023The provisions of this § 471.104 amended under section 1751-A.1 of The Fiscal Code (72 P.S. § 1751-A.1).