Bill Text: PA SB555 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for the definition of "institution of higher education"; and further providing for the definitions of "school" and "school age" and for qualification and application.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-17 - Referred to EDUCATION [SB555 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB555-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 565
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 555 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, FONTANA, ERICKSON, RAFFERTY, ALLOWAY, PIPPY, BOSCOLA, BAKER, YUDICHAK, MENSCH AND WAUGH, FEBRUARY 17, 2011
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 17, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), entitled "An
act relating to tax reform and State taxation by codifying
and enumerating certain subjects of taxation and imposing
taxes thereon; providing procedures for the payment,
collection, administration and enforcement thereof; providing
for tax credits in certain cases; conferring powers and
imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue, certain
employers, fiduciaries, individuals, persons, corporations
and other entities; prescribing crimes, offenses and
penalties," providing for the definition of "institution of
higher education"; and further providing for the definitions
of "school" and "school age" and for qualification and
application.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "school" and "school age" in
section 1702-F of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known
as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, added October 9, 2009 (P.L.451,
No.48), are amended and the section is amended by adding a
definition to read:
Section 1702-F. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this article
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Institution of higher education." A postsecondary
institution in this Commonwealth which is authorized to award
degrees.
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"School." A public or nonpublic pre-kindergarten,
kindergarten, elementary school or secondary school at which the
compulsory attendance requirements of the Commonwealth may be
met and which meets the applicable requirements of Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352, 78 Stat. 241).
The term includes a postsecondary institution of higher
education.
"School age." Children from the earliest admission age to a
school's pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program or, when no
pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program is provided, the
school's earliest admission age for beginners, until the end of
the school year the student attains 21 years of age or
graduation from high school, whichever occurs first. The term
includes students who attend a postsecondary institution of
higher education until the end of the school year in which the
student attains 23 years of age or graduates from the
postsecondary institution of higher education, whichever occurs
first.
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Section 2. Section 1703-F(c) of the act, added October 9,
2009 (P.L.451, No.48), is amended to read:
Section 1703-F. Qualification and application.
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(c) Scholarship organizations and pre-kindergarten
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scholarship organizations.--A scholarship organization or pre-
kindergarten scholarship organization must certify to the
department that the organization is eligible to participate in
the program established under this article and must agree to
annually report the following information to the department by
December 1, 2005, and September 1 of each year thereafter:
(1) (i) The number of scholarships awarded during the
immediately preceding school year to eligible pre-
kindergarten students.
(ii) The total and average amounts of the
scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
school year to eligible pre-kindergarten students.
(iii) The number of scholarships awarded during the
immediately preceding school year to eligible students in
grades kindergarten through eight.
(iv) The total and average amounts of the
scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
school year to eligible students in grades kindergarten
through eight.
(v) The number of scholarships awarded during the
immediately preceding school year to eligible students in
grades nine through 12.
(vi) The total and average amounts of the
scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
school year to eligible students in grades nine through
12.
(vii) Where the scholarship organization or pre-
kindergarten scholarship organization collects
information on a county-by-county basis, the total number
and the total amount of scholarships awarded during the
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immediately preceding school year to residents of each
county in which the scholarship organization or pre-
kindergarten scholarship organization awarded
scholarships.
(viii) The number of scholarships awarded during the
immediately preceding school year to eligible students in
postsecondary institutions of higher education.
(ix) The total and average amounts of the
scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
school year to eligible students in postsecondary
institutions of higher education.
(2) The information required under paragraph (1) shall
be submitted on a form provided by the department. No later
than September 1, [2005] 2011, and May 1 of each year
thereafter, the department shall annually distribute such
sample forms, together with the forms on which the reports
are required to be made, to each listed scholarship
organization and pre-kindergarten scholarship organization.
(3) The department may not require any other information
to be provided by scholarship organizations or pre-
kindergarten scholarship organizations, except as expressly
authorized in this article.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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