Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 25-2509.16. Data collection

Using existing resources and data systems as well as nationally accepted accounting and modeling standards, the Department of Education shall collect data necessary for accurate functioning of a special education formula developed under section 122,  1 including, but not limited to, data necessary for the calculations related to Cost Category 1, Cost Category 2 and Cost Category 3 as part of the formula developed by the commission. The Department of Education shall begin collecting such data upon the effective date of this section.