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Extra - Title Notes - Special Provisions in Appendix. See sections 3 and 4 of...
Extra - Appendix To Title - APPENDIX TO TITLE 24 EDUCATION Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory Statutes...
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 1 was added December 19, 1990, P.L.834, No.198,...
Section 102 - Definitions - § 102. Definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent...
Chapter 29 - Reimbursement (Repealed)
Section 2901 - § 2906 - (Repealed) - CHAPTER 29 REIMBURSEMENT (Repealed) 1983 Repeal. Chapter 29 (§§ 2901...
Chapter 65 - Private Colleges, Universities and Seminaries
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 65 was added December 19, 1990, P.L.834, No.198,...
Section 6501 - Applicability of chapter - (a) General rule.--This chapter applies to, and the word "institution"...
Section 6502 - State board to prescribe standards - § 6502. State board to prescribe standards. (a) General rule.--The...
Section 6503 - Certification of institutions - (a) General rule.--No person shall apply to itself, either as...
Section 6503.1 - Change of designation to university - (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or other...
Section 6504 - Fundamental changes - § 6504. Fundamental changes. (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for...
Section 6505 - Power to confer degrees - A nonprofit corporation as defined in Title 15 (relating to...
Section 6506 - Visitation of institutions and revocation of authority - § 6506. Visitation of institutions and revocation of authority. (a)...
Section 6507 - Institution names to be approved by department - § 6507. Institution names to be approved by department. The...
Section 6507.1 - Change of designation to college - Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any other law...
Section 6508 - Restraining use of term "college," "university" or "seminary." - § 6508. Restraining use of term "college," "university" or "seminary."...
Section 6509 - Penalty for violation of chapter - § 6509. Penalty for violation of chapter. A person who...
Chapter 71 - Suicide Prevention in Institutions of Higher Education
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 71 was added October 24, 2018, P.L.711, No.110,...
Section 7101 - Scope of chapter - This chapter relates to suicide prevention in institutions of higher...
Section 7102 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 7103 - Student mental health and suicide prevention plans - (a) Plan required and minimum required contents.--Each institution of higher...
Section 7104 - Certified suicide prevention institution of higher education - (a) Transmittal of plan.--If an institution of higher education adopts...
Chapter 81 - Preliminary Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 81 was added October 2, 1975, P.L.298, No.96,...
Section 8101 - Short title of part - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 8102 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this part...
Section 8103 - Construction of part - (a) General rule.--The provisions of this part in so far...
Section 8103.1 - Notice to members - Notice by publication, including, but not limited to, newsletters, newspapers,...
Section 8103.2 - Reference to Public School Employees' Retirement System - (a) General rule.--As of the effective date of this section,...
Section 8104 - Severability of provisions - § 8104. Severability of provisions. The provisions of this part...
Chapter 83 - Membership, Contributions and Benefits
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 83 was added October 2, 1975, P.L.298, No.96,...
Section 8301 - Mandatory and optional membership in the system and participation in the plan - (a) Mandatory membership.--Membership in the system shall be mandatory as...
Section 8302 - Credited school service - (a) Computation of credited service.--In computing credited school service of...
Section 8303 - Eligibility points for retention and reinstatement of service credits - (a) Accrued credited service.--Eligibility points shall be computed in accordance...
Section 8303.1 - Waiver of adjustments - § 8303.1. Waiver of adjustments. (a) Allowance.--Upon appeal by an...
Section 8304 - Creditable nonschool service - (a) Eligibility.--An active member or a multiple service member who...
Section 8305 - Classes of service - (a) Class T-C membership.--A school employee who is a member...
Section 8305.1 - Election to become a Class T-D member - § 8305.1. Election to become a Class T-D member. (a)...
Section 8305.2 - Election to become a Class T-F member - (a) General rule.--A person who first becomes a school employee...
Section 8305.3 - Election to become a Class T-H member - (a) General rule.--A person who first becomes a school employee...
Section 8305.4 - Election to become a Class DC participant - (a) General rule.--A person who first becomes a school employee...
Section 8305.5 - Election to become Class T-G, Class T-H or Class DC - (a) General rule.--A person who: (1) is a Class T-C,...
Section 8306 - Eligibility points - (a) General rule.--An active member of the system shall accrue...
Section 8307 - Eligibility for annuities - (a) Superannuation annuity.--An active or an inactive member who attains...
Section 8308 - Eligibility for vesting - Any Class T-C or Class T-D member who terminates school...
Section 8309 - Eligibility for death benefits - § 8309. Eligibility for death benefits. In the event of...
Section 8310 - Eligibility for refunds - Upon termination of service any active member, regardless of eligibility...
Section 8311 - Eligibility for early retirement - § 8311. Eligibility for early retirement. Notwithstanding any provisions of...
