Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part XVI - Standards › Chapter 329 - COMPUTATION OF SUBSIDY › Section 329.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
ADM
-Average daily membership.
AFDC
-Aid to families with dependent
				  children.
AIE
-Actual instructional
				  expenditures.
AIE/WADM
-Actual instructional expenditure
				  per weighted average daily membership.
Area in square miles
-For the purpose of
				  determining eligibility for density, modified density, super density and
				  modified super density, inland waters are excluded; for the purpose of
				  determining all density/sparsity eligibility, only territory under the
				  jurisdiction of a school district shall be included; for the purposes of
				  determining eligibility for sparsity, inland waters shall be included.
BER
-Base earned for reimbursement.
Base subsidy
-The instruction subsidy
				  calculated under §
									329.3(4)-(6)
				  (relating to computations).
Basic instruction subsidy
-The instruction
				  subsidy to which all qualified school districts are entitled under the School
				  Code. The basic instruction subsidy is the sum of the base subsidy plus any
				  density/sparsity payments plus any poverty payments.
Bootstrap
-A minimum reimbursable amount per
				  WADM for which a district qualifies even if the actual instructional
				  expenditures per WADM is lower. To qualify for the minimum, a district shall
				  have an equalized millage rate within 15% of the median equalized millage rate.
				  The minimum reimbursable amount per WADM is equal to the median, AIE/WADM minus
				  $200.
Density factor
-Density factor shall be
				  assigned for those school districts whether coterminous with a city, borough,
				  town or township or not, whose population exceeds 10,000 per square mile as
				  determined by the Secretary of Education from the most recent records of the
				  United States Census Bureau, provided that a school district which was assigned
				  a density factor for a school year prior to 1969-1970, and for a school year
				  thereafter is determined by the Secretary to have a population of 10,000 per
				  square mile or less shall qualify for a modified density payment which shall be
				  in the ratio of its population per square mile to 10,000 of the amount to which
				  it would have been entitled had its population per square mile exceeded 10,000;
				  and, provided further, that a school district which was assigned a density
				  factor for a school year prior to 1969-1970, and for a school year thereafter
				  and as a result of a merger with one or more other school districts becomes a
				  part of a new school district and the new school district is determined by the
				  Secretary to have a population of 10,000 per square mile or less, the new
				  school district shall qualify for a modified density payment which shall be in
				  the ratio of its population per square mile to 10,000 of the amount to which it
				  would have been entitled had its population per square mile exceeded 10,000. A
				  school district qualifying under the density factor shall be paid by the
				  Commonwealth or account of excess expenditures per weighted average daily
				  membership, not to exceed for the school year 1966-1967 $100, for the school
				  year 1967-1968 $150, for the school year 1968-1969 $200, for the school year
				  1969-1970 and each school year thereafter $250 in excess of $400, an amount to
				  be determined by multiplying the excess expenditures by the aid ratio or by
				  .375, whichever is greater and by the number of weighted pupils, the amount to
				  be in addition to other payments for the pupils; provided, however, a school
				  district qualifying under the density factor may, in lieu of the above payment,
				  elect for a school year to be paid and the Commonwealth shall pay on account of
				  excess expenditures per weighted average daily membership in excess of $400 a
				  sum of $30 per weighted average daily membership, the amount to be in addition
				  to other payments for the pupils.
Density factor, modified
-A value assigned to
				  those districts whose population exceeded 10,000 per square mile prior to
				  1969-1970 but not thereafter. If one or more districts merged and one of the
				  component districts had a population in excess of 10,000 per square mile prior
				  to 1969-1970, that district is assigned a modified density factor. The factor
				  is calculated by dividing the population of the district per square mile by
				  10,000.
Density factor, super
-The payment for the
				  density factor for those qualifying school districts with a WADM in excess of
				  35,000 shall be the actual cost of instruction per WADM multiplied by 21% for
				  the 1978-1979 school year and each school year thereafter and by the WADM of
				  the district. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2502.6 of the School
				  Code (24 P. S. §
										25-2502.6) the
				  entitlement provided under this section shall be paid in full for each school
				  year.
Department
-The Department of Education of
				  the Commonwealth.
EM-
equalized millage
-A
				  school district's tax effort to be used for purposes of determining the base
				  earned for reimbursement and used for reimbursement under section 2502(d) and
				  (e) of the School Code (24 P. S. §
										25-2502(d) and
				  (e)), shall be the amount of local school
				  taxes collected during the year for which reimbursement is being computed,
				  divided by the most recent real property valuation of the school
				  district.
Guaranteed rate
-The base subsidy plus the
				  bootstrap payable in 1971-1972 divided by the 1970-1971 weighted average daily
				  membership.
Inland water
-Ponds, lakes, rivers and other
				  bodies of water which cover 40 or more acres and are of a mile or more in
				  width. Width is defined as the average distance across the body of water;
				  excluded bodies of water are those adjacent to this Commonwealth and not under
				  the jurisdiction of any county or municipality within this Commonwealth.
Local school taxes collected
-For the purpose
				  of computing equalized millage, the term includes:
(i) Only the total taxes collected and
				remitted to the school district and taxes levied, collected and remitted by the
				school district under the authority granted under:
(A) The Local Tax Enabling Act (53 P. S. §§
											6901-6924).
(B) The First Class City Public Education
				Home Rule Act (53 P. S. §§
											13201-13223).
(C) Article XII of 351 Pa. Code (relating to
				public education).
(D) The School
				Code-an example being current and interim real estate taxes.
(E) The act of August 9, 1963 (P. L. 640, No.
				338) (53 P. S. §§
											16101-16103.3).
(F) Other State law.