Pennsylvania HB 480: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in charter schools, providing for full-time cyber education program offered by school district.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 463
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 480
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BIZZARRO, HILL-EVANS, VENKAT, PROBST, SANCHEZ,
HANBIDGE, CERRATO, KHAN, SCHLOSSBERG, RIVERA AND GREEN,
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 4, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in charter schools, providing for
full-time cyber education program offered by school district.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 1748.2-A. Full-time Cyber Education Program Offered
by School District.--(a) Notwithstanding section 1725-A(a)(1)
or any other provision of law to the contrary, the following
shall apply to a student who resides in a school district that
offers a full-time cyber education program:
(1) If the student enrolls in the full-time cyber education
program offered by the school district of residence, the
student's enrollment in the cyber education program shall be
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subject to no tuition or fees other than fees that the school
district imposes on its students generally.
(2) If the student chooses to enroll in a cyber charter
school, the student or the student's parent or guardian shall be
responsible to pay the cyber charter school a per-student amount
calculated in the manner provided under section 1725-A(a)(2) and
(3). The payments shall be made to the cyber charter school in
twelve (12) equal monthly payments, by the fifth day of each
month, within the operating school year. A student enrolled in a
cyber charter school under this clause shall not be included in
the average daily membership of the student's school district of
residence for the purpose of providing basic education funding
payments and special education funding under Article XXV.
(b) As used in this section, the term "full-time cyber
education program" shall mean a complete course of study offered
by a school district in which the school district uses
technology in order to provide a significant portion of its
curriculum and to deliver a significant portion of instruction
to its students through the Internet or other electronic means,
but not through a cyber charter school established under section
1745-A.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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