Section 1722-F - Department of Education.The following shall apply to appropriations for the Department of Education:
(1) From an appropriation for adult and family literacy programs, summer reading programs and the adult high school diplomas program, no less than the amount allocated in the 2014-2015 fiscal year shall be allocated for an after-school learning program servicing low-income students located in a county of the sixth class with a population, based on the most recent Federal decennial census, of at least 60,000 but not more than 70,000.(2) From money appropriated for Pennsylvania charter schools for the deaf and blind, $816,000 shall be distributed pro rata based on each school's increased share of required contributions for public school employees' retirement.(3) The following shall apply: (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds set aside under section 2509.8 of the act of March 10, 1949 ( P.L. 30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, shall include an allocation for an approved private school which received a payment under section 1722-L(6).(ii) The allocation under this paragraph shall be in an amount equal to the amount allocated to an approved private school under section 1722-L(6) for the 2015-2016 fiscal year.(iii) The allocation under this paragraph shall be in addition to an allocation from an appropriation for approved private schools.(iv) For the purposes of the formula for approved private schools under section 1376 of the Public School Code of 1949 for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, a payment made under this paragraph shall be considered part of the base allocation in section 1376(a.2) of the Public School Code of 1949.(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money from the set aside under section 2509.8 of the Public School Code of 1949 shall be allocated to each approved private school with a day tuition rate determined to be less than $32,000 during the 2010-2011 school year. The allocation shall be no less than the amount allocated in the 2015-2016 fiscal year.(5) From money appropriated for regional community college services, all of the following shall apply: (i) $900,000 shall be distributed to a community college in a county of the fourth class with a population, based on the most recent Federal decennial census, of at least 175,000, but not more than 190,000.(ii) $5,000,000 shall be distributed to a college established under Article XIX-G of Public School Code of 1949.(iii) $350,000 shall be distributed for a county of the sixth class with a population of 75,000 to 85,000 under the most recent Federal decennial census to establish a program that targets postsecondary students.(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money appropriated for community education councils shall be distributed as follows:(i) For a community education council headquartered in Armstrong County, $167,000.(ii) For a community education council headquartered in Elk County, $260,000.(iii) For a community education council headquartered in Erie County, $246,000.(iv) For a community education council headquartered in Lawrence County, $116,000.(v) For a community education council headquartered in Potter County, $344,580.(vi) For a community education council headquartered in Schuylkill County, $304,189.(vii) For a community education council headquartered in Venango County, $338,000.(viii) For a community education council headquartered in Warren County, $270,000.(ix) For a community education council headquartered in Wayne County, $300,000.(7) Notwithstanding section 1724-A of the Public School Code of 1949 or 24 Pa.C.S. § 8329 (relating to payments on account of Social Security deductions from appropriations), no payments shall be made to charter schools, regional charter schools or cyber charter schools authorized under Article XVII-A of the Public School Code of 1949 from money appropriated for school employees' Social Security.(8) Notwithstanding section 1724-A of the Public School Code of 1949 or 24 Pa.C.S. §§ 8326 (relating to contributions by the Commonwealth) and 8535 (relating to payments to school entities by Commonwealth), no payments shall be made to charter schools, regional charter schools or cyber charter schools authorized under Article XVII-A of the Public School Code of 1949 from money appropriated for payment of required contributions for public school employees' retirement.Added by P.L. TBD 2017 No. 44, § 19, eff. 10/30/2017.