Section 25-2502.11 - Economic supplement(a) For the school year 1982-1983 through the school year 1990-1991, each qualifying school district shall be paid, in addition to any other payments to which it is entitled, an economic supplement, based upon children in low-income families, local tax effort and population per square mile.(b) For the school years 1982-1983 through 1986-1987, each qualifying school district shall be paid on account of children in low-income families an amount in accordance with the following table: | Percentage of Low-Income Pupils | Grant Per |
| In Average Daily Membership | Low-Income Pupil |
| 10 - 19.9 | $100 |
| 20 - 39.9 | $300 |
| 40 or over | $500 |
For the school year 1987-1988, each qualifying school district shall be paid on account of children in low-income families an amount in accordance with the following table:
| Percentage of Low-Income Pupils | Grant Per |
| In Average Daily Membership | Low-Income Pupil |
| 8 - 14.9 | $128 |
| 15 - 29.9 | $357 |
| 30 or over | $587 |
For the school years 1988-1989 and 1989-1990, each qualifying school district shall be paid on account of children in low-income families an amount in accordance with the following table:
| Percentage of Low-Income Pupils | Grant Per |
| In Average Daily Membership | Low-Income Pupil |
| 8 - 14.9 | 6% of the factor for educational expense used to make payments on account of instruction, as provided for in section 2501(19). |
| 15 - 29.9 | 16% of the factor for educational expense used to make payments on account of instruction, as provided for in section 2501(19). |
| 30 or over | 27% of the factor for educational expense used to make payments on account of instruction, as provided for in section 2501(19). |
For the school year 1990-1991, each qualifying school district shall be paid on account of children in low-income families an amount in accordance with the following table:
| Percentage of Low-Income Pupils | Grant Per |
| In Average Daily Membership | Low-Income Pupil |
| 8 - 14.9 | 6% of the factor for educational expense used to make payments on account of instruction, as provided for in section 2501(19). |
| 15 - 19.9 | 16% of the factor for educational expense used to make payments on account of instruction, as provided for in section 2501(19). |
| 20 - 29.9 | 23% of the factor for educational expense used to make payments on account of instruction, as provided for in section 2501(19). |
| 30 or over | 27% of the factor for educational expense used to make payments on account of instruction, as provided for in section 2501(19). |
For the 1982-1983 school year through the 1990-1991 school year, low-income pupils are defined for purposes of this section as children aged five (5) to seventeen (17) years, inclusive, in families receiving a grant in excess of two thousand dollars ($2,000) from the Commonwealth on account of dependent children under Title IV of the Federal Social Security Act.
(c) For the school year 1982-1983 through the school year 1987-1988, any district which levies and collects local taxes for school purposes equal to or above the median equalized millage, as defined in section 2501 (9.3), in the year for which reimbursement is determined shall qualify for and receive a payment based upon local tax effort and population per square mile in accordance with the following table, except for qualifying districts which include a central city of a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area and have a district population of less than four thousand (4,000) persons per square mile, which districts shall receive three percent (3%) of their instructional expenditures: | Population Per Square Mile | Payment as Percent of |
| of the Qualifying District | Instructional Expenditure |
| 5,950 and over | 5 |
| 4,000 - 5,949 | 3 |
| less than 4,000 | 1 |
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, districts having a general population of five thousand nine hundred fifty (5,950) or more persons per square mile and at least thirty-five thousand (35,000) WADMs shall be paid nineteen percent (19%) of their instructional expenditures.
(d) For the school year 1988-1989 through the school year 1990-1991, any district which levies and collects local taxes for school purposes equal to or above the median equalized millage, as defined in section 2501(9.3), in the year for which reimbursement is determined or any school district the majority of whose population is drawn from a city of the first through third class which levies and collects local taxes for municipal purposes equal to or above the municipal median equalized millage, as defined in section 2501 (9.5), for the most recent municipal fiscal year for which data is available shall qualify for and receive a payment based upon local tax effort and population per square mile in accordance with the following table, except for qualifying districts which include a central city of a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area and have a district population of less than four thousand (4,000) persons per square mile, which districts shall receive three percent (3%) of their instructional expenditures: | Population Per Square Mile | Payment as Percent of |
| of the Qualifying District | Instructional Expenditure |
| 5,950 and over | 5 |
| 4,000 - 5,949 | 3 |
| less than 4,000 | 1 |
Qualifying districts having a general population of five thousand nine hundred fifty (5,950) or more persons per square mile and at least thirty-five thousand (35,000) WADM's shall be paid nineteen percent (19%) of their instructional expenditures. For the 1990-1991 school year, a central city of a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area which has an equalized millage as defined in clause (9.2) of section 2501 to be greater than the median equalized millage by ten and twenty-nine hundredths (10.29) and has an estimated 1990-1991 Weighted Average Daily Membership (WADM) provided by the Department of Education in June 1991 that is less than the actual 1989-1990 Weighted Average Daily Membership by two hundred (200) shall receive an additional two percent (2%) of their 1990-1991 actual instructional expenditure.
1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XXV, § 2502.11, added 1983 , Dec. 20, P.L. 267, No. 73, § 10, imd. effective. Amended 1984 , June 29, P.L. 438, No. 93, § 9, imd. effective; 1988 Oct. 20, P.L. 827, No. 110, § 10, imd. effective; 1989 , July 8, P.L. 253, No. 43, § 11, imd. effective; 1991, Aug. 5, P.L. 219, No. 25, § 8, retroactive effective 7/1/1991; 1993, June 7, P.L. 49, No. 16, § 16, effective 7/1/1993.