PA HR170

Directs the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study the financial impacts of pooling all school district property tax revenue at the intermediate unit level and redistributing it based on average daily membership

Requires collection of property tax revenue data from every school district and calculation of mean and median effective property tax rates at county, intermediate unit, and statewide levels

Mandates analysis of how much revenue each intermediate unit would collect under pooling and the funding difference each district would experience under proportional redistribution

Requires evaluation of whether pooling property tax revenue at the intermediate unit level would make public education funding more equitable following the Commonwealth Court ruling on unconstitutional school funding

Report with findings and recommendations due to the General Assembly within one year of adoption and must be posted publicly online