Section 142-C - Emergency Education Relief to Educational Entities(a)General rule.--From money appropriated for COVID Relief--GEER during the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the following shall apply: (1) The amount of $20,000,000 shall be distributed to area career and technical schools as follows: (i) Multiply the amount received by the area career and technical school from the secondary career and technical education subsidy under section 2502.8 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L. 30, No. 14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, for school year 2019-2020 by $20,000,000.(ii) Divide the product from subparagraph (i) by the sum of the amounts received by area career and technical schools from the secondary career and technical education subsidy under section 2502.8 of the Public School Code of 1949 for school year 2019-2020.(3) The amount of $8,075,000 shall be distributed to approved private schools, the chartered schools for the education of the deaf or the blind and the private residential rehabilitative institutions as follows:(i) Multiply the 2019-2020 full-time equivalent enrollment of the approved private school, chartered school for the education of the deaf or the blind or private residential rehabilitative institution by $8,075,000.(ii) Divide the product from subparagraph (i) by the sum of the 2019-2020 full-time equivalent enrollment for all approved private schools, chartered schools for the education of the deaf or the blind and private residential rehabilitative institutions.(4) The amount of $5,000,000 shall be distributed to the State System of Higher Education to support the ongoing functionality of its member institutions as directed by the chancellor.(5) The amount of $14,000,000 shall be distributed to the community colleges as follows: (i) Multiply the amount received by the community college from the Community College Subsidy under section 1913-A of the Public School Code of 1949 for fiscal year 2019-2020 by $14,000,000.(ii) Divide the product under subparagraph (i) by the sum of the amounts received by community colleges from the Community College Subsidy under section 1913-A of the Public School Code of 1949 for fiscal year 2019-2020.(b)Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Average Daily Membership." The sum of the average daily membership of an intermediate unit's component school districts.
"Full-time equivalent enrollment." The full-time equivalent enrollment as defined under section 1376 of the Public School Code of 1949 for an approved private school, the full-time equivalent enrollment as defined under section 1376.1 of the Public School Code of 1949 for a chartered school for the education of the deaf or the blind and the number of students enrolled under section 914.1-A of the Public School Code of 1949 for a private residential rehabilitative institution.
"GEER." The Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund as described under section 312 of Title III of Division M of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
Added by P.L.12021 No. 1, § 1.1, eff. 2/5/2021.