Section 8312 - Eligibility for special early retirement - § 8312. Eligibility for special early retirement. Notwithstanding any provisions...
Section 8313 - Eligibility for limited early retirement - § 8313. Eligibility for limited early retirement. Notwithstanding any provisions...
Section 8321 - Regular member contributions for current service - (a) General.--Regular member contributions shall be made to the fund...
Section 8322 - Joint coverage member contributions - § 8322. Joint coverage member contributions. The regular member contributions...
Section 8322.1 - Pickup contributions - (a) Treatment for purposes of IRC § 414(h).--All contributions to...
Section 8323 - Member contributions for creditable school service - (a) Previous school service, sabbatical leave and full coverage.--The contributions...
Section 8324 - Contributions for purchase of credit for creditable nonschool service and noncreditable school service - (a) Source of contributions.--The total contributions to purchase credit as...
Section 8325 - Incomplete payments - In the event that a member terminates school service or...
Section 8325.1 - Annual compensation limit under IRC § 401(a)(17) - (a) General rule.--In addition to other applicable limitations set forth...
Section 8326 - Contributions by the Commonwealth - (a) Contributions on behalf of active members.--The Commonwealth shall make...
Section 8327 - Payments by employers - (a) General rule.--Each employer, including the Commonwealth as employer of...
Section 8327.1 - Nonparticipating employer withdrawal liablity - (a) General rule.--A nonparticipating employer is liable to the system...
Section 8328 - Actuarial cost method - (a) Employer contribution rate.--The amount of the total employer contributions...
Section 8329 - Payments on account of social security deductions from appropriations - § 8329. Payments on account of social security deductions from...
Section 8330 - Appropriations by the Commonwealth - (a) Annual submission of budget.--The board shall prepare and through...
Section 8341 - Return of accumulated deductions - Any member upon termination of service may, in lieu of...
Section 8342 - Maximum single life annuity - (a) General rule.--Upon termination of service, any full coverage member...
Section 8343 - Reduction of annuities on account of social security old-age insurance benefits - § 8343. Reduction of annuities on account of social security...
Section 8344 - Disability annuities - (a) Amount of annuity.--A member who has made application for...
Section 8345 - Member's options - (a) General rule.--Any Class T-C or Class T-D member who...
Section 8346 - Termination of annuities - (a) General rule.--If an annuitant returns to school service or...
Section 8347 - Death benefits - (a) Members eligible for annuities.--Any member or former member on...
Section 8348 - Supplemental annuities - (a) General rule.--Every annuitant who is in receipt of a...
Section 8348.1 - Additional supplemental annuities - § 8348.1. Additional supplemental annuities. (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the first...
Section 8348.2 - Further additional supplemental annuities - § 8348.2. Further additional supplemental annuities. (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the...
Section 8348.3 - Supplemental annuities commencing 1994 - § 8348.3. Supplemental annuities commencing 1994. (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the...
Section 8348.4 - Special supplemental postretirement adjustment - § 8348.4. Special supplemental postretirement adjustment. (a) Eligibility.--An annuitant who:...
Section 8348.5 - Supplemental annuities commencing 1998 - § 8348.5. Supplemental annuities commencing 1998. (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the...
Section 8348.6 - Supplemental annuities commencing 2002 - § 8348.6. Supplemental annuities commencing 2002. (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the...
Section 8348.7 - Supplemental annuities commencing 2003 - § 8348.7. Supplemental annuities commencing 2003. (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the...
Section 8349 - Payment of benefits from the system - (a) Annuities.--Any annuity granted under the provisions of this part...
Chapter 84 - School Employees' Defined Contribution Plan
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 84 was added June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5,...
Section 8401 - Establishment - (a) School Employees' Defined Contribution Plan.--The School Employees' Defined Contribution...
Section 8402 - Plan document - The board shall set forth the terms and provisions of...
Section 8403 - Individual investment accounts - The board: (1) Shall establish in the trust an individual...
Section 8404 - Participant contributions - (a) Mandatory contributions.--A participant shall make mandatory pickup participant contributions...
Section 8405 - Mandatory pickup participant contributions - (a) Treatment for purposes of IRC § 414(h).--The contributions to...
Section 8406 - Employer defined contributions - (a) Contributions for service.--The employer of a participant shall make...
Section 8407 - Eligibility for benefits - (a) Termination of service.--A participant who terminates school service shall...
Section 8408 - Death benefits - (a) General rule.--In the event of the death of an...
Section 8409 - Vesting - (a) Participant and voluntary contributions.--Subject to the forfeiture and attachment...
Section 8410 - Termination of distributions - (a) Return to school service.-- (1) A participant receiving distributions...
Section 8411 - Powers and duties of board - The board, in addition to its powers and duties set...
