HB 2169 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, making editorial changes to delete references to "approved private school" for the purpose of adding references to "approved special education school."

PRINTER'S NO.     2811

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                      HOUSE BILL
                      No. 2169
                                             Session of
                                               2026

     INTRODUCED BY N. NELSON, SANCHEZ, M. MACKENZIE, RIVERA, HILL-
        EVANS, DALEY, SCHWEYER, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, KAZEEM AND WAXMAN,
        JANUARY 28, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 28, 2026


                                  AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
 2      "An act relating to the finances of the State government;
 3      providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
 4      ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
 5      Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
 6      financial management firms, for private dam financial
 7      assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
 8      the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
 9      bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
10      collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
11      due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
12      including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
13      the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
14      and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
15      Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
16      Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
17      courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
18      Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
19      all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
20      moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
21      and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
22      authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
23      to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
24      section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
25      Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
26      certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
27      department, board, commission, and officer of the State
28      government, every political subdivision of the State, and
29      certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
30      association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
31      collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
32      imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
33      other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
 1      every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
 2      Commonwealth," making editorial changes to delete references
 3      to "approved private school" for the purpose of adding
 4      references to "approved special education school."
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.    Section 1923(5) of the act of April 9, 1929
 8   (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, added November 12,
 9   2025 (P.L.156, No.45), is amended to read:
10   Section 1923.    Department of Education.
11      The following apply to appropriations to the Department of
12   Education:
13          * * *
14          (5)     The amount of money set aside under section 2509.8
15      of the Public School Code of 1949 shall be allocated to each
16      approved [private] special education school with a day
17      tuition determined to be less than $32,000 during the 2010-
18      2011 school year. The allocation shall be no less than 175%
19      of the amount allocated in 2015-2016 fiscal year.
20          * * *
21      Section 2.    This act shall take effect immediately.




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