24 Pa. Stat. § 25-2502.47

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111

Section 25-2502.47 - Basic education funding for 2006-2007 school year

For the 2006-2007 school year, the Commonwealth shall pay to each school district a basic education funding allocation which shall consist of the following:

(1) An amount equal to the basic education funding allocation for the 2005-2006 school year under sections 2502.13, 2502.45 and 2504.4.

(2) If a school district has been declared a Commonwealth partnership school district under Article XVII-B, an amount equal to four million dollars ($4,000,000).

(3) A base supplement calculated as follows:

(i) If the school district's market value/income aid ratio is equal to or greater than seven thousand three hundred ninety-one ten-thousandths (.7391):

(A) Multiply the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio by its 2006-2007 average daily membership.

(B) Multiply the product from clause (A) by five million nine hundred fifty thousand dollars ($5,950,000).

(C) Divide the product from clause (B) by the sum of the products of the 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio multiplied by the 2006-2007 average daily membership for all qualifying school districts.

(ii) If the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio is equal to or greater than six thousand six hundred fifteen ten-thousandths (.6615) and less than seven thousand three hundred ninety-one ten-thousandths (.7391):

(A) Multiply the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio by its 2006-2007 average daily membership.

(B) Multiply the product from clause (A) by seventeen million five hundred twenty thousand dollars ($17,520,000).

(iii) If the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio is equal to or greater than five thousand eight hundred fifty-six ten-thousandths (.5856) and less than six thousand six hundred fifteen ten-thousandths (.6615):

(A) Multiply the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio by its 2006-2007 average daily membership.

(B) Multiply the product from clause (A) by seven million eight hundred thousand dollars ($7,800,000).

(iv) If the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio is equal to or greater than four thousand one hundred ninety-five ten-thousandths (.4195) and less than five thousand eight hundred fifty-six ten-thousandths (.5856):

(A) Multiply the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio by its 2006-2007 average daily membership.

(B) Multiply the product from clause (A) by eleven million four hundred thousand dollars ($11,400,000).

(v) If the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio is less than four thousand one hundred ninety-five ten-thousandths (.4195):

(A) Multiply the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio by its 2006-2007 average daily membership.

(B) Multiply the product from clause (A) by six million twenty-five thousand dollars ($6,025,000).

(4) A poverty supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:

(i) For a school district to qualify for the poverty supplement:

(A) forty percent (40%) or more of the students enrolled in the school district on October 31, 2006, must have been eligible for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch program, and the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio must be at least four thousand five hundred ten-thousandths (.4500); or

(B) equal to or greater than thirty percent (30%) and fewer than forty percent (40%) of the students enrolled in the school district on October 31, 2006, must have been eligible for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch program, and the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio must be at least six thousand five hundred ten-thousandths (.6500).

(ii) The poverty supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:

(A) Multiply the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio by its 2006-2007 average daily membership by the percent of students enrolled in the school district on October 31, 2006, who were eligible for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch program.

(B) Multiply the product from clause (A) by twenty-six million dollars ($26,000,000).

(C) Divide the product from clause (B) by the sum of the products of the 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio multiplied by the 2006-2007 average daily membership multiplied by the percent of students enrolled in the school district on October 31, 2006, who were eligible for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch program for all qualifying school districts.

(5) A foundation supplement calculated for qualifying districts as follows:

(i) To qualify for the foundation supplement, a school district's 2005-2006 adjusted current expenditures per average daily membership must be less than the foundation target, and its 2005-2006 equalized millage must be greater than or equal to 18.0. For the purpose of this subsection, the "foundation target" shall be one of the following:

(A) The 2003-2004 median current expenditures per average daily membership increased by three and nine-tenths percent (3.9%) and further increased by three and four-tenths percent (3.4%).

(B) For a school district where at least fifty percent (50%) of students enrolled in the school district on October 31, 2006, were eligible for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch program, the amount referenced under clause (A) increased by twenty percent (20%).

(ii) The foundation supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:

(A) Multiply the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio by its 2006-2007 average daily membership.

(B) Multiply the product in clause (A) by the lesser of:

(I) five hundred dollars ($500), or if its 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio is equal to or greater than seven thousand ten-thousandths (.7000), eight hundred fifty dollars ($850);

(II) the difference between the value of the foundation target and the school district's 2005-2006 adjusted current expenditures per average daily membership; or

(III) if the school district's 2005-2006 equalized millage is less than twenty-one and one-tenth (21.1), the product of the lesser of the amount in clause (B)(I) or (II) and the quotient of its 2005-2006 equalized millage divided by twenty-one and one-tenth (21.1).

(C) Multiply the product from clause (B) by forty million dollars ($40,000,000).

(D) Divide the product from clause (C) by the sum of the products from clause (B).

(iii) If a qualifying school district's 2005-2006 equalized millage is equal to or greater than twenty-four and seven-tenths (24.7), it shall receive an additional payment calculated as follows:

(A) Multiply the product from subparagraph (ii)(B) by eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000).

(B) Divide the product from clause (A) by the sum of the products from subparagraph (ii)(B) for qualifying school districts.

(6) A tax effort supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:

(i) To qualify for this portion of the tax effort supplement, the percent change in a school district's market value from 2000 to 2005 must be less than ten percent (10%).

(ii) This portion of the tax effort supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:

(A) Multiply the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio by its 2006-2007 average daily membership.

(B) Multiply the product from clause (A) by three million dollars ($3,000,000).

(iii) To qualify for this portion of the tax effort supplement, a school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio must be greater than four thousand five hundred ten-thousandths (.4500), the residential portion of its 2005 assessed valuation as determined by the State Tax Equalization Board must be greater than eighty-seven percent (87%), its 2005-2006 equalization millage must be greater than twenty-two and five-tenths (22.5), and its 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio minus its 1994-1995 market value/income aid ratio must be greater than one thousand ten-thousandths (.1000).

(iv) This portion of the tax effort supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:

(A) Multiply the school district's 2006-2007 average daily membership by five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

(B) Divide the product from clause (A) by the sum of the 2006-2007 average daily membership for all qualifying school districts.

(7) A growth supplement calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:

(i) To qualify for the growth supplement, the school district's 2005-2006 average daily membership must be at least five percent (5%) greater than the school district's 2000-2001 average daily membership, the school district's 2005 market value per 2005-2006 average daily membership must be less than or equal to nineteen and one-half percent (19.50%) greater than the school district's 2000 market value per 2000-2001 average daily membership, and the school district's 2006-2007 average daily membership must be greater than the school district's 2005-2006 average daily membership.

(ii) The growth supplement shall be calculated for qualifying school districts as follows:

(A) Multiply the school district's 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio by the difference between the school district's 2005-2006 average daily membership and the school district's 2006-2007 average daily membership.

(B) Multiply the product from clause (A) by two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000).

(C) Divide the product from clause (B) by the sum of the products of the 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio multiplied by the difference between the 2005-2006 average daily membership and the 2006-2007 average daily membership for all qualifying school districts.

(8) Each school district shall receive an inflation index supplement as necessary so that the sum of the amounts under section 2502.13, 2504.4 and paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) and this paragraph equal three and four-tenths percent (3.4%) multiplied by its 2007-2008 market value/income aid ratio of the amount in paragraph (1).

(9) Each school district shall receive additional funding as necessary so that the sum of the amounts under section 2502.13, 2504.4 and paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) and this paragraph shall equal at least two percent (2%) of the amount in paragraph (1).

24 P.S. § 25-2502.47

1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XXV, § 2502.47, added 2007 , July 20, P.L. 278, No. 45, § 25, imd. effective.