Section 8411.1 - Relation of administrators of School Employees' Defined Contribution Plan to providers of 403(b) plans - (a) General rule.--A financial institution or pension management organization entering...
Section 8412 - Responsibility for investment loss - The Commonwealth, the board, an employer or a school entity...
Section 8413 - Investments based on participant's investment allocation choices - (a) Investment by participant.--All contributions, interest and investment earnings shall...
Section 8414 - Expenses - All expenses, fees and costs of administering the plan and...
Section 8415 - Tax qualification - (a) Required distributions.--All payments under this chapter shall start and...
Chapter 85 - Administration and Miscellaneous Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 85 was added October 2, 1975, P.L.298, No.96,...
Section 8501 - Public School Employees' Retirement Board - (a) Status and membership.--The board shall be an independent administrative...
Section 8502 - Administrative duties of board - (a) Employees.-- (1) Effective 30 days after the effective date...
Section 8502.1 - Health insurance (Deleted by amendment) - § 8502.1. Health insurance (Deleted by amendment). 2001 Amendment. Section...
Section 8502.2 - Health insurance - (a) Authority.--The board may sponsor a participant-funded group health insurance...
Section 8503 - Duties of board to advise and report to employers, members and participants - (a) Manual of regulations.--The board shall, with the advice of...
Section 8504 - Duties of board to report to State Employees' Retirement Board - § 8504. Duties of board to report to State Employees'...
Section 8505 - Duties of board regarding applications and elections of members and participants - (a) Statement to new members.--As soon as practicable after each...
Section 8505.1 - Installment payments of accumulated deductions - § 8505.1. Installment payments of accumulated deductions. (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding...
Section 8506 - Duties of employers - (a) Status of members and participants.--The employer shall, each month,...
Section 8507 - Rights and duties of school employees, members and participants - (a) Information on new employees.--Upon his assumption of duties, each...
Section 8508 - Rights and duties of annuitants - § 8508. Rights and duties of annuitants. (a) Election by...
Section 8509 - Health insurance premium assistance program - § 8509. Health insurance premium assistance program. (a) Contribution rate.--Effective...
Section 8510 - Stress test of system - (a) General rule.--The board shall conduct an annual stress test...
Section 8521 - Management of fund and accounts - (a) Control and management of fund.--The members of the board...
Section 8522 - Public School Employees' Retirement Fund - (a) General rule.--The fund shall consist of all moneys in...
Section 8523 - Members' savings account - § 8523. Members' savings account. (a) Credits to account.--The members'...
Section 8524 - State accumulation account - The State accumulation account shall be the ledger account to...
Section 8525 - Annuity reserve account - (a) Credits and charges to account.--The annuity reserve account shall...
Section 8526 - Health insurance account - § 8526. Health insurance account. The health insurance account shall...
Section 8527 - Northern Ireland-related investments - § 8527. Northern Ireland-related investments. (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other...
Section 8531 - State guarantee regarding the system - Statutory interest charges payable, the maintenance of reserves in the...
Section 8532 - State supervision - § 8532. State supervision. The fund and ledger accounts provided...
Section 8533 - Taxation, attachment and assignment of funds - (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsections (b), (c) and...
Section 8533.1 - Approval of domestic relations orders - (a) Certification regarding members.--A domestic relations order pertaining to a...
Section 8533.2 - Irrevocable beneficiary - Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a domestic relations...
Section 8533.3 - Irrevocable survivor annuitant - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, a domestic relations...
Section 8533.4 - Amendment of approved domestic relations orders - (a) Deceased alternate payee.--In the event that the alternate payee...
Section 8533.5 - Irrevocable successor payee - (a) Condition.--Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, a domestic...
Section 8534 - Fraud and adjustment of errors - (a) Penalty for fraud.--Any person who shall knowingly make any...
Section 8535 - Payments to school entities by Commonwealth - For each school year beginning with the 1995-1996 school year...
Section 8535.1 - Payments to school entities by Commonwealth commencing with the 2019-2020 school year - For each school year, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year,...
Section 8536 - Independent Fiscal Office study - § 8536. Independent Fiscal Office study. The Independent Fiscal Office...
Section 8537 - Internal Revenue Code limitations - Notwithstanding any provisions of this part to the contrary, no...
Section 8538 - Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission - (a) Establishment.--A Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission...
Section 8541 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...
Section 8542 - Establishment - (a) Fiduciary duty of board.--Consistent with the board's fiduciary responsibilities,...
Section 8543 - Funding - The board shall allocate an amount of at least $250,000,000...
Section 8544 - Participation criteria - In order to be considered to participate in the program,...
Section 8545 - Preference - Preference shall be given to investment managers deemed to meet...
Section 8546 - Requirements and limitations of firms - (a) Equity, commodity or absolute return exposure firms.--Firms considered to...
