Act 89
Auxiliary Services for Nonpublic School Students |
Auxiliary services includes guidance, counseling and testing services, psychological services, services for exceptional children, remedial services, speech and hearing services, sevices for the improvement of the educationally disadvantaged (such as, but not limited to, teaching English as a second language), and other secular, neutral, nonideological services of a supplementary and remedial nature.
These state-funded services are provided directly by the local intermediate unit to students enrolled in a nonprofit private school within the intermediate unit. The school must affirm the eligibility of students and facilitate the delivery of services. The local intermediate unit makes the final determination regarding what services shall be provided after counsulting with the nonpublic school to determine which general categories of children shall receive services, what services shall be provided, how and where the services shall be provided and how the services shall be evaluated. These are not services that would carry an individualized entitlement for students but, rather, are provided subject to limitations of funding appropriated annually in the state budget. Services may be provided in the schools which students attend, in mobile instructional units located on the grounds of the students' schools or in other settings mutually agreed upon by the school and intermediate unit (subject to the extent permitted by the Pennsylvania and US constitutions).
A full description of Auxiliary Services and the regulations governing service delivery can be found at Chapter 112 - Auxilary Services for Nonpublic School Students.
For a school to participate in the Auxiliary Services program, you can click Affirmation Form (PDF) to upload the form, print, complete and submit to the Division of Nonpublic & Private School Services. NOTE: This program is for those schools that are licensed or registered with the Department of Education.
Acts 195/90/35
Loan of Textbooks, Instructional Materials & Equipment for Nonpublic School Students |
A private academic school (Kindergarten through Grade 12) which is licensed or registered with the Department of Education, excluding nursery schools, can participate in the Acts 195/90/35 Programs, which is the loan of textbooks, instructional materials and equipment. Each school is required to submit to the Department of Education by October 1, a report calculating the student enrollment (mailed out by the Department of Education). Based upon the # of students, a per diem is calculated per eligible student totaling an allotment for the following school year. The Department issues allotments to the participating schools around May of each year to purchase textbooks, instructional materials and equipment for the following school year.
If you are a school and wish to participate in the Acts 195/90/35 Programs, please click the Affirmation form (PDF). Complete and notarize this form and submit to the address listed on the application. NOTE: These programs are for schools that are licensed or registered with the Department of Education.
A full description of the items eligible and not eligible for purchase under these programs can be found at Guidebook (PDF).
Textbooks & Instructional Materials Online System (TIM)
This system provides a much easier and faster way for schools to order textbooks and materials.
To order textbooks and materials online, you can click TIM System to go to the online ordering system. (This is for schools already participating and who have an LA Code.)
Contacts
To check status of purchase requisitions or allotment balances and to request paper forms, please email ra-npps@pa.gov or fax to 717-783-9283. For questions about eligibility of items or discrepancies with an order, you may email Renee Shade at rshade@pa.gov or fax to 717-783-9283. Other questions relating to this program, you may email the Division at ra-nppss@pa.gov.
