Section 25-2578 - Payments(a) Payments to a school district shall be determined and approved by the Department of Public Instruction. The amount so approved shall be included in and be payable from any future appropriations made to the Department of Public Instruction. Payments to school districts shall be made semi-annually where the district's lease agreement specifies that lease payments shall be paid semi-annually.(b) All payments due school districts by the Commonwealth on account of obligations to the State Public School Building Authority, sinking fund charges, or rentals under leases with municipality authorities, nonprofit corporations or profit or nonprofit corporations, partnerships, technical schools, shall be paid to the intermediate unit operating the associations or persons for building or educational equipment for area school. School districts not originally parties to an agreement with the State Public School Building Authority or a lease with a municipality authority, a nonprofit corporation or a profit or nonprofit corporation, partnership, association or person for buildings or educational equipment for an area technical school but later electing to participate in the operation of the school and agreeing to pay a part of the annual payments due under the agreement or lease shall be entitled to payments by the Commonwealth to the same extent as though they had originally been parties to the agreement or lease. The amount thereof shall be paid to the intermediate unit. No payments shall be made on account of obligations or rentals for buildings or educational equipment for area technical schools unless the schools conform to plans approved by the State Board for Career and Technical Education.Amended by P.L. TBD 2019 No. 76, § 61, eff. 12/30/2019.1949, March 10, P.L. 30, art. XXV, § 2578, added 1956, March 22, P.L. (1955) 1315, § 2. Amended 1957, July 11, P.L. 775, § 8; 1959, Dec. 22, P.L. 1974, § 1; 1970, Jan. 14, P.L. (1969) 468, § 84, effective 7/1/1970; 1970, May 4, P.L. 326, No. 103, § 1.