Section 8547 - Administration - (a) Authority to hire.--The board and the Investment Office may...
Chapter 87 - Preliminary Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 87 was added May 17, 2001, P.L.26, No.9,...
Section 8701 - Short title of part - § 8701. Short title of part. This part shall be...
Section 8702 - Definitions - (a) General rule.--Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions...
Chapter 89 - Group Health Insurance Program
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 89 was added May 17, 2001, P.L.26, No.9,...
Section 8901 - Administration - § 8901. Administration. The board may sponsor a group health...
Section 8902 - Public School Retirees' Health Insurance Fund - § 8902. Public School Retirees' Health Insurance Fund. (a) Establishment...
Section 8903 - Management of fund - § 8903. Management of fund. (a) Control and management of...
Chapter 91 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 91 was added May 17, 2001, P.L.26, No.9,...
Section 9101 - Status of program relative to Public School Employees' Retirement Code - (a) General rule.--The program shall be an approved health insurance...
Section 9102 - Construction of part - § 9102. Construction of part. (a) General rule.--No provision of...
Chapter 93 - Public Library Code
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 93 was added November 1, 2012, P.L.1683, No.210,...
Section 9301 - Scope of chapter - This chapter relates to public libraries.
Section 9302 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 9311 - State Library and State Librarian - (a) Appointment of State Librarian.--The department shall appoint a suitably...
Section 9312 - Advisory council - (a) Creation.--The Advisory Council on Library Development is established and...
Section 9313 - Statewide library resource centers - (a) Designation.--The State Librarian shall designate four Statewide library resource...
Section 9314 - District library centers - (a) Designation.--With the approval of the advisory council, the State...
Section 9315 - Development of local libraries - (a) Vote on library tax; approval.--The qualified voters of a...
Section 9316 - Acquisition of real property for library purposes - (a) Purchase or lease of real property.--A municipality may acquire...
Section 9317 - County libraries and library taxes - (a) Establishment prohibited in certain cases.--If a locality maintains a...
Section 9318 - Local library governance - (a) Board of library directors.--The following shall apply: (1) A...
Section 9319 - Certification of library personnel - (a) Categories of personnel.--The State Librarian shall certify library personnel...
Section 9320 - Collaborative ventures - (a) Interlibrary cooperative programs.--The State Librarian shall provide financial support...
Section 9331 - Qualification in general - (a) General rule.--A local library shall comply with standards under...
Section 9332 - Waiver of standards - (a) Triggering event.--If the Commonwealth appropriation for libraries in any...
Section 9333 - State system of aid to libraries - (a) Establishment.--A system of State aid to assist in the...
Section 9334 - Quality libraries aid - (a) Regular financial effort required.--To qualify for quality libraries aid,...
Section 9335 - Incentive for excellence aid - (a) Regular financial effort required.--To qualify for incentive for excellence...
Section 9336 - Equal distribution grants - (a) Eligibility.--The following libraries shall be eligible for equal distribution...
Section 9337 - County coordination aid - (a) General matching rule.--In the case of a county library...
Section 9338 - District library center aid - (a) Eligibility.--Any library designated by the State Librarian to serve...
Section 9339 - Statewide library resource center aid - (a) Eligibility.--Any library designated by the State Librarian to serve...
Section 9340 - Equalization aid - (a) Eligibility.--A local library or library system shall qualify for...
Section 9341 - Transfer of funds among allocations - (a) General rule.--If necessary, the department may transfer funds among...
Section 9342 - Special rules for specific fiscal years - (a) Fiscal year 1999-2000.--State aid to libraries for fiscal year...
Section 9343 - Basic aid to local libraries - (a) Allocation.--For eligible fiscal years up to and through the...
Section 9344 - Incentive aid to local libraries - (a) Allocation.--For eligible fiscal years up to and through the...
Section 9351 - Financial support for libraries authorized - (a) Municipalities empowered to support libraries.--The municipal officers of a...
Section 9352 - Popular subscription - (a) Authorization.--The residents of a municipality may raise a fund...
Section 9353 - Gifts and donations - (a) Power to hold property.--A municipality or corporation that owns...
Section 9371 - Free use of libraries - (a) Residents and taxpayers.--Each library established or maintained under this...
Section 9372 - Tax exempt status - (a) Exemption from local taxes.-- (1) Subject to paragraph (2),...
Section 9373 - Commonwealth publications - (a) Documents depository libraries.--The State Librarian shall designate State document...
Section 9374 - Selection of materials - (a) Counseling by State Librarian.--The powers and duties of the...
Section 9375 - Privacy of circulation records - Records of the following institutions which relate to the circulation...
Section 9376 - Damage to library materials - (a) Offenses defined.--A person who willfully cuts, mutilates, marks or...