Section 9-924-A - Annual reports(a) On or before January 1, 1975, and annually thereafter by the first of January, the Secretary of Education shall submit to the members of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a report on the operation of the intermediate units for the purpose of enabling said members to evaluate the system inaugurated on July 1, 1971, in accordance with their constitutional obligation to maintain and support a thorough and efficient system of public education.(b) In addition to written text, this report may include such graphic or statistical data as the Secretary of Education considers of use for a legislative evaluation of the report.(c) In order that this report will provide an effective comparison with the prior system of county superintendents, the initial report shall contain the following information: (1) A brief description of the specific services provided by each unit.(2) A brief description of the services formerly supplied through the county superintendents of the districts which now comprise the intermediate unit.(3) A comparison of the number and types of persons employed, full-time and part-time, by each intermediate unit with those formerly employed through the county superintendents of the districts which now comprise the intermediate unit.(4) A comparison of the total costs and the per pupil costs of (i) capital outlay, (ii) equipment, (iii) overhead, and (iv) salaries for each intermediate unit with those formerly borne through the county superintendents of the districts which now comprise the intermediate unit.(5) An analysis of the sources of revenue maintaining each intermediate unit, i.e., the amount derived from (i) local taxes, (ii) State reimbursement, (iii) private contracts for services, and (iv) Federal funds.(d) The same information shall be provided in subsequent annual reports except that comparisons shall be drawn with the preceding report of intermediate unit activity rather than with the system of county superintendents. The obligation to submit this report shall cease after June 30, 1980, unless specifically reenacted by the General Assembly.1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. IX-A, § 924-A, added 1974, April 4, P.L. 243, No. 57, § 1, imd. effective. Editorially renumbered from 24 P.S. § 9-974 in 2011.