HB 976 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in pupils and attendance, further providing for exceptional children and education and training.

PRINTER'S NO.   1059

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 976
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY GAYDOS, ORTITAY AND RIVERA, MARCH 19, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 19, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the public school system, including certain
 3      provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
 4      schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
 5      laws relating thereto," in pupils and attendance, further
 6      providing for exceptional children and education and
 7      training.
 8      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 9   hereby enacts as follows:
10      Section 1.    Section 1372(8)(i), (ii) and (iv) of the act of
11   March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code
12   of 1949, are amended to read:
13      Section 1372.    Exceptional Children; Education and
14   Training.--* * *
15      (8)   Reporting of Expenditures Relating to Exceptional
16   Students.
17      (i)   By December 31, [2000] 2025, and each year thereafter,
18   each school district shall compile information listing the
19   number of [students with disabilities] children with
20   exceptionalities for which expenditures are between twenty-five
21   thousand dollars ($25,000) and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000),
 1   which shall be known as Category 2; between fifty thousand
 2   dollars ($50,000) and seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000),
 3   which shall be known as Category 3A; and over seventy-five
 4   thousand dollars ($75,000), which shall be known as Category 3B,
 5   for the prior school year. The information shall be submitted to
 6   the department in a form prescribed by the department. By
 7   February 1, 2001, and each year thereafter, the department shall
 8   submit to the chairman and minority chairman of the Education
 9   and Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the chairman and
10   minority chairman of the Education and Appropriations Committees
11   of the House of Representatives a report listing this
12   information by school district. Beginning with the report due
13   February 1, 2023, the department shall include the information
14   reported in subparagraph (iv) along with the report made in this
15   subparagraph and shall post the report on the department's
16   publicly accessible Internet website in a sortable electronic
17   format.
18      (ii)    By December 31, [2016] 2025, and each year thereafter,
19   each school district shall compile information listing the
20   number of [students with disabilities] children with
21   exceptionalities for which expenditures are under twenty-five
22   thousand dollars ($25,000), which shall be known as Category 1.
23   The information shall be submitted to the department in a form
24   prescribed by the department.
25      * * *
26      (iv)    By December 31, [2022] 2025, and each year thereafter,
27   each school district shall, in addition to the information under
28   subparagraph (i), compile information listing the number of
29   [students with disabilities] children with exceptionalities for
30   which expenditures are under five thousand dollars ($5,000),

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 1   which shall be known as Category 1A; and between five thousand
 2   dollars ($5,000) and less than the amount in Category 2, which
 3   shall be known as Category 1B, for the prior school year. The
 4   information shall be submitted to the department along with the
 5   information in, and as prescribed by, subparagraph (i).
 6      * * *
 7      Section 2.   Any regulations of the Department of Education
 8   that are inconsistent with this act are abrogated to the extent
 9   of the inconsistency.
10      Section 3.   This act shall take effect immediately.




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