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Read. Follow. Verify.School Districts Must Publicly Disclose Special Education Spending Under Revised Tiers
Last action · March 19, 2025: Referred to EDUCATION, March 19, 2025Sponsors: Valerie Gaydos and 2 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania school districts are required to compile and submit annual expenditure data for exceptional students under updated spending categories beginning December 31, 2025. The legislation redefines reporting timelines, updates spending thresholds, and requires the Department of Education to publish the reports online. School districts and the Department of Education must implement these new reporting mechanisms and abide by the inconsistent regulations.
School districts face new compliance mandates starting December 31, 2025, that alter how special education student support costs are categorized and publicly disclosed across the state.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
school districts
School districts must compile and submit detailed annual expenditure information categorized by specified cost thresholds to the Department of Education.
Department of Education
The department must receive district reports, submit a consolidated report to legislative committees, and publish the information online.
children with exceptionalities
Their expenditure data is tracked and reported under revised financial tiers and categories.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Mar 19, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to EDUCATION, March 19, 2025
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